Our favorite local wine shop, Artisan Wine Depot, hosted a tasting of Pali wines on June 21. We hurried over in anticipation of a delightful event. We were not disappointed — Pali put...
Two wine bargains from Fresh and Easy: a chardonnay and a pinot noir. Plus a somewhat new business model. A couple of weeks ago, a Fresh and Easy supermarket opened near us. While checking out the...
There’s an Elk Cove bargain for bay area pinotphiles at Artisan Wine Depot in Mountain View. Elk Cove 2009 Willamette Valley pinot noir is on sale for $19.99 a bottle, about 1/3 off regular...
Chris Donatiello is offering a terrific pinot noir deal at TJs (at least the Trader Joe’s stores in the greater Silicon Valley area). While browsing the wine aisle at the Mountain View...
Vin Vino Wine has an impressively full calendar of wine tastings of their retail stock. I attended a “New California Pinot Noirs” tasting on November 15, also available Nov. 16. I went...
(August 20, 2011) Here’s a new tasty private label from Trader Joes. VINTJS is just for pinot noir and comes in three 2009 vintage AVA flavors. At 9 bucks these are great pinot noir value wines...
The Gruet 2008 pinot noir from New Mexico is an incredible bargain. Gruet Winery in Albuquerque has been known and respected for their sparkling wines for many years. On a recent visit to Beverages...
“Little Penguin” pinot noir from South Australia has to be the official wine of Linux. This Linux wine is not bad. Aromas of black cherries followed by delicious cherry pie flavors. A...