2001 Valmengaux Bordeaux Supérieur
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Bordeaux Supérieur wines are always a gamble. In terms of classification, the label simply means that the wine comes from somewhere in the Gironde region and has met minimal requirements for wines that carry the AOC Bordeaux Supérieur name. It’s generally table wine, meant to be drunk within a few years of bottling.
The great thing […]
An Awesome Aussie for $15
Friday, December 14th, 2007Australian red wine is the antithesis of French Bordeaux. Instead of the quaint, stone-wall-enclosed vineyards of tens or hundreds of hectares, lovingly hand-tended by a garagiste we find, to be it blunt, wine farms.
Not that this is a bad thing. It’s similar to the model used in California, Argentina, Chile, and many, many other wine […]