09.02.10
Benchmark Trousseau Arrives in the U.S. 2007 Gahier Trousseau Grand Vergers Perfumed, Nervous, Savage... Just Like We Like It When you discuss Trousseau with people in Jura, two names always come up: Gahier and Puffeney. The quality of Puffeney's wine...
09.01.10
The Mosel Valley, 1896 in 2001 2001 Schmitt-Wagner Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Spätlese Ancient Mosel Vines in the Glorious 2001 Vintage The Herrenberg Vineyard has some of the oldest vines in the Mosel (maybe even Europe), dating back to 1896....
08.31.10
Dear Rosé: Please Don't Go 2009 Copain Rosé "Tous Ensemble" The Last Hurrah: As Low as $13.75 a Bottle Because summer is nearly over, and all we really want to do is drink more rosé... The sticky, stifling heat can...
08.30.10
Red, Still Wine... from Champagne? 2002 Paul Bara Bouzy Rouge Pinot Noir with Shimmering Clarity, Weightless Complexity... No Other Pricing in the Nation This has to be the most spirited esoteric offering in some time... Yes, it's still, red wine...
08.26.10
Giuseppe Mascarello’s Monprivato had long been on my wish list - one of those benchmark wines that everybody raves about… I wanted in on the goods, but the opportunity just hadn’t presented itself… My initiation came, at last, Thursday night...
08.26.10
Clos to My Heart 2008 Vincent Dauvissat Les Clos One of the Only Parcels in the Nation "... an utterly brilliant bottle in the making... deep, brilliantly complex and stunningly transparent... full-bodied, racy and very elegant on the attack... profound...
08.25.10
Yesterday we closed shop early and headed to the Mets game. The entire Crush staff packed in a box with a fridge full of beer, food from Acela Club (Drew's new Citi Field restaurant), and 24 bottles of wine on...
08.25.10
Grand Cru Dry Ruwer Riesling 2009 Karthauserhof Grosses Gewächs First Ever GG from the Monastery in the Mountain Special "Futures" Pricing Ends Friday! Karthauserhof's legendary, cultish Auslese Trocken "S" has a new name in 2009. Though I forgot to ask...