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Scoring 18+ Dionysian points, the 1974 Quinta Do Noval Colheita Porto cost cost about $45 when it was bottled in 2001, now worth $225. It has 20.5% alcohol,…
At 16 years old, the high acid Greek whites held together well. The 2004 Notios Moshofilero & Roditis white from the Peloponnisos Region had 12% alcohol, cost under…
With 20% alcohol, the 1944 Colheita Royal Oporto, scored 19 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. It cost about $55 twenty-five years ago when my…
Costing over $100, but can take a year to drink, the Camus XO Cognac is just what a wine lover needs on a snowy, or ice cold evening. …
With 15% alcohol, costing about $22, the Portuguese Tinto 2016 Bridao Do Tejo Reserva scored 16+ Dionysian points. It is young. It has a bit too much alcohol,…
With 13.5% alcohol, costing under $24, and scoring 17+ Dionysian points, the 2013 Carpineto Chianti Classico Riserva was excellent. Cherry, laced with ripe tomato and herbs, the wine…
The 30-year old Bordeaux, 1990 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande from Pauillac, in Bordeaux’s Medoc, scored 19 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. With…
At 13.9% alcohol, (probably mid 14’s) and costing under $15, the 18 year-old 2002 Gallo of Sonoma Pinot Noir Reserve scored 11 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale….
Costing under $20, with 13,5% alcohol, and scoring 17 excellent points on the Dionysian scale of 20, the 2017 Simonsig Chenin Blanc from Stellenbosch, South Africa is an…
Released January 21, 2020, A Quart Jar of Peaches is “Comfort food for the mind and soul.” Link to buy the print version on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1710583290 100% of the…