November
Posted November 10th, 2006 by bperkinsIt’s time for selecting wines for the onslaught of holiday events, and I will recommend a few here as well as some more next month.
October
Posted October 22nd, 2006 by bperkinsWas ’94 a bad year in Bordeaux? The critics seemed to say so, and it has gotten that reputation, but this month I’ve tasted several ‘94’s and they are quite good – especially given that their prices are considerably less than those of the more highly rated vintages.
September
Posted September 22nd, 2006 by bperkinsOn the occasion of our last dinner in Canada with some great friends I decided it was the appropriate time to open one of the oldest and most prestigious bottles of wine in my collection. I had purchased a 1975 Mouton Rothschild several years ago from a wine store in St. Louis that was liquidating an old collector’s cellar for him. I can’t tell you the price of the wine because my wife reads this, but suffice to say I only bought one bottle. This was the night to open this wine.
August
Posted August 22nd, 2006 by bperkinsIn the June posting of this newsletter I recommended the 2002 Chateau Gloria, and this month I want to talk about a couple of other wines from this mediocre vintage, some blockbuster wines from the great 1982 and 1990 vintages, and recommend a couple of Ontario wines.