Posts belonging to Category Barolo

April 19, 2012
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Posted by Bacchus
We got lucky when Paul Smith moved his wine shop from the north end of the West Valley to the South end. Changed my ten mile drive to one mile in his new shop, the Woodland Hills Wine Company. Son Kyle runs the place now but you can

ask 4 kaj
usually find Paul glad-handing everyone and selling some of the outstanding selections domestic and international in his store. I love the place for more reasons than the presence of the sardonic Paul. (more…)
Categories: Barolo, Barolo, Importers, Nebbiolo, Northern Italy, Piemonte, Wine Grapes
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Tags: 1995 Barolo Vigna Gattera, 1996 Barolo Vigna Gattera, 2000 and 2005 Bovio Barolo Bricco Parussi, 2004 Barolo Vigna Gattera, 2007 Barolo Vigna Arborina, 2007 Barolo Vigna Gattera, 2007 Bovio Barolo Vigna Rocchettevino
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February 24, 2012
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Posted by Bacchus

her LEGEND is bigger than any wine
Forget the vertical and the varietal. Show me what ya got. Bring out your best and pull the cork. Tasting wine old school. Line em up and suck em down. The tBoW tasting team assembled at Hollywood classic restaurant Marino on Melrose between Highland and Vine. This is always a treat. You want old school this is it from the Rat Pack to Cardinal Mahoney. Owner Mario is beyond accommodating. Marino is cozy with a handful of wall booths and tables. Stem service is perfect. And the food is very well prepared. Perfect site for our sexy sexy wines.
We pulled corks on a 2006 Napa Cabernet, a 2005 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir and a 1996 Barolo. We dispensed with the stuffiness that is part of becoming total wine snobs; Pinot Noir only, 10 years old only, $50 plus only, etc. We had three excellent wines of three different varietals in front of us, each in its own differently sized glass so the tippler can return to the right stem without too much mental stumbling, and each representing a distinct region with no attention paid to wine age. Having the 16 year old Barolo would seem risky. Our expectations were unsteady. At a decade older would it hold up? Like LA Legend Angelyne has held up? See photo evidence to the effect. Here are the wine outcomes. (more…)
Categories: Anderson Valley, Barolo, Barolo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mendocino, Napa, Nebbiolo, Northern Italy, Petit Verdot, Piemonte, Pinot Noir
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Tags: 1996 Alessandria San Giovanni Barolo, 2005 McPhail Toulouse Vineyard Pinot Noir, 2006 Anselmo Vigne Cabernet Sauvignon Veloce Napa Valley
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July 12, 2011
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Posted by Bacchus
UH HOW HOW HOW HOW. Here are the reviews for red wines from the Fourth. From Northern Italy to Beaujolais’ venerable Marcel Lapierre. There’s more. We have a review of an incredible Flamenco troupe playing in LA that you MUST SEE [ed. he rarely says that about wines]. Arte y Pureza is the inspired vision of Ethan Margolis and Company and we watched them conjure their feverish magic, melding dance with the traditional Gypsy music of Southern Spain. FLAMENCO!! Even when wines are this riveting…they are NOT this riveting! But then dance is fleeting…as is wine in most cases…so you need something EXTRA. Arte y Pureza has it. (more…)
Categories: Barolo, Beaujolais, Gamay, Malbec, Mendoza, Nebbiolo, Northern Italy, Ribera del Duero, Spain, Tempranillo, Under$20, Wine Grapes
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Tags: 2002 Penafiel Crianza, 2004 Stefano Farina Barolo, 2009 Chateau Cambon, 2009 Gascon Malbec
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May 10, 2011
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Posted by Bacchus
The weather has been fussier than a sommelier looking at a bottle of Two Buck Chuck a customer brought in. 90 degrees this week; 60 the next. Perfect Spring weather in the mid-70s last week then drizzling today. Late Spring should be when you put together Ros√©s and bright acidic fun White wines for the long hot summer haul just around the corner. But no. Make the most of every day. This is the perfect time to clear out the wine reviews that have not been transferred to the blogosphere. The odd lot wines for an odd lot late Spring include some pink wines from late last summer to get us all in the mood. (more…)
Categories: Barolo, Lodi, Northern Italy, Piemonte, Pinot Noir, Rose, Russian River Valley, Southern Italy, Value Value Value, Vermentino, Wine Grapes
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Tags: 1993 Silvio Grasso Ciabot Manzoni Barolo, 2006 Suhr Luchtel Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, 2008 Castel di Salve Santi Medici Rosato, 2008 Uvaggio Lodi Vermentino, 2009 Chateau de Puligny Montrachet Bourgogne Rosé de Pinot Noir, 2009 Frédéric Magnien Bourgogne Rosé
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