I had a bottle of Le Rive, a soave classico the other night, by azienda agricola suavia. I imagine it will get 92-94 points out of Wine Spectator. Nice wine. Soave it ain’t. Essentially they moved the wine away from the crisp light palate of soave and toward New World Chardonnay palate by using different… Continue reading Globalization and wine
Author: james romanow
Odd Wines
I tried two new wines last night, Rico Suter Cabernet Sauvignon/Petit Verdot and Wyndam Estate Bin 525 Shiraz Grenache. Not sure what to make of the Suter wine (from S. Africa.) Firstly it’s 15% which is headed towards vermouth territory. Secondly they recommend serving at 16 degrees. I’m all in favour of this last idea.… Continue reading Odd Wines
Holiday Gift Ideas
Here’s the lineup from Jeff Rogstad today: Forty Creek Rye is missing from the picture. Any of them make great gifts. Under $15 – Pink: cheery easy drinking rose bubbly $35ish – Collazzi, french blends (cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc) Italian grown. Incredibly nice structure, smooth balanced wine. And for less than price of a… Continue reading Holiday Gift Ideas
Amarone
Bolla amarone, roast beef, roasted potato & yams for supper. It was freezing here yesterday. So back to the basics. Bolla’s Amarone isn’t the best in the world but it’s never bad. It might have been my mood or it might have been the roast but this one seemed a little thinner than I remember.… Continue reading Amarone
More on Osso Wild-Boar-O
Definitely a recipe worth repeating. The limes seem to be the key. Next time though, I’ll stew the hocks at least overnight. Eating it cold today, it tastes great, but like all game, the texture is a little tougher than farm meat. An overnight stewing of only the boar should fix that. Veg will have… Continue reading More on Osso Wild-Boar-O