93 Points. Aromas of blueberry, blackberry, and a hint of leather: I love the fruit here, especially given its age. On the palate, this wine shows well-structured notes of herbs, blackberry and brambly berry fruit, tobacco leaf, a hint of cedar, spice, and an excellent savory finish tinged with drying …
Chateau Machorre Cuvée La Villa 2010 Bordeaux Supérieur 91 Points. Beautifully creamy in texture, with lots of purple fruit on the nose, as well as flashes of blackberry, blueberry, balsamic, and hints of cedar and oak spice. On the palate, this is all silk, with a savory edge to the …
Getting past the cork and into that favorite bottle used to be a chore, a necessity to be suffered through in order to get to the wonderful wine inside. Those days are long gong, of course. Now, the corkscrews themselves are nice enough that they provide a real sense of …
Too many people spend far too much time waiting for a perfect occasion to open up a great bottle of wine. As a result, they never quite get around it to. Make the holiday season, then, your excuse to pop the cork on some seriously great bottles. Because as long …
There is arguably no other time of year when the beers are as creative and wide-ranging as they are during the holiday season. Winter brews, spiced brews, riffs on hearty, rib-sticking international brews—this seems to be the time when brewers dig deep into their well of ideas and see what …
Let’s get one thing straight: There is never a bad time to drink whisk(e)y. But this time of year—as fireplaces crackle and snow drifts down from the sky and out-of-town relatives descend upon your home like a swarm of freeloading locusts—well, it just seems as if a good dram or …
Continued from A Week in South Africa: Part 1 Too many consumers still associate South African wine far too exclusively with Pinotage among reds and Chenin Blanc among whites. And while these two highly successful grape varieties of course play an important part in the national wine industry, they are …
It’s impossible to overstate the sheer physical grandeur of South Africa, the beauty of the scenery that, at various moments throughout the day, forces you to stop in your tracks, look around, and catch your breath: The sweep of a sky speckled with birds wheeling overhead; the variously jagged and …
The Orphan Barrel Distilling Company is sort of like the Indiana Jones of the spirits world, which may just be the coolest job description ever. Their mission is simple: to find long forgotten barrels of rare and delicious whiskey and share them with the rest of us. Well, lucky us, …
My evening had been going well—nothing life-changing, mind you, but this first night at Revel, the two-billion-dollar boondoggle in Atlantic City, was chugging along pleasantly. Decent dinner, personable company, new hotel. And then I saw it: Behind the bar at one of the many venues there at which one may, …
It’s never a bad time for a good session beer, but when the temperature begins its inevitable seasonal drop, few things are as comforting as a great rich brew. These ten provide all the decadence you’d hope for, along with an added dose of complexity. In other words, they’re just …
Autumn is here, which means it’s time to break out the rich, comforting red wines. And as always, the good news is that you don’t have to break the bank to drink really, really well. These ten represent some of our favorites, and whether you drink them on their own …