60 Second Wine Review — Hopes End Brandy Barrel-Aged Cabernet Sauvignon
Note: This wine was a sample from the 2019 Wine Media Conference. A few quick thoughts on the 2018 Hopes End Brandy Barrel-Aged Cabernet Sauvignon from South Australia. The Geekery Hopes End is part of the Trinchero Family’s extensive portfolio, which includes brands such as Menage à Trois, Charles & Charles, Joel Gott, A3 Wines and Sutter Home. Slightly unusual for its style & low $10-13 price point, the Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced entirely from…
When Did We Stop Treating People Like People?
Two things have been rummaging through my thoughts this past week. One has been Rob McMillan’s very sobering post on The Email You Don’t Want to Get. Though published a few weeks ago, his write-up about a father and his daughter’s disappointing experience at more than a dozen wineries is still generating new comments and conversations popping up on my social media feeds. The second is this now infamous video of a guy retaliating against…
Fuck the Fires — Drink Australian Wine
It’s too much — the lost habitats and species. The homes and businesses devastated. Now there are reports that some Australian wine producers in the Hunter Valley and Adelaide Hills may lose an entire vintage due to smoke taint. Picture that. Even if you don’t work in the wine industry, imagine an entire year’s worth of your work wiped out. Think about all those steps, sweat and hours in the vineyards going up in smoke.…
60 Second Wine Review — Silverado Cabernet Sauvignon
A few quick thoughts on the 2013 Silverado Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley. The Geekery In 1976 Diane Miller, daughter of Walt Disney, and her husband, Ron, purchased Miller Ranch from Harry See (of the notable See’s Candies family). A couple years later, Diane’s mother, Lillian Disney, acquired a neighboring parcel of See’s in the Stags Leap District that became Silverado Vineyards. The sale included several acres of Cabernet Sauvignon planted in 1968-69 by See…