Jenni Rippey

10

8/25/17 Towne House with my love — 8 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.3

2014 Ripasso Valpolicella Tommasi Viticoltori. Im giving it a high score because if the cost and the fantastic flavors. For around 25 dollars this is a fantastic wine if you like what I like. It is young, but very drinkable for those who cannot wait. Bouquet is wild cherry jam. The initial palate is light with a zing! There are hints of black cherry , vanilla, and dark currant. The finish is mildly dry with earth tones of oak and tobacco. It is a very nice wine for any dinner date! Or perhaps the house wine at your next big party!!!! — 8 years ago

Alex Westphal

9.3

Sehr karamellig — 9 years ago

Sharon B

9.5

2010 Domaine de l'A, 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep color full body. Christmas is being poured early at my house! — 10 years ago

Alex Powell

8.9

Very intriguing nose pf burnt popcorn, engine oil, rubber, smoke, bacon and blackberry jam. Palate is soft, jammy and quite delicious, easy drinking cherry fruit. Tastes nothing like it smells, and a very nice niagara wine at $25! 2012 Vintage. — 10 years ago

Peter Alig

Wine Educator Robert Mondavi Winery, Von Holt Wines

9.2

Exceptional house red. 75% Grenache for body and red fruit, 25% Syrah for spice and color. Juicy. Tasty. Inexpensive. — 11 years ago

Vincent D'Itri

10

Literally one of the best Zinfandels (and wine overall) I've ever had. Whatever Duane Rieder is doing bringing grapes back to Pittsburgh from California, it's working. Dark, smokey and jammy. Reasonable at $62 restaurant pricing. Found it at Original Fish Market. — 12 years ago

Daniel Wisner

9.0

The birthday festivities continue. Dad was in town, and that means dinner at the best seafood place in New Orleans. Pictured is Scalibut. Halibut infused with scallops. Bruh....

Now to the wine. I've seen this in the store, but just haven't picked it up. I think it's relatively affordable at $25-$30'ish. Bite down on a piece of leather while walking through a cellar full of young oak barrels and you've got a pretty good baseline. Couple that with some juicy, ripe fruit and the tiniest hint of vanilla. BOOM! There you have it. I liked this quite a bit. Enough for two bottles. Will definitely keep some at the house. — 8 years ago

Howard White

9.0

Nice fruity good value at £7 from Tesco on 25% off — 8 years ago

Lizzie Clawson

9.5

Lisa's house 6/25/16 — 9 years ago

David Smisek

8.9

9/25/15@$29 Very good Plum. Taste sample with don. Like it. — 10 years ago

Howard White

9.0

House champers quality every time. For £25 a bottle value choice.
40% Chardonnay 35% Pinot noir 25% meunière
Jeans fav — 10 years ago

Paul Bliss

9.5

Reminds me of the 25/5 we'd have with a steak dinner at Peter and Shelly's house. Brought back some good memories of our staycation house. — 11 years ago

Jordan Gianelli

9.8

Super soft and mellow without being empty. This wine was much more than a house of cards;acid,balance,earth,wood,all kinds of terroir. Steal for $25 — 12 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.5

Blend 3. Winey ale's very tasty. Producer's notes are pretty spot on imo, even the [reductive?] funk when first opened.

From Wildflower's website:

Gold is a blended, barrel aged Australian Wild Ale. Blend #3 is a blend of two barrels, 1726 and NoSai. The beer in 1726 was brewed on 27 February 2017 and racked into the barrel on the last day of that month. At blending, this barrel was showing great signs of both our house culture and a fresh example of Gold. It had a subtle acidity while still displaying fresh lime and citrus characteristics. NoSai, the sister of sponsai in Blend #1, was brewed clean and remained intentionally uninfected for the majority of its life. Alone, the beer was quite oaky with a lengthy body from the raw wheat and extended maturation in oak. The intention for this blend was to bring some fresher characteristics to Gold like stone fruit, lime, grapefruit and lemon. Ongoing, this is really what we would like to see; however, the blended beer still has great notes of barrel character with a long mouthfeel and oak.

The base beer is brewed entirely with New South Wales cereals: Single Origin (S.O.) Moree, NSW grown Gairdner ale malt and North Star, NSW grown Spitfire S.O. raw wheat thanks to Provenance Malt, and Riverina grown Janz S.O. raw wheat from Voyager Craft Malt. It is made with filtered Sydney water and Motueka (NZ) and Saaz (CZ) hops. Finally, it was fermented with our house culture: brewers yeast, foraged wild yeast and naturally occurring souring bacteria native to New South Wales. It was bottled on May 4 2017 and naturally conditioned through refermentation for 4 weeks. At bottling it was 5.0% ABV, 25 IBU and 0.8°P (FG= 1.003 SG). — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Probably the best entry level Pinot from Otago tried on the day. Great QPR at $25. — 8 years ago

Stephanie Bruno Herndon

9.3

Such an awesome Beaujolais style red from Oregon! Kudos to Brick House: their 40 acre property houses both a farm + winery, and has been an organic, biodynamic estate for 25 years. Everything is done by hand and all the fruit is estate grown. It is on this sprawling utopia where former CBS newsman and now Brick House proprietor Doug Tunnell produces only 20-30 cases (!!) of ‘The Dragon’s Tale’ gamay noir (a traditional French varietal found in Beaujolais).

This 2013 gamay gem is juicy yet rustic with plenty of cherry notes both on the nose and palate, accompanied by flavors of toasted nuts, fresh violets, and thyme. Only a hint of tannins. Reminiscent of cherry pie on a farm! Would be great with spice rubbed pork or grilled
salmon.
— 9 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.2

A blend of 75% Pinot noir and 25 Chardonnay. This champagne house is only 10 years old but their family has been in champagne for several generations. More complex with all the fruit coming from the 2009 vintage and this wine is aged for over 3 years this wine has a full bouquet of white flowers almond with pear and quince like fruit. A good amount of richness on the palate fresh fruit very fresh. Very rich but lovely freshness and lovely balance. Finish 45+ excellent + — 10 years ago

Nathan Bodin

9.0

Pretty darn good. Will age well. $14 on WTSO ($25 retail). Drank out of take-out cups in our new house. — 12 years ago

John Healy

9.1

House opening special. From Southern Seasons $25 — 12 years ago