Norfolk Rise
St. Peter's Brewery
Old-Style Porter Malt
Cures what ails ya🍻 — 10 years ago
Quinta do Vallado
Reserva Field Blend Douro Red Blend 2011
Douro decadence. Dark blacks & reds, cured meats, wet minerals & Portuguese liquid love. Young, but that's why we have more. A great demonstration of why this region is on the rise. — 10 years ago
Château La Confession
St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2012
Not going to expound upon vintages and weather. This is a really nice wine. Some will say this is a Janoueix play on a new World style. But I find it compellingly balanced for a Bordeaux from a generously vaunted region. The nose a mish-mash of arboreal cuts, with pine interceding, but also a slick, black, stony core that sloughs smoky, elemental suggestions. A tar and graphite mouthful, showing depth without getting gritty or pronounced, then settling on a supple note of blueberry-currant on the carry through, but pleasant and enduring like an empowering conquest! Rise above! Plenty of residual perfume to make it salacious. Dirty as you want to be. — 9 years ago
Domaine du Collier
Saumur Blanc Chenin Blanc 2011
Petit Manou
Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2008
Earth and funk! VA Black fruit, rise petals, plum, black cherry, raisin, fig, mushroom, leather. M acid, savory. — 10 years ago
Champagne Lallier
Grande Réserve Brut Champagne Blend
Pouring this on #etihad will see a rise in brand profile; #champagne #ay #nonvintage #lallier #fine ; has lovely delicacy; disgorgement date given as September 14; @etihadairways — 10 years ago
Onward Wines
Hawkeye Ranch Pinot Noir 2010
From an up and coming tiny producer. My first wine from Redwood Valley in Mendocino. A really cool minty eucalyptus tingle to the nose and palate stands out the most. Very aromatic, the aromas easily rise from the glass by just pouring the wine. Raspberry and rhubarb join the mint in the nose, all seasoned with wild herbs. The palate is juicy with good freshness and just the right weight (13.8 abv), there is nice length too. — 10 years ago
Wirra Wirra
Scrubby Rise Adelaide Shiraz Blend 2012
I figure go to a "go to" reliable red when watching Montreal at home in hockey playoffs. It worked. #GoHabs! — 11 years ago
Villa D'Angelo
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Sangiovese 2011
Norfolk and Ocean City-- great both times. Bought at a little Italian shop in Saint Michaels — 9 years ago
Château Gazin
Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2004
A chateau that's been on the rise I'm told. Terroir is sand and gravel with clay substrata. Very fragrant, something pleasingly green and floral about the flavor profile, plenty of acid, fruit is red and blue with some spice. Great achievement in '04 and drinking great! — 9 years ago
Privé Vineyard
Le Sud Pinot Noir 2013
2013. Plummy when cold upon opening. Then plum recedes as smoke & berry fruit rise. Very light tannins. Good but not for this Winery. — 10 years ago
Colette Gros
Chablis Chardonnay 2013
Light, crisp with a subtle vanilla finish. Really enjoyable. Had this in Bure River Cottage Restaurant in Horning, Norfolk with tiger prawns and monkfish with salsa verdi. Lovely evening and delicious food & wine. — 10 years ago
Mountford Village
The Rise Pinot Noir 2009
Very approachable Pinot — 10 years ago
Château Haut-Gravet
Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2010
Deep dark inky red. Robust aromas of incense, smoke, ash, and over ripe plum rise to the nose. Smooth but not velvety at the start, quickly turns tightly tannic with overtones of cassis, jam, and graphite. Acidity is balanced and the finish is polished if a bit rosin laced. The only thing holding this bord back is the brutal tannins, I'm sure it will be stellar in two more years. Will revisit then. — 11 years ago
Erin Pooley
Owner/Winemaker Good Luck Wines
Lots of potential in tassie. This had good texture. Don't buy if you can't handle cloudy whites — 9 years ago