Sanjay Frank

8.9

Delicious with my naked spicy hot wings. Connection Feast group — 6 years ago

Bill Bender

9.6

From Mag with bone-in NY prime. This is finally in an approachable drinking window. An hour decant gave this wings. As “Bordeaux” an Insignia I’ve had in a while. I know it’s a Bordeaux blend but it’s never really performed that way for me. Great strength here, silky lines and some legit nuance. — 7 years ago

Todd Goldian

9.2

Best beer brewed in dc — 7 years ago

Jana Russo

9.0

2016 vintage. Little sweet on the nose but also a crisp smell. Doesn't taste as sweet, apple, crisp flavor. Had with hot wings, cut through the heat nicely!!! Very good! — 8 years ago

with John

Erik Longabardi

9.1

So. This wine. A perfect zen moment. Picture this: You're all alone. But then you connect with someone. You meet this someone who inspires you and it's a humbling moment in your life that takes you back into time and lets you reminisce about all the good things life and this world has to offer. Stunning reflective wine. Just sip, think, meditate and relax. — 8 years ago

Michael Knisley

9.1

acústic gives me wings... — 9 years ago

Kim Stanbro

8.9

Great as a base for cioppino. Also great to drink alongside it! — 9 years ago

with Dave

Bill Bender

9.6

Fantastic bottle of wine that was completely reflective of the house and the vintage, powerful velvet covered magic carpet ride of deep red fruits...concentrated and weighty yet showed a lot of finesse. I'd say it has 15+ years — 9 years ago

David Shaw

8.9

Last bottle, fair to call this a white blend, maybe even an orange wine. Light pumpkin orange in color, excellent clarity. Floral and sulfite notes in nose initially. Stone fruit flavors - apricot, ripe peach - plus spice (wood? white pepper?) and a touch of vanilla with moderate skin astringency and lemon-orange flavor in finish. Love this winery and what they do — 6 years ago

Ann Kunes

9.2

Keuka Spring Dry Rose: very good. Repeat. Excellent with BBQ wings! — 7 years ago

Robert Lim

9.1

21 years young - lots of herbal secondary notes (especially sage) with tertiary notes waiting in the wings. — 7 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.7

Elegant, reflective, soulful. Still quite young but offers you a blissful experience nevertheless. — 7 years ago

Patrick Vanhoucke

9.0

LONGING FOR THE SOUTH

Yesterday I drank this very nice Macedonian semi-dry T'ga za Jug red wine.

The wine is made of the native grape variety Vranec. It has an intense red color, and the distinctive taste of raisins and raspberries, which make it a nice sweet treat (hence: semi-dry).

The wine is named after the poem ‘Taga za Yug’ of the Bulgarian poet Konstantin Miladinov (1830–1862), one of the Miladinov brothers, who originate from Ottoman Macedonia. Both brothers are thought to have laid the foundation of the Macedonian literary tradition.

‘Taga za Yug’ means ‘longing for the South’ (el anhelo por el Sur): "If I had an eagle's wings, I would rise and fly on them to our shores, to our own parts [...] Here are frost and snow and ashes, blizzards and harsh winds abound [...] There the sunrise warms the soul".

When it is cold outside, and fiercely raining, I can assure you that it makes you long for the sun that warms the soul. Drinking the T'ga za Jug wine in good company and nice surroundings makes for a wonderful or sometimes even better alternative.
— 8 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.3

@David A Lentine @Gina Sabean @Christine You know that you are drinking GREAT wines when you can say that a Realm Beckstoffer To Kalon came in last. I love this producer beyond measure!! Every wine they make is a hit. Everyone tonight agreed that drank by itself it would have been amazing. However, it still needs a few years to open up and spread its wings!! All of my bottles were decanted for 8 hours today, I began formulating thus rodeo of a lineup around 11am. The Realm had huge dark fruit but too many rough edges in comparison to the others. In all honesty, these are so good that we are splitting hairs but alas they must be ranked and that is how the Cookie Crumbled this evening. — 9 years ago

with Christine and Gina

Mandi Speidel

City Territory Chicago, Maverick Wine Company

10

A 10 for Value and a 15 for Price! Wings & Brut in Logan Square with my Chickens — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

I’ve had at least two cases of the 97 over the last eight years or more. Our friends Jeff & Hedy brought this bottle of 97 to dinner tonight. It’s the best bottle of this wine I’ve had. We drank our last bottle roughly two years ago. The wine continues to improve. Tonight it’s so lush, ruby, elegant with blue & dark & mid red fruits. Great balance of fruit & earth. So beautiful & easy to drink. The 97 vintage was one no one wanted to buy as it was critically panned. I have said this many times, “in every difficult vintage, there are always producers that make good wine.” In the case of the Potensac, it took 15+ years to fully spread its wings and it continues to improve with another 10 years left ahead. No critic would have told you in 98 & 99 when the initial reviews came out to buy this wine. Potensac is made by the same technical team as Leoville Las Cases. Always follow good producers, even in difficult years. K&L bought 5,000 cases of this wine 10+ years after the fact. They are Masters in Bordeaux wines for this kind of value. Clyde took the shipments in two blocks of 2500 cases and sold through them in about a year or less at $24.99 a bottle. It remains the bargain of a lifetime! @Shay A This is the wine you want to buy to keep you from opening your 09’s & 10’s too early. So delicious tonight!!! Photos of; Potensac, concrete tanks, fruit near harvest and their barrel room. — 7 years ago

Donald Williams

9.1

Mencia never disappoints. Terrific with pizza and wings. — 8 years ago

with Bonnie

Michael J Lanni Jr

8.9

Paired with shrimp cocktail, olives, cheese, chicken wings, calamari salad and soppresata. — 9 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

Right, does anyone else think good, acidic Loire cab franc pairs pretty well with BBQ? (Ribs, brisket, wings, mac and cheese, cornbread.) — 9 years ago

Adam Nesto

9.0

Sour beer. Good with Fareez's ramen wings. #averowingcookoff — 9 years ago