Wine in Argentina : a Study in Contrasts

Remy Charest
Features
8 min read
Argentina is a place full of contrasts – if not contradiction. It is the wealth and bustle of Buenos Aires and the quiet, ramshackle villages of the interior. It is the vast desert plains of Mendoza, set in front of the majestic wall of the Andes mountains, a combination that

Angel’s Envy Rye Whiskey

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The smooth scent of this whiskey is not an indicator of the finish – when sipped neat.  First there’s a pleasant molasses/sorghum aroma.  Flavors are very woody and bright – even a bit too bright, turning into a burn in the finish. Very attacky tannins on the tongue.  Overall, this

2009 Plantagenet Shiraz

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
This is a big mouthful of wine, but bright and fresh, not jammy. The nose has aromas of blackberries and wood smoke. Blackberries lead on the palate, followed by smoke, vanilla, and bacon, which lingers with blackberries and vanilla on a lengthy finish. Acids are bright, tannins firm and slightly

2012 Alamos Cabernet Sauvignon

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Put a small green pepper between fresh blueberry pie and cherry pie, and you'll get the aromas coming from the glass. The palate is similar, leading with sweet blueberry pie filling and vanilla-flavored crust, moving toward the same in cherry on the mid-palate, and ending with a touch of green

2011 Ghost Pines Cabernet Sauvignon

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Cabernet for barbecue, and more. The nose shows black currant and tobacco leaf. The palate opens with black currants, plums, and vanilla. It adds cherry and spice box on the mid-palate, followed by a clear hit of eucalyptus. Tannins are dusty, acids zingy. Drink with dry rubbed brisket. Recommended. 88

2009 Siegendorf Red

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
This Cab-Merlot blend may make you re-think Austrian red wine. The nose shows a blend of red and black fruits, elderberry and very ripe black cherries, butter, and tobacco leaf. On the palate, it leads with black fruit, moves to red on the mid-palate, all with underpinnings of butter and

2010 John Duval “Entity” Shiraz

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Deceptively explosive and expressive, this is a true gem. Blueberry and elderberry on the nose barely hint at the explosive palate to follow. It opens with blue and black fruits and asian spices, fruits that seem to increase in concentration toward the mid-palate, like they were being turned from fruit

2011 Trinitas “Rose’ary” Rosé

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The nose is fresh-sliced strawberries floating in strawberry soda. Strawberry and watermelon move toward maraschino cherry from attack to mid-palate. Touches of vanilla and sweet cherry are kept in check by dry leafy herbs. There is a little RS, but this is no 1977s white Zin. This is a joyful,