Archive > September 2009

2004 Flying Horse Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Tonight I’m having another bottle of Flying Horse Cabernet Sauvignon from Oakville, Napa Valley.  Stag’s Leap District once upon a time was my favourite Napa appellation, but now I’ve moved over to Oakville.  Now I don’t know where these grapes were grown, but I hear the winemaker is none other than Château Latour’s own Denis [...]

Continue reading

Merlot, affordable, as in dirt cheap – assaggio minoralus

Always on the lookout for inexpensive examples of my (the Bad Man) favourite varietal, Merlot, I assembled the worthy locally and currently available Merlots that were well under $10.  You’ve seen a lot of lists of wines for “under $10″, but those invariably at the grocer seem to be more like $11 or $12.  So [...]

Continue reading