Today, the tasting at Hope Valley Bottle Shop focused on some juicy French wines (two whites, one sparkling rosé, and two reds). As I am moving away from the Triangle this Friday (31 August 2012), this was my last tasting at HV Bottle Shop. That is sad, as the owner of the shop–Drew–was always incredibly …
Tag: red wine
Aug 18 2012
Wine tasting review – 18 August 2012
After the surprise tasting yesterday, today brought me back to the regularly-scheduled weekly wine tasting at HV Bottle Shop. The wines today were all from Argentina, three from Mendoza, one from La Rioja, and one from Patagonia (Rio Negro). Wines are discussed from right to left The first wine of the day was a 2011 …
Aug 17 2012
Wine tasting review – 17 August 2012
I had a surprise in my inbox the other day, stating that there would be a special wine tasting this evening at HV Bottle Shop. Generally the tastings are on Saturdays–and there will still be one tomorrow–but this week, they also had a tribute to wines from Bennett Valley. Bennett Valley is a very small …
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