This release is supposed to feature German wines, but don’t expect to find anything special in the five wines the management decided to offer. All are mediocre wines at best. It baffles me that in a country famous for exquisite white wines buyers could find only five below average products […]
This time around, Vintages decided to feature wines of ten European benchmark regions – Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Loire valley, Rhoen valley, Piedmont, Tuscany, Veneto, Rioja, and Douro Valley. Surprisingly, Germany or any of its wine – producing regions was absent from the list. Yet, a few German wines are included […]
This release contains 114 wines and offers a selection of Australian and Ontario award-winning products. All, except very few wines, were available for tasting. Surprisingly, the Australian selection tasted under whelming. Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley pinot noirs were not offered, which I expected. Ontario wines tasted fine. This release […]
Once again the Vintages management decided to release approximately 160 brands on October 31. It is huge number of wines and other alcoholic beverages to taste, given time constraints. I selectively tasted approximately 100, skipping a few wines. This release features Tuscan wines and spotlights Chilean products. There were three […]
The second release of September sets the tone to what we can expect in future releases that will culminate with the Christmas release at the beginning do December. This is a very large release with well over 130 wines, spirits, liqueurs, and only one sake. The main feature is Ontario […]
This mid-summer release features northwestern North American wine producing regions – Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Geographically northwestern North America is natural topographical region. Political events between England and France divided the region into two belonging to Canada and the U.S.A. An American professor of geography rightly called it Ecotopia […]
Once again, Vintages management decided to feature a huge release with well over 114 wines including a few roses for the forecast warm weather in august and September. Only 108 wines were available for wine writers to taste. The 2004 Limited Edition Dom Perignon at $ 245.95 was not made […]
For this pinot noir oriented release Vintages buyers selected red wines that complement BBQ red meat. North Americans are famous for their love of grilled meat, especially in spring and summer, for garden parties and family gettogethers. Although I recommend relatively high-priced wines, there are many in this release that […]
