Sep
27

Celler De L`encastell Marge 2006

If you have kept up with my blogs on wine, you will know that I absolutely love Spanish Priorats. I discovered Priorats about a year ago and just fell in love. I now have a decent collection of Priorat’s. It really is my favorite right now. The problem has been that these wines are typically [...]

Aug
23

Bordeaux Night

It’s been a while since I wrote about one of our wine tasting nights. Last month we did martini’s instead of wine but this month we’re back on track again. The way this works is that we are four couples in our self made wine club and we rotate through a different couple’s home once [...]

Jun
15

A night of Riojas and more

We had another get together for the neighborhood wine club this past Friday. This time our hosts were Johan and Leen. As is customary with our wine club, the host determines the varietal of wine we’ll be drinking and also the food theme for the evening. Everyone then supplies 1-2 bottles of wine and a [...]

Jan
06

Cims De Porrera, Classic, 1999, Priorat

About 18 months ago I purchased 2 bottles of this wine based on a recommendation from The Wine Library in Summit, NJ (www.winelibrary.com). I think it cost $35 or $40 a bottle. It’s probably the first wine I bought when I started getting serious about collecting wine. I opened a bottle that week and really [...]