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Last week we attended yet another excellent tasting opportunity at Mark Gasbarro’s as Caymus shipped out their new releases and they were opened for the tasting public. They brought a pretty full range, including the Special Selection Cabernet. One thing that was immediately evident is that prices have jumped a bit this year, with the Continue reading Review of the Wines of Caymus Tasting at Gasbarros, on Federal Hill https://www.redwineplease.com/caymus-tasting-at-gasbarros-this-thursday-june-11th/ 
This Thursday, June 11, Mark Gasbarro is hosting another excellent, and free, wine tasting. Caymus comes to town with a great lineup of wines. The time is 6:00 to 8:00 at Gasbarro’s Wines on Federal Hill in Providence, RI. Here are the wines and their descriptions from Caymus. You can try them and see if Continue reading Caymus Tasting at Gasbarro’s This Thursday, June 11th! https://www.redwineplease.com/repost-some-noteworthy-wines-from-the-horizon-beverage-2015-expo/ 
Two weeks ago I had the chance to wander around the Horizon Beverage Wine Expo, where hundreds of wines were on display. There were many good ones, and several to make special note of. There were also several tables I did not get to as well, but here are the highlights: 2013 Galerie Napa Valley Continue reading Repost – Some Noteworthy Wines from the Horizon Beverage 2015 Expo https://www.redwineplease.com/repost-review-of-chatham-hill-winery-in-cary-north-carolina/ 
Generally if we’re in a new area and there is a winery about, we are going to find it. When you’re in the Raleigh – Durham area there are a lot of wineries about, so we picked one close to our other excursions and stopped in to try the wines. This turned out to be Continue reading Repost – Review of Chatham Hill Winery in Cary, North Carolina https://www.redwineplease.com/repost-the-eponymous-wines-of-bob-pepi/ 
Bob Pepi has been around the wine industry a long time, almost forty years long, and you might think after that amount of time a person would start to burn out. I had a chance to talk to Bob for a bit recently, and can assure you that he is one wine veteran who is Continue reading Repost – The Eponymous Wines of Bob Pepi https://www.redwineplease.com/2010-brunello-tasting-at-gasbarros-on-federal-hill/ 
This Thursday, April 23rd, Mark Gasbarro will be hosting Part One of his 2010 Brunello Tasting. The 2010 vintage in Italy is being heralded as a great one, which we know seems to be said quite a lot recently. However a lot of people are saying it, including Mark, so I am a believer. This Continue reading 2010 Brunello Tasting at Gasbarro’s on Federal Hill https://www.redwineplease.com/top-ten-red-wines-from-the-2015-savor-ct-event/ 
As usual we’re going to do a Top Ten Red Wine list, this time from the recent Savor CT event. In itself that is not unusual. What is going to be unusual is the vastly disproportionate amount of the list that is taken by wines from Italy. They dominated this event, at least as far Continue reading Top Ten Red Wines from the 2015 Savor CT Event https://www.redwineplease.com/new-wines-at-pail-shop-vineyards-theres-more-than-baseball-in-cooperstown/ 
We were in Cooperstown, New York over the weekend, visiting Alex at school for Easter, and used a few leisure hours to visit some of the local wineries. One, Rustic Ridge, we had been to before and the reviews this time were similar. The other however was brand new, and we got a chance to Continue reading New Wines at Pail Shop Vineyards – There’s More Than Baseball in Cooperstown https://www.redwineplease.com/a-nice-fiano-and-a-middle-of-the-road-sauvignon-blanc/ 
We’ve been so busy with other things that the reviews of wines we tried over the last eight months have been building up. Here are two of them, both whites. One is from Campania, Italy, and the other a Napa Valley offering. Our notes follow: Wine: 2010 Fiano di Avellino by Azienda Agraria San Paolo Continue reading A Nice Fiano and a Middle of the Road Sauvignon Blanc https://www.redwineplease.com/trader-joes-two-or-three-buck-chuck-and-musings-about-wine-values-are-more-expensive-wines-better-or-worth-the-money/ 
The debate about what constitutes wine value will go on forever, and since it is always dependent on your own personal tastes and budget there will always be unlimited opinions. Our own perspectives have changed over time, fluctuating with our individual tastes and income, but never really getting too far afield from their early roots. Continue reading Trader Joe’s Two (or Three) Buck Chuck and Musings About Wine Values: Are More Expensive Wines Better or Worth the Money? |