It was several years ago that a wine buyer for a market told me I could not go wrong with zinfandel if I stuck to the Three R’s: Ridge, Ravenswood and Rosenblum. I think there might be a 4th R and there are many excellent zinfandels that don’t start with R — but it was a handy, quick guide. I thought of that a couple of weeks ago at the wine tasting at Marche Bacchus. We were tasting wines from Hahn Winery in the Santa Lucia Highlands. The Santa Lucia AVA is on the backside of the mountains that face Monterey Bay. I’ve been there several times and loved the Hahn tasting room and always ended up buying a couple of bottles. In fact, just the night before I had opened a Hahn Syrah with my friend Susan. So at Marche Bacchus, we were listening to the merits of the various wines when… Read More »
Old World Wines …
First of all, many people have asked me “did you taste any good wines in Brazil?” Although Argentina and Chile are known for their wines, Brazil not so much. They do produce wines, and we got a couple of Brazilian wines from the market which compared favorably to supermarket wines right here, but we didn’t do any serious wine tasting. Our friend, Jean, found a Groupon for a wine tasting but unfortunately it was for the very evening we were leaving Rio. Drat! Jean is a genius at finding discount adventures. (On Sunday she took us on a 2 hour boat tour of Rio’s huge and complex harbor, using a Groupon.) I do want to write about our adventures in Brazil, but today I am compelled to write about my dismal failure at a wine tasting Saturday night. The problem is that I am not fond of Old World Wines. Many wine connoisseurs look down… Read More »
