On the Path | Jason Doss | Flickr Uploaded on July 30, 2024 Taken on July 18, 2024

It’s been two years since we last tasted and reviewed this bottle. That was the 2019 vintage which we gave 87 points and were impressed at the quality for the very low $6.99 price point. That puts it right on par with the Kirkland Cotes du Rhone Villages, which is also $6.99, and we’ve scored … Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2021-jean-louis-grande-reserve-cotes-du-rhone/

Townscape | Jason Doss | Flickr Uploaded on July 30, 2024 Taken on July 18, 2024

It’s been 30 days since we were alerted to the existence of this new wine in the Kirkland Portfolio. During that time we have driven to five different Costco stores around Atlanta (multiple times) looking for it, and finally found it last night, thanks to reader JJ for giving us a heads up that it … Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2022-kirkland-signature-vacqueyras/

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Vine | Echallens, Switzerland | Bertrand Waridel | Flickr Uploaded on July 26, 2024 Taken on June 11, 2024

?*´?`*?Jo Zimny Photos?*´?`*? has added a photo to the pool: I was up in the loft above the garage and snapped this photo of my neighbour’s yellow flowered honeysuckle vine on top of her garage roof. Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeyz51/53876890186/in/pool-52609756@N00

Villa Calcinaia is the real thing, an historic producer of wine owned by the same family since 1524, the same year the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano explored America’s Atlantic coast and discovered Manhattan.  Today, 500 years later, Villa Calcinaia is (since 1992) in the very capable hands of Conte Sebastiano Capponi, the 37th generation of the family to own …

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Post and Chain | Jason Doss | Flickr Uploaded on July 20, 2024 Taken on July 19, 2024

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The new Danbury Ridge site near Canewdon in Essex. Danbury Ridge prospected the land due to its unusual geological make-up. John Atkinson MW, consultant for Danbury Ridge, had noticed the quality of the 2020 Essex vintage ‘despite high rainfall’. This prompted him to research soil properties, initially together with Lee Jones of the British Geological Survey. Atkinson then developed a …

Notable for its tightly knit texture and expressive plum, black currant and blackberry fruit aromas and flavors, this red also reveals flashes of blood orange, bitter chocolate, tamarind and graphite. The structure is enhanced by driving acidity, ending with a long, resonant finish. Cabernet Franc. Best from 2026 through 2043. 166 cases made, 65 cases imported. Source : aec7dbca5aa0d8618e4a9ee2c40e05bc

This creamy white is light on its feet and elegant, layering light juiciness and a silky texture with notes of star fruit, kiwi, grapefruit peel, lemon thyme and creamed almond. Lightly spiced and minerally on the finish. Loureiro and Alvarinho. Drink now. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 16,667 cases made, 100 cases imported. Source : 5eb6fbc158f6904b27535f7b35b4bf62