People have asked me what I’ll be uncorking on Thanksgiving Day. It’s quite simple. I am a big Pinot Noir fan and with the main meal, I’ll be serving a 2011 Belle Glos Clark & Telephone Vineyard Pinot Noir from the Santa Maria Valley in California. Belle Glos is a premium product of Caymus Vineyards, […]
Month: November 2013
Thanksgiving: A feast of food and wine
This is my favorite column of the year when I call on the wine experts for their Thanksgiving Day dinner suggestions. Once again, I am grateful to them for sharing their superb insights with Wine Novice readers. What follows are 24 wines — 13 white, 11 red — that promise to enhance the multitude of […]
Eleven Wine Novice picks make Best Buy list
The November issue of Wine Enthusiast magazine is one of my top reads for the staff’s Thanksgiving wine selections. This year, there is a nice article on “Thanksgiving Spanish Style” featuring side dishes and wines that would make Columbus feel right at home. The Spanish paprika and herb-rubbed turkey looked spectacular in the photograph, and […]
Seven wines to make holiday hearts sing
It’s been a busy few weeks attending wine tastings at local shops and here are some of my recommendations for your consideration. • 2011 Butternut Chardonnay, Napa Valley, $11.99 — The BNA Wine Group is headquartered in the heart of the country western music world — Nashville, Tenn. — yet the sweet sounds are coming […]
Collector's dream: $130G bottle of Caymus Cabernet
I met John Romano at the Wine Connextion in North Andover during the store’s fourth anniversary celebration on Oct. 26. He’s been the Martingnetti wine distribution company for 26 years and currently manages six divisions in key retail stores. He knows his wine, and has been sampling products since 1983 to find the best value […]
