For those of you who’ve never been to the annual Boston Wine Expo, this is the year to make your debut. It’s the 25th anniversary of this classic event and its founders, the Boston Guild of Oenophilists, have come up with a spectacular program for the weekend of Feb. 13-14. Come to think of it, […]
Month: January 2016
Balletto Pinot Noir is worth the adventure
I had the good fortune of tasting several wonderful wines over the holidays, and it is with a sense of sadness I see all the decorations coming down. The parties are over… but the palate lives on! Drinking good Pinot Noir remains one of my lifelong pursuits. Finding the most sensuous, enduring taste — at […]
Bledsoe's Doubleback still scoring for Lowell charity
Drew Bledsoe’s 2012 Doubleback Cabernet Sauvignon (94 points, Wine Enthusiast) keeps scoring points — and dollars — for the WCAP Salvation Army Radiothon. The 2012 vintage is Doubleback’s best to date, and a signed bottle I donated to the Warren Shaw-led Radiothon brought in $1,500. Kudos to Ernest Linuk, a Billerica attorney, who made the […]
Four wines to jump-start the new year
OK, let’s all take a sip of Prosecco, refresh the palate and get ready for a great 2016 wine adventure. Seven days into the new year, I’ve already sampled two reds and two whites for my personal Wine Log. But first … looking back on the pages from 2015, I had the good fortune, along […]
