reviews
New Feature! Local Wine Reviews!
Saturday, January 24th, 2009Hello everyone! My name is Chris Simmons and I am a local wine connoisseur and consumer. Leandra was kind enough to allow me a place here at TriangleVino.com to post reviews and evaluations of the wines sold in our beloved local shops: The Wine Merchant, Southern Season, Hope Valley Bottle Shop, Wine Authorities, Brandywine Cellars, [...]
Thelema Vineyards tasting notes
Saturday, October 18th, 2008We attended the Thelema wine tasting at Hope Valley Bottle Shop last night and had some of the best South African wines we’ve tasted here in the US.
The winemaker, Rudi Schultz, was eager to talk about his winery and the wine-making process and we very much enjoyed hearing about it direct from the source. (Plus, [...]
discovering new wine @ two free tastings on 10/4
Monday, October 6th, 2008Wine Authorities
Once again we left a Saturday tasting at Wine Authorities with a half case of wine and two locopops. This time, however, I consumed my sangiovese pop outside, away from the car and my shirt. Of the three wines we tasted, we bought two… the Hunter’s Sauvignon Blanc (2007) from New Zealand was citrus-y [...]
Wine Authorities tasting notes
Saturday, August 30th, 2008We hit Wine Authorities right at noon for their weekly free wine tasting, mainly so we wouldn’t miss out on the second round of Locopops. (Our review at the bottom of this post.)
The wines we tried…
Vénus de Pinchinat, Vin de Pays Blanc 2007 (France), 100% Rolle (Vermentino grape), medium alcohol, a good food-pairing wine. Tastes [...]
BrandyWine Cellars tasting notes
Sunday, August 24th, 2008We found two new wines we liked at the weekly free wine tasting at BrandyWine Cellars yesterday afternoon…
Vinum Chenin Blanc from South Africa, we are always on the lookout for South African wines and this one did not disappoint. Grassy, minerally and tart. I also got the distributor’s card (hi Laura!) to see if she [...]
winery visits: Virginia, New York and South Africa
Saturday, August 16th, 2008Here is a quick roundup from our personal blog of some winery reviews from the last year and a half. Need to add one of the NC wine trails to this list!
Long Island wineries (December 2007)
Finger Lakes wineries (December 2007)
Virginia wineries (May 2007)
South Africa wineries (December 2006)
Spanish wine tasting @ Wine Authorities
Saturday, August 9th, 2008There’s nothing like a beautiful day and some Spanish wine to bring people out to a wine tasting!
We started with the Canals Canals Brut Nature Gran Reserva Cava (NV) from the Penedes region of Spain. I found it very light at first but after a few sips, it opened with some clean citrus notes. Great [...]
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