Wines of FreshDirect: Recession Proof Your Wine Portfolio
Lan Zur carmenere is the Bear Stearns of the FreshDirect wine world. While it is probably worth $50 a bottle, you can get it for $10. The tastes are reminiscent of big Bordeaux blends: lots of cedar, leather, smoke and fruit. But, it isn’t from France, its Chilean and at this price alone, it is [...]
New York Wine Expo 2008
Last weekend, Mrs. WineHazard and I attend the first ever New York Wine Expo. What a great expo and with some outstanding wines. My notes are non existent and my memory is a bit foggy, so I’ll do my best to tell everyone about our more memorable experiences.
Favorite Wine: Mrs. WineHazard went early and often [...]
Wines of FreshDirect: Sancerre-ly A Good White Wine
Perhaps one day, when we are not all working to pay the rent, we will have time to develop a simple “buy this wine for this entrée” guide. It will appear on the right-hand side and include a dozen or so can’t miss pairings. If I were to be tasked with this project today, I’d [...]
Wines of FreshDirect: An Earthy Israeli Shiraz
Lots of interesting wood and root vegetable flavors characterize this Israeli Shiraz, which makes for a good drink now. I had to continue to remind myself this wine is only 2 years old. Even though the structure of this wine leads me to believe it has legs to cellar well, in their FYI on the [...]
Wines of FreshDirect: A Pinot Grigio Surprise
Wines of FreshDirect: A Pinot Grigio Surprise
Sometimes a wine just surprises you. Last night, this one surprised us. We were both expecting a “ho-hum ‘nother Pinto Grigio” and instead we got a fairly interesting wine to go with our halibut. More mellon than citrus, this tart up front wine, mellows out nicely as it warms [...]
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