If you want a good wine recommendation ask a food expert–maybe even a gourmet cook. People who put together exquisite meals understand how flavors work together and have a keen sense of smell–perfect skills for recognizing exceptional wines and magical food and wine combinations. After all, what is wine but one the world’s greatest food…
Wine Shopping 101: Do Points Matter?
SACRAMENTO—This week at the Society of Wine Educators’ annual meeting, participants addressed the question: Do points matter? Point-based ratings for wines have grown as consumers seek shortcuts to selecting wines in a marketplace with a dizzying array of wine options. It makes sense. Most people are rationally ignorant about wine. They simply want a nice…
Trimbach Gewürztraminer and Asian Food at Wild Ginger, Seattle
SEATTLE–Despite what you might think, there are wines that go well with spicy Asian fare. And in Washington, D.C., there are lots of great places to get such meals. But this week, the D.C. Wine Shopping Examiner reports from the other Washington—Washington State. Here in Seattle, the restaurant Wild Ginger specializes in pairing wine and…
Vina Santa Ema Reserve Merlot, Maipo Valley Chile, 2005
If your pocketbook is still hurting in the recession and you still want a premium wine, look for the Chilean section of your local wine shop or supermarket. Winemakers in Chile are producing some of the world’s best values these days. Many of these values come from large, well established vineyards with long histories in…
2006 Luigi Bosca Single Vineyard Malbec, DOC
During the past few decades, Argentinean wines have undergone a transformation. Argentina has moved from a country that produced average wines for local consumption to one that produces premium wines that succeed in highly competitive world markets. To improve its ability to compete globally, the nation created a regulatory structure modeled after European ones. This…
