Riesling from Napa
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. I know what you are thinking. Napa? Riesling? Really? Yes really, and it’s good. I can’t say that I’ve had a lot of Riesling from Napa....
View ArticleStepping Up to Rose
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Cornerstone Cellars. Today turned out to be a gorgeous day in the nation’s capital, so it seemed a perfect time to bust out some Rose. I plucked the...
View Article2009 Cornerstone Oregon Pinot Noir
Final round of speed dating brings us the 2009 Cornerstone Oregon Pinot Noir. This is a wine I’m very very familiar with. In fact, I drank it earlier today, on Thursday night, and last week I think....
View ArticleSipping Sauvignon Blanc
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Snow? Cold? Rain? Gray fog? Nothing says Sauvignon Blanc like that kind of weather, right? Well, I often like to pretend it’s summer or...
View ArticleIn the Willamette
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Harkening back to our trip to Oregon this summer, Mr. Wannabe Wino and I popped the cork on the 2010 Cornerstone Oregon Willamette Valley...
View ArticleImpressions from the 2013 Wine Blogger Conference
Back from my 5th Wine Blogger Conference, held this year in Pentiction, BC, I find myself again inclined to ruminate on what I learned, saw, drank, ate, etc., while spending 4 days in a new-to-me wine...
View ArticleRock This Way
Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Cornerstone Winery. While our weather has turned unseasonably cool in DC for August, I’m still digging white wines. The summer screams white wine and...
View ArticleRun and Get It. Now.
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. No, seriously, why are you still reading instead of going to go get some of this wine? Perhaps the humidity is on my brain, but I can’t...
View ArticleA Syrah A Day
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Keeps the doctor away. That’s how that expression goes, right? Well, that’s how it should read, particularly if the Syrah in question is...
View ArticlePretty in Pink
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Although the calendar has turned to September, the weather in DC is no closer to fall than it was last week. Rather, it seems even hotter...
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