The Generous Pour Is a Great Way to Learn About Wine
by Andrew Chalk If you have an interest in wine and asked yourself “What do the main grape types taste like?” I have a recommendation for you. Slip down to The Capital Grille in Dallas, Fort Worth or...
View ArticleTwo Wine Finds With A Quirky Name
by Andrew Chalk What do you do if the rest of the world calls you a frog and thinks that you are arrogant just because you have the best shrug? If you are French winemaker Jean-Claude Mas you turn the...
View Article50 Cabernet Sauvignons To Be Tasted At Sigel’s Annual Mega-Tasting
by Andrew Chalk With the move into fall the root vegetable of choice to power our press release machine is parsnips. This just in from Sigel’s about an event that is Crave Recommended. 4th Annual...
View ArticleLewis Wines: A Young Hill Country Winery With Big Aspirations
Doug Lewis (photo courtesy Miguel Lecuona) by Andrew Chalk As I accelerate out of Johnson City, travelling west on 290, I am careful to watch for two propane tanks on the left hand side of the road as...
View Article2010 William Hill Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
by Andrew Chalk If you have been watching Napa Cabernet Sauvignon prices recently, including here on Crave, they can easily go into the mid three digits. It is nice to find one that does not require a...
View ArticleDon Melchor Shows How It Ages Over a Quarter of a Century
by Andrew Chalk Can a Chilean wine age and improve for a quarter of a century? More expert Dallas wine tasters are saying ‘yes’ today after an impressive vertical showing by parent winery Concha y Toro...
View ArticleGascon Releases a New Red Blend
by Andrew Chalk The Argentine winery Don Miguel Gascon (known mainly as just ‘Gascon’ in the U.S.) has established a devoted following for its malbec and Malbec Reserve. Now the winery has stepped out...
View ArticleRed Caboose Winery and Vineyards: Discovering a Texas Iconoclast
by Andrew Chalk At less than two hours drive from Dallas, Red Caboose Winery and Vineyards in Meridian, Texas is close to the big city. However, standing in the sixteen acres of vineyard, one could be...
View ArticleDownton Abbey Makes a Wine With No Class
by Andrew Chalk It is ironic that a series whose attraction is it’s exploitation of the ‘cleavages within the English class system’ should produce a wine that is so existentially flat-chested. This...
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