Kimberly Houston | March 1, 2011
This is a nice little grocery store wine you can pick up at Harriss Teeter for around $10 bucks. It’s a good deal at that price. I originally had the 2008 version a few months back at Press 102, that lovely little spot in downtown Wilmington in the Hotel Tarrymore, right off Second Street, just [...]
Kimberly Houston | September 23, 2010
Valle Dorado Sauvignon Blanc 2010
Surveying the wine selection at work today, I thought, hmm, it might be late September here in the not-so-deep-South, but it is H.O.T., like, 90 degrees hot. Not the time just yet to switch to “transition reds,” I reckon.
So I picked up a value priced Sauvignon Blanc from Chile. $6.99 retail, [...]
Kimberly Houston | January 29, 2010
Sean Minor 2008 Pinot Noir, Napa Valley/Carneros
It’s good. It’s value-priced. It’s not pretending to be high-end wine for the low, low price of $20 or less. But it is pretty and balanced and approachable, and to my palate, delicious. And if you drink Pinot Noir with any regularity, you know how hard it is to [...]
