(Posted September 17, 2025) “When it comes to wine, I tell people to throw away the vintage charts and invest in a corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking.” – Alexis Lichine Aha – you just thought I was done with reviewing wines found in Kermit Lynch’s great book Adventures onContinue reading “Wine #19: Domaine Séguinot & Filles Chablis (and the final final wine from the Kermit Lynch book that started this whole thing in the first place for real this time!)”
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Celebrity Wine Vinterlude #4: Two Wolves Wine by Pink (P!nk?)
(Posted May 21, 2025) “Wine is sunlight, held together by water.” – Galileo Galilei This is the fourth in a series of wine blog posts highlighting some of my favorite wines from celebrities of note and whom I admire. Previous posts reviewed Gaslighter Wines by The Chicks, Pursued by Bear Wines from Kyle MacLachlan, andContinue reading “Celebrity Wine Vinterlude #4: Two Wolves Wine by Pink (P!nk?)”
Celebrity Wine Vinterlude #3: XOBC Cellars Wines by Brandi Carlile and Friends
(Posted March 26, 2024) “A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover” ― Clifton Fadiman This is the third in a series of wine blog posts highlighting some of my favorite wines from celebrities of note and whom I admire. Previous posts reviewed “Gaslighter Wines” by The ChicksContinue reading “Celebrity Wine Vinterlude #3: XOBC Cellars Wines by Brandi Carlile and Friends”
Celebrity Wine Vinterlude #2: Pursued by Bear Wines by Kyle Maclachlan
(Posted January 17, 2024) “Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, makes weariness forget his toil.” – Lord Byron OK this was another gratuitous photo to get your attention, but not entirely out of context. Now that we are through reviewing many of the wines mentioned in Adventures on the Wine RouteContinue reading “Celebrity Wine Vinterlude #2: Pursued by Bear Wines by Kyle Maclachlan”
Celebrity Wine Vinterlude #1: Gaslighter Wines by The Chicks
“Life is too short to drink bad wine.” ― Anonymous OK this was a gratuitous photo to get your attention, but not entirely out of context. Now that we are through reviewing many of the wines mentioned in Adventures on the Wine Route by Kermit Lynch, we’re going to keep moving forward by reviewing some “celebrity”Continue reading “Celebrity Wine Vinterlude #1: Gaslighter Wines by The Chicks”
Wine #18: Charles Joguet Clos de la Dioterie Chinon (and the final wine from the Kermit Lynch book that started this whole thing in the first place!)
(Posted March 6, 2023) “One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters…But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.” ― Charles Baudelaire, Paris Spleen Two years ago, I was sitting on a beach on Maui reading Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Lover’s Tour of France byContinue reading “Wine #18: Charles Joguet Clos de la Dioterie Chinon (and the final wine from the Kermit Lynch book that started this whole thing in the first place!)”
Wines #16 and 17: Decelle-Villa Savigny-les-Beaune vs. Verset Cornas
(Posted January 18, 2023) “In wine, there’s truth.” ― Pliny the Elder “This is the sixteenth and seventeenth in a review of wines that were mentioned in the great book by Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Lover’s Tour of France. Once again a reminder – Lynch’s book is by far one ofContinue reading “Wines #16 and 17: Decelle-Villa Savigny-les-Beaune vs. Verset Cornas”
Holiday Vinterlude – Some Nice White Wines We’ve Tried Lately
“The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.” – Benjamin Franklin We’re going to take a break from reviewing wines that were mentioned in the great book by Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Lover’s Tour of France,Continue reading “Holiday Vinterlude – Some Nice White Wines We’ve Tried Lately”
Wines #14 and 15: Gassac and Mercurey
(Posted October 20, 2022) “Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.” – Joan Collins This is the fourteenth and fifteenth in a review of wines that were mentioned in the great book by Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Lover’sContinue reading “Wines #14 and 15: Gassac and Mercurey”
Interlude: A Wine Tour of Italy
(Posted August 21, 2022) “Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.”― Homer We’re taking a break from our one-by-one tastings of the wines mentioned in Kermit Lynch’s Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Lover’s Tour of France. Instead, we spent a few weeks in Italy tastingContinue reading “Interlude: A Wine Tour of Italy”
The Cellar Door 