In most years, today would be the last day of February. Not today, though. We have one more day to go…LEAP DAY! So this is the last bottle of wine I will open before Leap Day William arrives to trade his candy for the tears of children. I was hoping it would be better, but tomorrow is a “free day,”… Read more →
It’s Day 25 of CorkEnvy’s Twenty-Wine Days of February, but Day 2 of the 2012 Virginia Wine Expo. The Rib and I sampled some nice Virginia wines last night and are looking forward to sampling even more over the course of 8 hours this afternoon. As I like to say from time to time, “it’s good to be me!” 2009… Read more →
2005 Giorgio Pelissero Langhe Long Now, Piedmont, Italy The Rib and I purchased this Nebbiolo blend in June 2010 at a tasting featuring the winemaker and have been waiting (somewhat impatiently) to open one of the two bottles that remain in the cellar. So I whipped up some meat sauce and decanted this wine for two hours and sat down… Read more →
