Winexpression

Snuggling close to selling half a billion bottles of Charles Shaw, 66 year old Fred Franzia has got his right foot on the gas and isn’t braking for anything.  He’s a determined man with a simple yet unpopular approach to the wine business: sell an ocean of wine at a price people laugh at.
Guess what? [...]

Is it really summer? You would have a hard time determining that by comparing this years weather to the last few years, but now is the time we like to give a few summer wine recommendations.
Winexpression was sent a few wines from the Rutherford Wine Company, who own the Rutherford Ranch Winery (Napa Valley), Round [...]

Citrus. Vanilla. Raspberry.  What do these have in common?  They are all flavors of vodka that most are familiar with and that large distillery’s typically don’t venture away from producing.  But what about root beer vodka?  Now that’s another story.  I’d never heard of root beer vodka before being sent a press sample from Three [...]

You’ve heard it all of your life, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” And most likely, as you’ve applied that principal throughout your life, you’ve realized it really is good advice. That Pad Kee Mao you wouldn’t have touched a few years ago? It’s now become something you crave ever since you [...]

I love the on setting of Spring. The patio furniture is taken out of storage, the grill gets it’s long awaited work out, and the wines we enjoy turn to the crisp food friendly white wines that work so well when chilled.
Some of my favorite white wines come from New Zealand. Tropical fruit flavors seem [...]

When you think of going wine tasting, your thoughts probably turn toward wineries, right?  After all, that is the typical setting for sampling wine.  But have you ever thought that your local grocery store could serve the same purpose?  No, it isn’t conventional, but it’s a great way to try new wines in a different [...]

Disclosure: The following wines were received as press samples.
Lot 92 – 2004 Margaret River Chardonnay
Price: $14
Alcohol by volume: 14.1%
Production: 350 cases
Cam’s back! This delicious wine (sealed with a screw cap) is very well balanced and delivers a nose of pineapple, pear and apple with a light mouth feel that is crisp with a bit [...]

I don’t know about you, but one of my thrills in life is finding a great wine at a reasonable price that I can recommend to friends or just hoard for myself. I was pleasantly surprised when a few press samples from Rutherford Wine Company arrived and all of them turned out to be pleasing [...]

Lately I find myself being a bit more resourceful: driving at lower speeds with cruise control, making my own chicken stock, riding my bike to work, and looking for deals at the grocery store  (among other things). This attitude has permeated my wine purchasing habits, and every now and again I come upon a really [...]

Tasting a distilled spirit is a bit different than tasting wine, although the basic premise is the same. Since the alcohol levels are much higher, at 40% versus your standard wine around 14%, the first thing you smell is the ethanol. That being the case, a taster must adjust their method in order to identify [...]