June 2012 Wine Club Selections
June 2012 Oconee Wine Club Selections Lyeth Estate, established by Chip Lyeth in 1981, was one of the first wineries in California to pursue the unique complexity and composition achieved by the marriage of Cabernet Sauvignon and the other traditional Bordeaux varieties. Wines of this style, known as Meritage, have become some of the world’s […]
May 2012 Wine Club Selections
May 2012 Wine Club Selections The May wines are in! This month I chose two French wines that are both rated 90 or more by Robert Parker. Although these wines come from different producers, they are both imported by European Cellars Selection (Eric Solmon). They are one of the premier importers of Eurpean wines. Robert […]
April 2012 Wine Club Selections
April 2012 Wine Club Selections Founded in 1970, with its first release in 1975, Marqués de Cáceres the Rioja bodega was established by Henri Forner, whose family has been active in the wine business for generations. The winery is named for a Spanish peer who was also an investor in the winery and a friend of […]
March 2012 Wine Club Selections
March 2012 The Oconee Wine Club The red selection comes from the Apaltagua Winery, located in the prestigious Apalta region in Chile’s Colchagua Valley, which specializes in one distinguished, but lesser known, grape varietal – Carmenère. Carmenère is considered the “lost Bordeaux” variety, as it was originally planted in Bordeaux, but was abandoned there because […]
February 2012 Wine Club Selections
February 2012 The Oconee Wine Club Charles Smith Wines First there was K Vintners, then the Magnificent Wine Company and now winemaker Charles Smith brings you his latest revelation. Charles Smith Wines: The Modernist Project is a response to how people generally consume wine today, that is immediately…as in immediately after being purchased at a […]
