Michael Pinkus Wine Review - From the Cellar

From the Cellar

Just because I started a website called OntarioWineReview.com doesn't mean it's All-Ontario-All-the-Time. When I kick back at night my mood (and sometimes my curiosity) decides my wine of choice. And the title should read, "Uncorked and Un-Screwed Tonight" ... but that just sounds wrong.

November 13, 2013: Folie a Deux 2005 Menage a Trois - Red (California)

14 Nov 2013

Details: Category: Uncorked Tonight

I brought this wine into my wine class to prove a point and ended up proving quite a different one. I had opened a bottle of this California blend a few months ago and found a synthetic cork under the capsule and a nasty tasting wine under the "cork" (so bad in fact that I never wrote it up, but did make a private note of the incident). Now I know this isn't suppose to be a long-lasting wine, it was a fluke that I found it in the first place, buried in my cellar - sad part is ... there was a companion bottle with it. And so I took it to class to show what an oxidized wine tastes like ...
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November 9, 2013: Casa Marin 2006 Cartagena Cabernet Sauvignon (Chile)

11 Nov 2013

Details: Category: Uncorked Tonight

It's Saturday night and I have just finished my seminars in Sarnia for the Fusion Festival ... now sitting quietly in my room I am able to open a bottle of something I have been looking forward to all day, put my feet up and watch a little hockey. But before I get too comfortable I thought I'd let you in on that wine I have been looking forward to all day ...
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