“There’s a lot of wine here, for not a lot of money.”
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I rarely do organized tastings these days. My modus operandi hasn’t changed much since we started Gang of Pour way back in ‘97: “ We feel that fine wine is best enjoyed and evaluated when we can sip a glass or two leisurely over a period of time, without hurry, in order to more fully appreciate its charms, and to observe how it changes and develops in the glass. We sacrifice quantity of selections sampled, in favor of quality of the tasting experience itself.”
There are exceptions, of course, like when I went to meet Mary Taylor at last Thursday’s Plum Market event. Or, I might be on a “scouting mission,” looking for selections that I can spend a little time with and get to know better on a later date. Again, such was the case last Thursday, when I came home with six wines, two of which have already been reviewed here. I’ve opened two more bottles since then, and both I and my wife Kim really like both. Here are my impressions.
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