Author Archive: Bruce
2010 Cono Sur Pinot Noir from Chile
2010 Cono Sur Pinot Noir Reserva How do you describe a really nice Pinot Noir? We throw out terms like notes of blueberry, gamey, forest floor, dark berries with hints of tobacco. It’s rare that you actually taste these things – they are merely suggestions of similar sensations. But describing a quality Pinot leaves us [...]
Top 5 Best Wine Video Hosts on You Tube
There are a lot of videos on You Tube about wine. How do you wade through them all to find hosts that you find appealing? Well you can either watch hundreds of videos or you can pop by Wine with Bruce and see whoe reigns on the Top 5 list. I watch a good amount [...]
Costco Zinzanie Review
After a few nice bottles I decided to go back to Costco. Zinzanie is the bottle’s name, another one from Julia Wine. I was hoping to get a nice, well priced Zinfandel (which I like). Not so lucky – what I got was a bottle full of yuk. From the get go the color seemed [...]
2007 Bodega Muga Reserva
I love a nice nose and this 2007 Muga Rioja has one. Woody and dark fruit, hint of leather – very nice. Medium bodied, very present tannins, dark fruit, maybe a hint of wood/tobacco but the finish wasn’t amazing and to be frank – something just a little off at the very end. An aftertaste [...]
2009 Rosemount Estate Cabernet Merlot
I tried to start by digging out a bit of info for you from the Rosemount Estate website. It’s one of the worst sites I’ve seen in a while. I hope they didn’t pay too much for it. Lots of bouncing colors and not much information. On their Cabernet Merlot they only had to [...]
Castello di Gabbiano Chianti Classico Riserva 2008
I’m going to kick this off before I even taste the stuff – dig around the net a bit and see what I can find out about Gabbiano Chianto Classico. I expect it will be nice, having a few years of age, coming from a reputable chateau and having the highest classification given to Italian [...]
2010 Alamos Malbec by Catena Family Wines
I tried a Catena Malbec last month after reading about the family and vineyard in Nathalie MacLean’s book Unquenchable (enjoyed). I was a bit hesitant as the previous Malbec I tried wasn’t one of my favorites. I ended up enjoying the Catena so much that I gave my father-in-law a bottle when we last visited. [...]
2010 Lemura Nero D’Avola Sicilian Wine
This is one of those wines that I find a little tricky to pin down. First – I like it, don’t love it but I like it. I can see this going down pretty well with a nice lasagna. Looking at the wine – for some reason I was expecting a bit of a red [...]
French Nose Cuvee #2 from Costco
I reviewed French Nose Cuvee #3 not that long ago and I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised. I had been on a run of bad wines from Costco. Bad bottle after bad got me to question why I bothered. Taking one for the team was my thought while making the next Costco purchase. [...]
2009 Santa Barbara Pinot Noire
Santa Barbara Wine Company – doesn’t sound like a quaint family run grape farm but a, well, a business. A corporate wine. I haven’t tasted the wine yet – I have a bottle of their Pinot Noire in front of me. I also know nothing about the winemaker. I’m about to learn about the Company, [...]
