Atlanta Wine Guy

Bubbly pair from Segura Viudas

Atlanta Wine Guy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:24 +0000

It was sometime in November of 2006 when I was first introduced to the wonders of Segura Viudas. It was the time of year when distributors were pushing their sparkling wares and we were sampling 3 wines from this Spanish Cava producer, the Brut Reserva, Aria and Reserva Heredad. Unfortunately, the Heredad was corked, so [...]

1995 Gloria Ferrer Royal Cuvée Vintage Reserve

Atlanta Wine Guy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:36 +0000

When I was out and about in search of Dom Ruinart Rose for Valentine’s Day, I happened upon a couple of great deals. The Billecart-Salmon (reviewed here) was my first and this 1995 Gloria Ferrer was the second. I have been on the lookout for this bottling, as it is always a well rated* wine that [...]

Sauv Blanc Showdown

Atlanta Wine Guy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:24 +0000

While I missed out on the mass online tasting of Sauvignon blancs on Twitter last week, I did manage to open a couple of sample bottles I’d received. FULL DISCLOSURE: Both Sauvignon blanc wines talked about in this post were given to me as samples. We were invited to some friends for a dinner of [...]

Toad Hollow Amplexus

Atlanta Wine Guy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:00:14 +0000

A French wine from an American winery, with a label featuring two frogs. Yeah, that works for me. When I was in retail, I used to sell a couple of the Toad Hollow wines. My personal favorite was Erik the Red, a truly American mutt of a wine that had 17 different grape varieties thrown in. [...]

Champagne Oudinot

Atlanta Wine Guy — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:00:27 +0000

For those about to ask, I actually paid for this wine. It was a reasonable, for Champagne that is, $19.99 for a half bottle at Total Wine. While I’m not a big fan of theirs (or big boxes in general), they do have a nice selection of half bottles compared to most shops. I think [...]