Port and dry red wines can match perfectly with chocolate, we discovered, and we’d like to share these terrific wines with you. To test Senior Contributor Mark Raymond’s recommendations, we bit into beautiful pieces of chocolate, then sipped. Superb! Also great wines for drinking sitting by the fire with friends. Tell your wine store the […]
Wines
Yes, this Fab White Wine Is Perfect with Meat Chili!
What is the right wine for red chili? It must be a red, right? Turns out, no, surprising us, too. But when you think about it, white makes sense for red chili. We know fruit-forward whites like reisling, Alsation wines and sparklers are best with spicy Asian foods, yet it never dawned on us that […]
Our $30 White Wine Scores a 90
Supple in the mouth, full-bodied in the bottle, Les Chanteaux is from the Chinon region of France and now available in our region at $30 a bottle. Wine Spectator just awarded the wine 90 points; with that rating and the beautiful floral and mineral taste of this wine, it’s the perfect choice for sipping, or […]
Value Wine Pick: Cozy Up with a Juicy Red
Sip it in your favorite chair, with mac and cheese, roast chicken, chili or pizza. La Font 2012 is a French Rhone wine with real character, nice body and a firm grip so that it matches well with an array of foods we love. At $20, a very good buy. Thanks to wine broker Alex […]
Gorgeous & Powerful Italian Nino Negri Red
From Faith — This is one of the best and most powerful Italian wines we’ve tried on the show this year, and priced at $40, we classify it as a “Host Gift” or “Celebration” selection — one with a dramatic story. The Nino Negri 2011 Sfursat dell Valtellina’s Nebbiolo grapes are harvested on such valuable […]
Make Everyone Happy: Serve Port with Dessert on Thanksgiving
From Faith — I call port the pizza of dessert wines and I mean it in the best way; everyone seems to love it. We especially love these two for their quality at this price point. As your guests take a sip you’ll see smiles all around, whether you’re by the fire or pairing port with […]
