by Winepisser | Feb 14, 2016 | Full Article
Many a wine enthusiast has, by dint of marriage or poor selection of friends, unwittingly found themselves in one of America’s multitude of lackluster slop houses, such as Olive Garden, Red Lobster or Dumpster Don’s Steakhouse of Horrors, and there,...
by Winepisser | Jan 29, 2022 | Full Article
I like to remind people that I’m a wine slob, not a wine snob. A street-level wine thug, as the saying goes. I mean, hell, the site’s called Winepisser, for heaven’s sake. So don’t hold this next one against me, but I will take credit for...
by Winepisser | Sep 1, 2017 | Full Article
My aerospace travels took me, of all places, to Redmond WA, literally pissing distance from the godawful Chateau Ste. Michelle winery where, if there weren’t so many damned cameras around these days, I probably would have literally pissed on the building. And...
by Winepisser | Jan 2, 2017 | Full Article
The rising star in New World wines is Uruguay, and this year’s prestigious Winepisser Best Wine award goes to a fantastic Tannat out of Carmelo, produced by winery Narbona. As our original February 2016 review pointed out, this is a meaty wine, in all the senses...
by Winepisser | Sep 18, 2016 | Full Article
Through some grace of Fortune, I found myself traveling to Orlando and stuck in a hotel over the weekend, right during Walt Disney World’s 2016 Food and Wine Festival at Epcot. Oh, yeah. I hit the thing mad early, even before it opened, and was immediately...
by Winepisser | Mar 24, 2016 | Full Article
It seemed a surefire certainty that a Riesling from the good Dr. Loosen would hit the five-star mark here at Winepisser sooner or later, but I admit to thinking it would be later. Surprise, the 2014 Ürziger Würzgarten Kabinett Riesling steals our hearts as we wait for...
