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Big Bucks

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Great Wine Doesn't Have to Break the Bank

The amount of money wine lovers are willing to spend on a bottle seems, these days, to be creeping inexorably northward. Whatever has caused this—wine’s increasing popularity in this country, the incessant drumbeat of glowing reviews and articles about the next have-to-buy-it vintage—fewer people than ever before bat their eyes at bottle prices...

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Tagged Under: Bordeaux, Chile, Germany

Posted In: Wine Trends

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Malbec Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Long considered a supporting player in Bordeaux, Malbec is now best known as one of the most widely planted varieties in Argentina, which arguably produces the worlds best Malbec varietal wines. In Argentina, Malbecs are tannic, deeply colored, and rich wines that, depending on the vintage and the style in which they are made, can be drunk...read more
 

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Chenin Blanc Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Chenin Blanc is a white grape variety native to the Loire region of France whose success around the world is famous. In France, it is used in the wines of Anjou, Saumur, Vouvray, and Bonnezeaux. Chenin Blanc itself tends to be somewhat redolent of honey and flowers, though the intensity of these flavors depends, to a great extent, on where it...read more
 

New York Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, July 12, 2006
New York State produces some of the most interesting wines in America, and it is only for reasons of fashion and assumption that it is not as popular as some of the country's more traditional wine-producing states like California or Oregon. The truth, however, is that New York grows a wider range of grape varieties than any other state in...read more
 

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Carmenére / Carmenere Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Carmenére is a traditional grape variety of Bordeaux that has, over the course of the last century, fallen out of favor there. It is, however, undergoing a bit of a revival in Chile, where it was brought in the 19th Century. When Carmenére is made into a varietal wine, it is full-bodied and powerful. Its reputation seems to be improving after...read more
 

Mendoza Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
This is the most important wine-producing region in all of Argentina, which has become one of the two most important wine-producing countries in South America (Chile is the other one). In Mendoza, which is located in the west of the country, few grape varieties are as lauded these days as Malbec (though some quite good Cabernet Sauvignon and...read more
 

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Aconcagua Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
The red wines of this most northerly Chilean wine region are most well known, probably because the heat is simply too great for the development of white grapes that are possessed of enough acidity to make interesting, or terribly appealing, wine. There are, however, some decent Chardonnays and Sauvignon Blancs produced here, though nothing of...read more
 

Bío Bío / Bio-Bio Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
This is the most southerly wine region of Chile, and because of the higher rainfall and cloudier weather, it is an entirely different environment in which to grow grapes than the hot, dry regions further north (i.e., Aconcagua). Though the quality of the wines from Bío-Bío is improving, it is still not nearly as inspiring as examples from the...read more
 

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Maipo Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
This is perhaps the most highly regarded wine region in Chile, and it's no wonder: The wines from here are generally quite agreeable and reliably consistent, and the prices are still rather low for the amount of pleasure they deliver. Red Wines are most important here, and international varieties like Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are among the...read more
 

Maule Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
One of the most famous winemakers in the world, the Spaniard Miguel Torres, has a vineyard here. This speaks volumes about the potential quality of wines from this region, as a man of his stature, who garners the kinds of respect he does, would not purchase a plot of land without first thinking it through very carefully. So what does this mean?...read more
 

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