The Wineauxs

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You may recognize Chateau Ste Michelle as a producer of widely available inexpensive wines - reds, whites, and sparklers - many of them quit...

I bought this on a whim figuring the Cabernet "Reserve" from Rutherford had to be decent, right? Let's find out - and I do re...

This is a Trader Joe's exclusive blend - 60% Cab Franc, 27% Merlot, 11% Cab Sauv, 1% Malbec and 1% Petit Verdot - quite a bit in there a...

I just got my shipment in from L Mawby - the decision was difficult, do I put them all away and grab a beer, or since they're fairly coo...

This retails for about $22 in the US. (Curiously, the 2007 on the winery's website costs nine Euros, but other American shops are selli...

We don't have a lot of this style wine, so I didn't even bother attempting to do the whole "blind" thing. To keep it fair...

If you're a wine fan and are ever in Chicago, I highly recommend hitting up Just Grapes . (I am getting no kickback or compensation fo...

This goes for $50 at the winery, but can be found for much less if you shop around. The prices on Chandon's website are obscenely high ...

We've had, and enjoyed, the entry level Ferrer Brut and Blanc de Noir - both nice bottles. A bit of yeast – doughy, if you will – on the...

This $19 bottle is a blend of Vignoles, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and Chardonnay. This may sound odd but to me this smells like pear, vanilla,...

When I was a little girl in Panama, a rich American came to our town and he was wearing the softest most beautiful sweater. I said to him, ...

Two Lads.... Frequent readers of this blog know we love Two Lads - they were the first winery we visited in Traverse City and set the standa...

For each bottle sold of this, L Mawby donates $2 to the Farmland Preservation Fund of the Leelanau Conservancy – suck it Fat Bastard and yo...

So, as you will notice, posting will be slightly less frequent - the goal is less wine, but better wine. Getting hit with an unexpected bil...

The big slow down. The past few days I've posted quite a bit - more than I had planned. The "blind reviews" weren't suppos...

This one goes for about $22, but I found it at Target, of all places, on sale for about $15. Plum, cherry, and tobacco on the nose. The sec...

I have made every effort to not let my biases creep into my reviews, but it's inevitable. Am I being too easy on the $5 wine? Too har...

This is a half bottle which sells for about $30 – the full sized bottle was going for $60. Kudos to the winery for not charging a premium f...

I was not a fan of the 2007 at all, but I had this 2006 on the rack, so I figured I'd crack it open. The first glass was just heat and ...