The Wineauxs

On Saturday, February 26, 2011 wine nerds are celebrating Open That Bottle Night - an excuse, basically, to open that bottle of wine you...

Imperial doesn't get much respect (it used to be called White Star), but neither does Veuve Yellow and I dig that stuff - this can be ha...

This was $17. I snagged it because the notion of pink Port sounded too intriguing to pass up....though one should not take a wine too serio...

This goes for about $11 - we don't drink enough Sauvignon Blanc and it seemed like it may be a good pairing with a buffalo chicken pizza...

We've had this one several times and really enjoyed it, but something about this particular bottle grabbed my attention, so I'm revi...

This goes for about forty bucks and came with strong recommendations when I snagged it a while back, though my memory is sketchy with from w...

Grabbed a bottle of this for eight bucks because a shelftalker told me someone - Spectator, I guess - dug it. Sort of a Beaujolais type nose...

This is a sparkling wine from the Loire Valley in France - a blend of 70% Chenin Blanc and 15% Chard and Cab Franc. I don't know if I...

This was on sale at Whole Foods for $18...some places have it for a few bucks less, some for a few bucks more. A bit of a Fufu Berry nose.....

Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc from Australia - interesting. The bottle ran me $13 - I haven't seen this producer's products before, so ...

I stumbled across a display of a bunch of Emeri sparklers each for $13 each, so I snagged a couple - one doesn't see Sparkling Pinot Gri...

You know, I thought for sure we've never had a wine from New York, but it turns out four years ago we had a Marshall Field's brand s...

Don't know when or where I got this bottle, but the current vintages sell for S47 direct from the winery. The nose is all chocolate cov...

I wanted a cheap Italian red and found this one for nine bucks. This is a bit of a trend here at The Wineauxs - wanting cheap Italian red a...

My records say this ran me about $26 a few years ago - I seem to recall seeing the newest vintage for a bit cheaper than that though... Blac...

Acquaviva is a winery in northern Illinois, we visited them a while back and wrote it all up here . Honestly, I'm bordering on desperat...

This is a blend of mostly Merlot, a good chunk of Cab Sauv, and just a splash of Cab Franc. A bit of heat on the nose, black fruit - cassis...

This is a blend of 58% Cab, 34% Merlot, and 8% Petit Verdot. We've had a few of this producer's wines before, including a previous ...

L'Eiffel has quickly risen to the top of our list of favorite restaurants. We've been here a bunch of times and always had a great...

I've seen this go for $16 to $20, so when the $15 pricetag at Costco caught my eye, I snagged a bottle. Kind of a chocolate covered cher...