Wine Blog & Wine Reviews by The WineGuy
A place to keep reviews of my favorite wines. I also started posting wine news to my wine blog for yours and my fascination. It has been a few years now and I have had a lot of friends ask me to recommend or buy them wines that have great taste, so I started keeping track of wines I liked, wine reviews, wine articles and wine tastings and merchandise here at WineGuys.info. I hope I can help you enjoy the art of wine as much as myself.
But please remember to drink responsibly.
More Time = Better Wine
Posted on November 6, 2008 - Filed Under Wine Articles | Leave a Comment
So, how many times have you brought a bottle of wine home and couldn’t wait to open it?
Well, let’s not pull any punches…probably weekly if you are reading this article…. And, How many times were you…hmm… NOT pleasantly surprised by it’s lack of taste and body?
Probably a few times, if again, you are reading my blog….since I’m consistently trying to leverage the $9-$15 dollar bottle of wine.
Well, here’s some good advice…if you taste the wine and it seems a little sub par…put the cork back in it and wait until tomorrow before you drink the rest. It will give it a lot more flavor and really taste like a different wine. If you really want to drink it that day…you will need to decant it….or if you don’t have one…put it in a big bowl for a 1/2 hour! You wont’ be disappointed.
Also, found a great article on how to tell if a wine will age well. This touches on the more time premise above.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/2008354929_wineqanda05.html
Wine Making - #1 and #2
Posted on November 5, 2008 - Filed Under Wine Articles | Leave a Comment
Well, I have finally decided to start making my own wine. So I started researching wine kits and I found a local store to purchase it from: http://www.robshomebrew.com/
So I picked up the kit, brought it home and unpacked it.
- Do it in 65+ degree weather
- Read everything first
- Clean everything second
- Find and Locate all packages and parts
Your probably thinking why are you telling me this … it’s in the book right? Well…yes, but you get very excited about making the wine and want to move on through it….so I’m trying to emphasis the small stuff.
As you walk through the steps, separate everything with each step and read each step all the way through. Again to reiterate, this is where making wine is tricky….it’s the preparation involved in each step…if you are not ready, your wine suffers. You become frustrated, quick and messy. This makes your wife very angry….
I have completed the first fermentation phase and waited 14 days to complete the transfer into the Carboy… for the second fermentation phase. This was a nice and easy phase, however, I once again got ahead of myself and didn’t come up with a plan, hence the reiteration of the patience.
So wait to see part #3
The most important piece of information I can share with you it would be….Patience.
B.R. Cohn
Posted on October 19, 2008 - Filed Under Cabernet | Leave a Comment
Rating: 
2006 / North Coast, Silver Label- Cabernet Sauvignon
where: Home
comments: Fruity and smooth, not acidic, but a naturally light taste. Very nice well rounded red. A blend of cabernet grapes, is what they say, not sure what that means. Not sure of the cost, but not a bad wine. But, I’m guessing it costs around $15-25 range. We had nothing to eat with it, just family talking. Went great with that though.
Note: Wife liked this one.
Kendall-Jackson
Posted on October 19, 2008 - Filed Under Cabernet | Leave a Comment
Rating: 
2005 / Kendall-Jackson - Grand Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon
where: Home
comments: Very barrely, classic Kendall-Jackson. If you like that robust rich smokey taste you know where to get it. Went great with steak and pasta, as well as cheeses and pizza. A little pricier than my normal lot, about $20.
Roccolo Grassi
Posted on October 19, 2008 - Filed Under Valpolicella | Leave a Comment
Rating:
2003 / Valpolicella
where: Home
comments: This was a very fresh italian red, went with everything, light, dry. Delicious and around $10. I’ll do this again.
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