by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
There is a certain indescribable something about the wines of South Africa. Yes, the flavors of each variety are familiar as are the aromas and yes the varieties are identical to those grown in most winemaking countries on this planet. So why buy wines from one...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Dancing Bull wines; now there is a name we could have had some fun with if we had not promised to stop complaining about wacky wine labels. The thought however does cross our minds on what else we would call this wine had we not reformed. Terpsichorean Male Bovine...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
We were told by some of the wines gurus when we first began writing about wine that when our taste for wine truly matures we will learn to appreciate the cabernet sauvignon. Our answer to them was that we had been there and gone and have graduated to the true beauties...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
The Spanish speaking winemaking countries are now in the process of making a big play for our wine business. Typical of the Hispanic psyche, they are doing it honorably but in their own distinctive manner. That distinctive manner is to make wines from local grapes as...
by Ben Bodenstein | Reviews
Objectivity; now there is a term that has lost a good deal of meaning in recent years. As wine columnists we try to be as objective as we can and not let our personal preferences influence us … too much. But, we are human and after tasting so many wines over these...