Grooner
First Impression: Mountain Dew. Not the citrus-fizz Mountain Dew that is an adolescent staple, but exactly the kind of dew I’d expect from Austria—a country of mountains and un-heralded wine. So if you’re looking to be heralded, check this Grüner Veltliner (or any, for that matter) out. Grooner is a wisp of grapefruit, granny smith...
What are the Best Android Wine Apps?
The era of the modern mobile application began with the opening of the iTunes app store on July 10th, 2008, just over two years ago. That’s an entire geological era in interweb years, but to normal people it’s just two Christmases ago. If you happen to be one of those stalwarts who thought the internet...
Silver Birch: The Revisit 1
It’s been a week since I opened up the Silver Birch Sauvignon Blanc I reviewed a few days ago on Brokewino.com. They claim that the wine can last for up to six weeks in it’s sealed geometric container, I’m putting that to the test. Week one’s report: still tasty. The smell is filled with wet...
Silver Birch Sauvignon Blanc 2009
One word review: Satisfaction. The Silver Birch Sauvignon Blanc smells full of mouthwatering grapefruit with a little fresh grass. New Zealand, served neat in a snifter (er…perhaps a wine glass.) It tastes along the same lines, grapefruit with some small mineral and grassy notes chiming in. Good body, really fills my mouth. The finish is...
Inception in a Cuban Restaurant
Halfway through my plate of Ropa Vieja I realized this was just like Inception. I was eating dinner with eleven complete strangers in the back room of Cafe Bolero (2252 N. Western Ave.), a Cuban restaurant in Bucktown. Not speed-dating. Not Toastmasters. Not Amway (or whatever the hell it’s now called.) This was the second dinner...
Bottle Shock: The Judgment of Paris on Crack
Hollywood has the uncanny ability of turning a great story into utter nonsense, and still making a great movie. Enter Bottle Shock, the misadventures of a few Napa wine making underdogs. As Steven Spurrier, Alan Rickman provides mounting evidence to his greatness, giving the role a twist of half Mr. Bean, half Close Encounters of...
