Norm’s Tasting Notes: 2012 Stephen Vincent Cabernet Sauvignon

Norm’s Tasting Notes:  2012 Stephen Vincent Cabernet Sauvignon

  This is the report, as promised last week, regarding the red wine highlight at our a small gathering of college classmates in Lagrange, Georgia.  Coincidently the hometown college, Lagrange College, was having their homecoming and alumni reunion, which added a festive atmosphere to our weekend.  We indulged in large quantities of food and drink, most […]

Norm’s Tasting Notes: 2011 Red Diamond Merlot

Norm’s Tasting Notes: 2011 Red Diamond Merlot

Consistency always counts, and when it comes to wine, you can count on Chateau Ste. Michelle and its several secondary labels, to provide both taste and value in the same bottle.  The Red Diamond label Merlot from these folks is an excellent example of a really good bottle of wine for a value price.  This […]

Norm’s Tasting Notes: 2012 Louis Jadot Macon-Villages

Norm’s Tasting Notes:  2012 Louis Jadot Macon-Villages

My wife, the “Chardonnay Queen,” is becoming so well known for her passion for Chardonnay, that she is now receiving samples as well as me, as was the case for the 2012 Louis Jadot Macon-Villages. A friend delivered this one with the expressed intention that this was for the “Chardonnay Queen.”  Jadot Macon-Villages is one that […]

Norm’s Tasting Notes: 2012 Coppola Black Label Claret

Norm’s Tasting Notes:  2012 Coppola Black Label Claret

Crisp, cool fall weather with a great SEC football game on the television, a thick juicy steak on the grill, and a good bottle of California red wine ready to open, life just couldn’t get much better!  The steak was a two inch thick rib eye cooked medium rare, and the California red was the […]

Norm’s Tasting Notes: 2013 Ruffino Orvieto Classico

Norm’s Tasting Notes: 2013 Ruffino Orvieto Classico

The town of Orvieto is in Umbria, located between Rome and Florence, Italy.  It is home to Orvieto Classico, one of the better known Italian white wines, and a personal favorite of mine.  I have enjoyed The Orvieto Classico from Ruffino for a long time, and the 2013 vintage is the best in the last few […]