Charles Smith – Coming Soon to a Bottle Near You
What follows is a section of my 2010 Walla Walla Spring Release Report. The report will be published in its entirety in .pdf form after the last entry is posted to the blog. See previous Read more...
What follows is a section of my 2010 Walla Walla Spring Release Report. The report will be published in its entirety in .pdf form after the last entry is posted to the blog. See previous Read more...
From the heart of Washington wine country, in tough times, we continue the search for good, inexpensive wines.For this month’s Five Under Fifteen, I thought I would write a bit about labels. For many, wine Read more...
In honor of spring, this month’s Virtual Tasting wine is the 2009 Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling. This wine retails for $12 and is widely available. The tasting takes place tonight from 7-9pm Pacific Read more...
Read the Twitter stream of my #socialwine interview by @CraigSutton where we discussed wine blogging. In honor of spring, our April Virtual Tasting wine will be the 2009 Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling. This Read more...
While highly regarded and highly rated, Washington red wines have had something of a glass ceiling in Wine Spectator over the years. As noted previously, ninety-six points has been a high water mark for Washington Read more...
In tough times, we continue the search for good, inexpensive wines.The first wine is from July’s Virtual Tasting – the Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2008. Charles Smith, who also produces K Vintners and Read more...
This month's Virtual Tasting is tonight and is the 2008 Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling. As usual, I will be opening the wine about 7pm and updating this post with my notes along the Read more...
Over the weekend Paul Gregutt put a post on his blog (which if you are not reading you should be) about why Washington syrah doesn't sell particularly well. One of the reasons, which I agree Read more...
Tonight's Virtual Tasting is the Charles Smith 2007 Boom Boom! Syrah. As usual, I will be opening the bottle about 7pm and posting my thoughts on the wine throughout the evening. Please join us in Read more...
The May Virtual Tasting will be Charles Smith’s Boom Boom! Syrah 2007. The tasting will take place on Thursday May 28th.Charles Smith needs no introduction. Smith is as iconic as his black and white labels Read more...