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“Wow” wines under $200

Eric Porres — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:00:13 +0000

An old friend recently asked me to provide him with some wine selections as he’s a relative novice and wanted to step up his game. Below are some not-necessarily-life-changing-wines but ones that have the potential to change your entire perspective on wine if you haven’t ‘dug deep’ for a bottle in the $80 – $200 range. All red, no two quite alike, representing California, France, Australia, Italy, Spain, and Chile.

1991 Dominus
2001 Paul Jaboulet Aine “La Chapelle”
1997 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo
1999 Bovio Barolo Riserva Parussi
1996 Lynch Bages
1999 Hosanna
1998 La Fleur Petrus
1998 Trotanoy
2003 Torbreck Run Rig
2002 Torbreck The Struie
1996 Dunn
2001 Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta
2003 Kilikanoon ‘Oracle’ Shiraz
2001 Elderton Command Shiraz
2001 Beringer ‘Private Reserve’
2001 Stag’s Leap ‘Cask 23′
1993 Ridge, Monte Bello, Santa Cruz Mountains
1985 R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva Rioja
1998 Clarendon Hills Shiraz, Piggott Range Vineyard
1998 Talenti Riserva, Brunello di Montalcino, Vigna del Paretaio

To treat yourself this holiday season, what are some of your favorites?

Wine Podder of the Month – Me!

Eric Porres — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:03:02 +0000

It has been a most interesting and enjoyable experience attempting to create wine with the WinePod so far. You can read more about my adventures here:

WinePodder of the Month – Eric Porres

The best intentions for this site

Eric Porres — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:49:32 +0000

Over the past couple of months I’ve been taking inventory of the various ways in which I communicate, whether is be for myself to keep track of news and information (on NetVibes), externally through tweets, Facebook updates, NYGrapes updates, dojo updates, or this blog. In short, while I hope to keep this site fresh, you are more likely to catch what I’m thinking about or doing via my Facebook (which is connected with Twitter) feed. As the song goes (name that band!), “Time is the measure before it’s begun, Slips away like running water…” and I’m just out of time to write down at-length prose on all of the various topics I’m interested in.

So, if you know me (and by know I mean more than just we met once and/or we’ve communicated more than once since we were in highschool), have a look for me on Facebook. Better yet, rather than pseudo-conversationalism through blogs, tweets, and the like, just pick up the phone and call. Cheers.

Wine Library #504 – Vintage Bordeaux (1988)

Eric Porres — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:54:15 +0000

Great show:

http://tinyurl.com/5dj4bu

’88 Cos D’Estournel
’88 Margaux
’88 Latour

Good conversation about relevance of ratings and storage, etc.

Alltop

Eric Porres — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:45:54 +0000

Check out my nygrapes site for some nifty articles on all things wine related.

Check out NYGrapes.com!

Eric Porres — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:05:21 +0000

A shameless promotional plug for www.nygrapes.com, a Web site I started a year ago for a wine group I started a year ago. Lots of tasty wine articles, tasting notes, and links to other oenophilic delights.

The WinePod Appears on CNBC!

Eric Porres — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:27:33 +0000

A good friend who moved out to the west coast introduced me last year to Greg Snell, co-founder and CEO of ProVina, the makers of the WinePod, a state-of-the-art tool for small lot artisan winemaking. Check out his appearance on CNBC’s Power Lunch segment today.

2006 Wine Spectator Top 100

Eric Porres — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:07:51 +0000

Have drunk some…want to drink more! Click here for Wine Spectator’s Top 100 wines of 2006. Includes videos, charts, archives, etc.