Reviews of wines and spirits for the curious drinker.
Kirkland Champagne Brut is one of the more interesting private-label wines from Costco, particularly because it is genuine French Champagne produced by an established Champagne winemaker, rather than an inexpensive sparkling wine marketed as Champagne.
Langtry Brut Rosé
The Guenoc Valley in California is east of San Francisco, and just south of the far eastern edge of the East Bay. Situated in Lake County, grapes were planted there in 1854, and as soon as 1884 it hosted 600 acres under vine. Its fertile fields attracted a number of individuals who dabbled in wine to a greater or lesser extent, including the legendary actress Lillie Langtry.
Lampley Reserve Demi-Sec Sparkling Wine
The founder and proprietor of Lampley Reserve is Illinois-native Chrishon Lampley, a remarkable African American woman, and the first in the Midwest to go national with a wine brand. She is also one of the less than 1% of wine industry negociants, vineyard owners, or winery owners who are black females in the traditionally Euro-centric, white, male-dominated world of wine. A rarity, to say the least.