Flight Savor Fare

…or good “back porch” wines, as Nan, Flight’s sommelier, calls them. Here are Nan’s picks which were our tasting wines last night: SUMMER FAVORITES 5/26/10 Hey Mambo Swanky White – California, 2008 $15 per bottle, $12 case price Swanky is a good word to describe this bone-dry, acidic blend of Viognier, Chenin Blanc, Muscat and [...]

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…or summer back porch sippers. This post is for Marilyn! According to Lettie Teague in the Wall St. Journal, a wedding runs about $30,000 and most of that is spent on the ring, the dress and the flowers (hear that Pam?) And the wine? Lettie says she’s often wished that the centerpiece was a spit [...]

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by serving the wine produced by Susana Balbo, Laura Catena and Anabelle Sielecki. Actually, the wine produced by these Argentine women, is so delicious, you really don’t care who made it, but you do come away after reading this article, believing — I’m sure this is sexist — that woman are more concerned with quality, [...]

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In “Value From the Vine” in the December issue of Bold Life, Keith Dalbec interviews Nan (and other local experts) about good, inexpensive wines. Nan said she loves Rhone reds and odd blends such as some of the Rhone-style Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre wines from California’s Rhone Rangers in Paso Robles. She is crazy about [...]

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Wine Spectator Top 100 2009 Wines came out recently. Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc is #9 with 96 points! We also have these on the list: #19 Landmark Steel Plow Syrah 94 points#32 Colome Malbec 92 points #47 Orin Swift The Prisoner 92 points #69 Catena Malbec 91 points #77 Gloria Ferrer Brut 90 points #82 [...]

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Global Surplus of Delicious Wines = Drink Well for Less The Wine Spectator, October 15 issue, lists 500 great buys in wine right now. Some are grocery store wines (Barefoot, Little Penguin), some are boxed wines which according to WS, are getting better and better and some you can get by the case from Flight. [...]

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I’m always quoting Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher, wine columnists for the Wall St. Journal, because they are so readable and their advice so on target. Recently, they printed a letter they received from Nathaniel Haines, a student at UNC-Chapel Hill. Nathaniel wanted to know how to shop for decent wines on a college kid’s [...]

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There are times when only a big jug of vino will do…like at a Halloween party where there isn’t much savoring and swirling going on. Where the main course is burgers or chili. Most would drink beer. But what if you prefer wine?? Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, authors of the column, “Tastings” in [...]

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Iron Horse Vineyards The Russian River Valley Pinot Forum invites 60 sommeliers each summer to join 20 wineries to learn what makes the Russian River Valley area of Sonoma County, California, so special for growing grapes and making world class wine. Flight’s sommelier, Nan Jennings, attended last month, and the answer is “Fog.” Napa and [...]

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Wine Spectator’s July issue highlights 7 wines as best values i.e. wines with “solid scores, modest prices and wide distribution” Here they are in order of rating: 88 Penfolds Chardonnay South Australia Koonunga Hill 2007 $11 88 Yalumba Viognier South Australia The Y Series 2008 $10 87 Fetzer Chardonnay California Valley Oaks 2008 $9 87 [...]

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