by Bob Holmes | Aug 14, 2024 | General, Wine and Food Pairings, Wine Dinner
Margie celebrated a big birthday last Friday and we scheduled dinner for two at Pear and Horn. We’ve heard good things about them since they opened and finally got to check it out. For starters, we ordered a dozen Oysters Rockefeller that were perhaps as good a an...
by Bob Holmes | Apr 10, 2022 | General
While on my quest to clean up my over the hill whites, I found a 2014 Agnitio Durrell Vineyard Chardonnay. Now I know little about Agnitio, but Steve Kistler used to source fruit for his best chars back in the day from both Durrell and Dutton Vineyards. So when I...
by Webmaster | Apr 4, 2022 | Buying wine, Wine Tastings
Twenty five years ago I was on the mailing list for Kistler. Their Chardonnays have been the best white wines I have ever tasted. When Steve Kistler went to $55 a bottle for his primo Char, three case minimum and you had to take a box of Pinot Noir as well, I opted...
