Author Archives: Brian Hutcheson

Great Summer White Wines

As summer and warm weather finally start to return, here are a few wines I have hand picked for great summer drinking.     (92) Picollo Ernesto Gavi 2016  (Italy) This 100% Cortese wine starts off with wonderful bright fruit aromas. Most prevalent on first taste is flavors of Apricot. Overall great acidity but clean refreshing
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Filled Under: Wine / Spirits Posted on: June 3, 2017

Getting To Know You – February Wine Club Selections

OurWine Club had the opportunity to explore the lesser known Argentinian grapes with this month’s selections.  Here we go with a brief description of the red and white wines chosen. The red this month is a 2010 El Perseguidor, Mendoza Bonarda.  The Bonarda grape may be somewhat foreign to us in the United States, however it is actually
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Filled Under: Wine / Spirits Posted on: February 4, 2017

Let’s Go Organic! January Wine Club Picks

As promised and finally getting into the swing of things for the new year, here we go with a brief description of the red and white wines chosen for the Wine Club in January.  This month we are featuring two delicious and reasonably priced organic wines. The red wine this month is a 2012 Bodegas Iranzo Vertus Tempranillo. Here’s a glimpse into
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Filled Under: Wine / Spirits Posted on: January 14, 2017

A Taste of Italy with Yankee’s December Wine Club

Introducing our newest addition to the Wine Blog, a quick review of the wines chosen each month for Yankee’s Wine Club.  Here we go with December’s picks. For December we bring you a taste of Italy with the following: For our red wine this month, we offer you a 2015 Gran Appasso.  This wine is made from carefully selected
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Filled Under: Wine / Spirits Posted on: December 4, 2016