What:
This is a big, beautiful, bold wine that pairs well with food, as do all the Hope Family wines.
I have just returned from a trip to Paso Robles to visit Hope Family, which produces Liberty School, Candor, Treana, Austin Hope and Westside Red wines. Liberty School is their lower end offering in price, [...]

Roscoe’s Hop House Amber Ale
Celebrating the Fourth was interesting. We were up visiting the In-Laws for a quick vacation. We spent it at Sandy Pines, a small lake resort that is basically an upscale trailer park that surrounds a good size lake, has a great little water park for the kids and huge [...]

Bison Honey Basil
I bought a bottle of this brew at Wine World’s beer tasting back in May. I thought Mrs. Dan should try this one because she really likes cooking things with basil (she’s got garden full of it plus one of those inside green house thingys). She really likes my tomato pie and [...]

Honey Moon Summer Ale
Mrs. Dan stopped by Fresh Market one day and was in an adventurous mood and bought a six of various brews that caught her eye. She bought one bottle of Honey Moon, the Summer seasonal from Blue Moon Brewing. She was generous enough to share 5 of her 6 bottles but [...]

Cono Sur Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Okay. I’m in a rut. This is actually the third time I have reviewed this wine and for some reason I keep coming back to it. This time I’m using the excuse that it’s for my weekly review of a Chilean wine as I set out to help save the Chilean [...]

Valdivieso Wild Fermented Sauvingnon Blanc 2009
Back on May 12th, we participated in a virtual tasting with Chilean winemakers, all sharing their thoughts on their Sauvignon Blancs. One of those were corked. At least I was told ours was because the group pretty much moved it to the side before I could try. I [...]

Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Ever since I won the Xplorador Wine Harvest trip that had to be canceled because of the earthquake I’ve been thinking about those affected by it. Chile was much more prepared for an earthquake than Haiti and I guess that’s why they didn’t stay in the public eye for long. [...]

Blue Jean Red
I tried this one back in September at a tasting at the Vineyard but for the life of me couldn’t remember what it tasted like. I looked up my notes from that tasting and all it said was “after 7 months this wine is back.”
Being a blend from California that has no [...]

Key West Sunset Ale
This was a gift from Mrs Dan’s dad. He picked it up during travels across Florida. I’m always up to try something new especially if its paid for by someone else. I poured out my first one into a chilled pint glass. It was very good and malty and almost [...]