MSM news roundup
Wine in today’s mainstream media:
Gallo has made their $10-a-bottle Ecco Domani a staple with New York fashionistas who drink “eccotinis”–pinot grigio served in martini glasses with two grapes on a skewer. [WSJ $]
Just how much 1945 Lafite is floating around? “There were more 45s sold and drunk in 1995 than had ever been made,” says Serena Sutcliffe of Sotheby’s on the “horrifying increase” in wine auction fraud, reports Decanter.
The NYT panel reviews Malbecs from Argentina and France and finds them “two-dimensional, narrow-gauge, simple. Nothing wrong with those words, but not very many thrills among them.” [NYT] The Tikal, their favorite is great–and it makes an excellent gift wine with its “wow that’s heavy” bottle. More from me on Malbecs soon…
tags: wine | wine auctions | malbec
On February 8th, 2006 at 5:59 pm ,jens at cincinnati wine wrote:
Affirmative on the Tikal, especially the Patriota which is a Bonarda/Malbec blend!
On February 9th, 2006 at 12:42 am ,Jack wrote:
I thought this was definitel one of the better Wine Tastings by Eric Asimov.