Gifts for Wine Lovers

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Ch?teau d'Yquem from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. The history of Yquem (like its wine) keeps a mystery even today. If the vineyard has been existing for a long time, the present castle is rather quite recent (the oldest parts date from the...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Chambers Rosewood from Victoria, Australia. My notes essentially read the same every year, even though the bottlings are non-vintage and I taste the most recent releases. Consistency and greatness are the norm at this Rutherglen winery....

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by d'Arenberg from McLaren Vale, Australia. The wine is extremely old and exemplifies a classic Australian style. The color is of an aged wine with a soft tan appearance and tinges of green towards the edge. There is a huge array of characters...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. Graham's is one of the finest wines of the year, showing all the very best characteristics of this rich Vintage. Excellent deep red garnet color at the heart of the glass. On the nose a rich...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Ch?teau d'Yquem from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. Wonderful aromas of pineapple, apple and lemon, with loads of botrytis. Full-bodied, but very refined, superfresh and racy. Goes on and on. Fabulous. Incredible purity and brightness. Like a...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Quinta do Vesuvio from Portugal. The overall blend is exceptionally structured, with complex layered aromas. Themout is long, opulent and dry with very clean, balanced acidity in contrast to the Vesuvio Vintage blend, which...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. Possesses Graham's typical rich, concentrated fruit and strong underlying grip from the firm tannins. This well-structured Vintage was initially unfairly underrated but it has since established...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Chateau Rieussec from Sauternes and Barsac, France - Bordeaux. 2005 was marked by drought. Only 127 mm of rain fell during the winter, and following a month of April with some more rain (129 mm), the dry weather began again at the end of May. The summer...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. This excellent Vintage has an intense colour with a deep, purple rim. On the nose shows a luscious ripeness with attractive floral aromas and undertones of black cherry. On the palate, a typically...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. A classic growing season produced grapes in quite superb condition. It soon became apparent during the vintage that the wines would be exceptional. This initial assessment has been borne out...

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Graham's from Portugal. W. & J. Graham's Classic Vintage Ports are produced in years when the harvest and the resulting wines are found to be exceptional. This occurs, on average, about 3 times per decade. After aging for 18 months in cask, the best wines of some the finest Quintas in the Douro, especially Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos, are blended to produce a rich, exquisite wine. Violets, roses, spices, and candied dark fruits emanate from the glass of the murky black/purple colored 2003 Graham Vintage Port. After four days of air, this wine's aromatics sweetened further, displaying jammy blackberry and blueberry scents. Bold, full-bodied, and expansive, the Graham benefited the most from extensive contact with air of all the 2003s tasted for this report. This opulently jammy wine assaults the palate with powerful yet soft layers of oily, candied red fruits as well as notes of tar and hints of mocha. A highly concentrated effort, it is creamy textured, suave, and reveals an admirably long finish filled with additional layers of dark fruits intermingled with spices. Projected maturity: 2030-2055. -Wine Advocate

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Taylor Fladgate from Portugal. Opaque purple black color with a narrow violet rim. Characteristically stylish and racy, with a nose of dense blackcurrant and woodland fruit overlaid with discreet herbal nuances and scents...