Author Archives: bajawinegeek

Preamble: I realize it has been a while between posts, but sometimes real life (AKA my job on the East Coast) gets in the way. This was the last winery review I needed to post from my first batch of winery visits that took place this past September. I look forward to hitting a fewContinue reading “El Cielo”

Being a physician, I just could not resist a visit to a winery called Vena Cava! The winery is devoted to recycling, or more specifically upcycling. For example, the roof of the main indoor part of the winery is made from reclaimed fishing boats and other recycled material. They have a focus on organic wineContinue reading “Vena Cava”

Soon after starting the tasting of the Casa Magoni standard wines, Valeria mentions they have a Magoni “Reserva” tasting they do on the weekends in case I want to come back. I replied that I was up to the task right now, and asked if it were possible to do the reserve tasting after IContinue reading “Just when we thought we had finished tasting at Casa Magoni…”

I first became passionate about wine in 1981, when I moved to a small rent-controlled apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to attend college. I had just become of drinking age and would wander aimlessly around wine stores unsure of what to buy. One day a classmate of mine told me his fatherContinue reading “Introductory Post”