jasons wine blog

With New Year’s Eve less than 24 hours away in some places I wanted to take the chance to share my limited insight into the offering in a limited time frame. In an effort to keep this short let’s jump right in. Before doing so I once again want to profess that this [...]

I’ve been pondering updating the top 10 list but have realized there are few compelling options to highlight which hasn’t been exactly motivating me to tackle the task at hand. So here I am with empties stacking up around me and feeling the need to cover a month’s plus worth of sampling Trader Joe’s [...]

Summer time makes me think about barbecuing. Along time ago, when I was newer to wine, I had some generalities and preconceived notions about reds… California = Steak. Italian = Pasta. Spain = Spicy. And last but not least France = Chicken, especially at the lower end of the price [...]

Those that have been reading here a while may remember my past struggles with Italian wines. While I still struggle with Sangiovese, things have greatly improved as I have expanded my horizons within the countries offerings. To name a few of these grapes Dolcetto, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and of course Nero d’Avola have [...]

I wanted to quickly cover some of the Trader Joe’s wines I’ve had in the last few weeks. Given I am not so excited about these offerings the chances of them making it into a standalone post are somewhere between slim and non. Some of these are worth trying should the fancy strike [...]

Maybe you noticed maybe you didn’t but I snuck away for a week of vacation recently and catching up on my day job held me up another.  That said, I’ve gotten back to blogging over the last few days. I’m excited about the coming weeks thought they are going to be busy but more on [...]