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Our good friend and RNDC/Barkley rep Lou, stopped by with an “overwhelming assortment” of wine to try (It was the start of a long day of tasting wines with sales reps): Delicato Pinot Grigio/Chardonnay California 2007 (1.5 liter). Grade=Average. Nothing really spectacular about this blend, but it would be a decent quaff for patio parties. [...]

Our Cutting Edge rep and DEP’s alum Lauren came by, after having been in Italy the past two weeks, with a few amazing wines to try: Enzo Boglietti Dolcetto d’Alba 2007. Grade=Outstanding. Always a terrific producer from Piedmont, this effort is a splendid Dolcetto with medium-body, medium tannins, and supple and juicy red and blue [...]

Our marketing guys have been working on a web video concept for our stores, featuring myself and my assistant Shannon discussing some of the frequently asked questions we get in our stores in quick little informational snippets, in order to better acclimate current and potential customers with our wine expertise, not just individually, but as [...]

I have been begging for Vintner Select to bring these wines in from Eric Solomon for years. While they have a lot of the Spanish collection from Eric Solomon’s portfolio, they omit the French part of the book largely because VS imports a lot of French wines themselves. But at last, I have a tiny [...]

I was realizing over the weekend that it has truthfully been ten years since I made my way down to the Cincinnati area, and began my career as a buyer in retail wine. As one of a cavalcade of buyers at the old Chateau Pomije wine store in the Cincinnati neighborhood of O’Bryonville, I was [...]

This week I fended off the temptation to do a few things that most of my wine blogging brethren were doing, that being Easter wine pairings and April Fool’s Day shenanigans. I am not bagging on doing either, by any means, but neither inspired me to write. As far as April Fool’s Day, I spent [...]

It is interesting that so many wines that I haven’t been able to acquire for the stores here in Northern Kentucky are slowly becoming more available – Leonetti, Flowers, Frank Family, Lewis – big hitters from California that get the great reviews, and have the impressive track records, wines that you can find across the [...]

Yesterday, we made our way down to Four Roses, after a successful run of our first Four Roses Special Blend. Our Covington wine guy Corey S., Covington store manager Tom, Fort Thomas CSR Trina and myself rode down in a two-car caravan with our SWS/Crown spirits rep Mike Haas, first visiting the bottling facility outside [...]

So last Thursday, I decided last minute to participate in Twitter Taste Live, which featured the subject Washington Merlots. Cool, I thought, I have really become a fanatic about Washington Merlots; they are far superior (in my humble opinion) to most California Merlot. I was already sold on the idea, but obviously (oh shit here [...]

Easter snuck up on us again this year, what with the March Madness and Spring-ish weather taking up most of our brain space, its been hard to plan in advance for much of anything. But, come rain, shine or the loss of our favorite team, Easter is Sunday. We here at DEPS Fine Wine have [...]