Category Archives: Wine Tasting

New Wine for a New Generation of Wine Drinkers Or . . .

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Poor Robert

For a while now I’ve been thinking about the sheer volume of new wine (different labels) have hit the market in the past several years, why and what it really means. In an effort to synthesize my thoughts on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Wine, Life Balance, Varietals, Wine, Wine Tasting, Winemakers, Winemaking | Tagged Life Style, Varitals, Wine Aging, wine industry, Wine Tasting | 1 Comment

Wine Tasting and Reviews for the Masses

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Poor Robert

I’ve been drinking wine (good and bad) for over fifty years now and I’ve written and read more than my share of wine reviews. Lately I’ve become a bit disenchanted with both the content of the reviews and the process … Continue reading →

Posted in Wine Tasting, Winemaking | Tagged Wine Aging, wine industry, Wine Tasting, Wine Terminology | 3 Comments

A Guest Post by Pascal, a Young Frenchman living in South Carolina who loves and lives Wine.

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Poor Robert

Pascal who grew up with his hands in the soil of Frances great wine regions wrote this as a post to a wine group I frequent and I asked permission to reprint it to my Poor Robert’s. I am posting … Continue reading →

Posted in Pascal, Travel, Wine, Wine Tasting, Words, Writing | Tagged Aromas, fermentation process, Flavors, France, Wine, Words | 3 Comments

The Weekly Wine is Back

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Poor Robert

“The Weekly Wine” feature has been gone a while mostly because I didn’t want to turn it into “The Weekly Whine”. Politics has played a part, a general lack of congeniality in some wine circles as well as the world, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chilean Wine, Wine, Wine Tasting | Tagged Cabernet Sauvignon, Chilean Wine, Wine, Wine Making, Wine Tasting | 2 Comments

Yuk! This Wine Tastes Awful

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Poor Robert

I see this statement or something similar all the time on wine sites I frequent. Just because you think a wine tastes awful doesn’t necessarily mean the wine is bad. In my experience the most prevalent causes for this reaction … Continue reading →

Posted in Craft Wines, Wine Tasting, Winemaking, Wines | Tagged Bottle Shock, Wine Aging, Wine Bottles, Wine Making, Wine Tasting | 6 Comments

A Wine Sample Policy, Say What!!

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Poor Robert

You heard it correctly, a wine sample policy. It’s the craziest thing, I’ve always purchased the wine and other products I wrote about in my blog and never gave having a sample policy a thought. Well I am now getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentine, France, Hodgpodge, Sample Policy, Samples, Whimsy, Wine Samples, Wine Tasting, Winemakers, Wines | Tagged Hodgepodge, Whimsy, Wine Glasses, Wine Samples | 9 Comments

The Weekly Wine for April 11, 2016

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Poor Robert

Ghost Pines Cabernet 2012,13,and 14. Yes I am presenting all three. This is a supermarket wine that I really like. It is a top end everyday wine or a lower end high priced wine with a price point of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Louis Martini, Red Wine, Varietals, Wine Buying, Wine Tasting | Tagged Cabernet Sauvignon, Louis Martini, Red Wine, Wine, Wine Making, Wine Varieties | 2 Comments

Coming Soon To a Wine Blog Near You.

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Poor Robert

I told you a few weeks ago that I would be changing up the character of Poor Robert’s (Wine) Almanac to give it a new and more exciting look and feel. I wasn’t talking about giving it a new visual … Continue reading →

Posted in Alice Longhurst-Jones, Argentine, Craft Wines, Hodgpodge, Malbec, Mendosa, Wine, Wine Making, Wine Tasting, Winemakers, Words | Tagged Alice Longhurst-Jones, Argentina, Craft Wines, Malbec, Wine, wine industry, Wine Regions, Wine Varieties, Writing | 6 Comments

Non-Naked, Naked Winemakers Other Projects, Say What!

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Poor Robert

Many of my readers don’t belong to the Naked Wines Family and have asked about getting some of the Naked Wines I’ve reviewed elsewhere. Unfortunately you have to get them from Naked Wines, that said many of them have other … Continue reading →

Posted in Craft Wines, Hodgpodge, Matt Iaconis, Production Wine, Varietals, Wine Buying, Wine Making, Wine Tasting, Winemakers, Wines | Tagged Naked Wines, Purchaising, Varitals, Wine, wine industry, Wine Online, Wine Varieties, Wines | 6 Comments

Sulfite Free Wine Anybody, Not!

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Poor Robert

What’s with the sulfites in wine? In any number of forums I follow this question comes up over and over again. Yesterday I saw a post by a friend Anna Salinas that referred to Wines.com TV: Rob Moshein’s piece on … Continue reading →