Posts from the ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’ category

New Chileans: CASA SILVA Los Lingues Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Stunningly good “New Chilean” Cabernet at a price that won’t break the bank: CASA SILVA Los Lingues Cabernet Sauvignon, Colchagua Valley , 2014 ($19.89) 100% Cabernet…

Wine of the Week: FAUST Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, 2013

MOST ALL FINE WINE is the product of both an identifiable person and a (fairly) specific place. The person is the motive force. The place provides the foundation.…

Fine Wine of the Week: QUINTESSA 2013

The Person(s): Agustin Huneeus (owner of Flowers, Faust, and Quintessa) and his mom, Valeria Huneeus (who is/was in fact the visionary and founding force behind Quintessa) The…

Wine of the Week: Alexander Valley Vineyards Organic Caberent Sauvignon 2013

This organically-grown Cabernet Sauvignon is AVV owner Hank Wetzel’s pet project and it is a winner. Alexander Valley Vineyards Caberent Sauvignon Organic, Alexander Valley, 2013 ($19.94)…

Breaking Down BANSHEE

Sometimes I’m forced to overcome my prejudices. Banshee’s wines are a case in point. The name Banshee doesn’t really relate to the people involved or the…

Wines that Over-Deliver

Thinking about Value in Wine Value is a funny thing. When we hear value, we tend to think of lower-priced wines (many of which do not…

Welcome to Spec’s Fine Wine

As Spec’s has grown over the year’s, we have gotten better at just about everything we do except communicating with our fine wine customers. It’s not that we don’t have a lot of fine wine and it’s not that we don’t have a lot to say. In fact, Spec’s has more fine wine than anyone else and we, the wine buyers and consultants at Spec’s, have a lot of information to share. We just hadn’t found the right way to go about it – until now. With this new blog-based web site, we now have a way to publish all the information we have for our fine wine customers without inundating our other customers with esoterica they don’t care about. So how does it work? Come to the site and browse through all the information (which we add to daily) or subscribe to the site (just press the FOLLOW button) and be notified by email whenever we post something new. Either way, get your geek on and join us for information, reviews, events, offers, and features all focused on your (and our) favorite beverage – Fine Wine. This is going to be fun.