In this special episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark finally rights some wrongs as the Foursquare Mayor of Max’s Wine Dive in San Antonio. He has been going to Max’s for almost two years and has never had two of their signature dishes – Fried Chicken and Pulled Pork Stuffed Peppers. Mark visited with Whitney [...]
In this special episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark makes the long overdue trek to Houston, TX to attend a tasting of Brunello di Montalcino sponsored by the Consorzio Vino Brunello di Montalcino. 30 producers from Tuscany (Toscana) were brought to the United States to show their 2008 vintage. Only two cities were chosen – [...]
In this episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark reviews another Cul-De-Sac wine he bought at HEB. This time it’s the Merlot. He then reviews the Sonoma Cutrer Sonoma Coast Chardonnay. This week’s Wine 101 is about the difference between Super Tuscan and Chianti.
Here are the links for today’s show, OK, so it’s just one link [...]
In this special episode of Leet Wine TV, I had the honor of sitting down with Joe Buonincontri, Owner of Luce Ristorante e Enoteca here in San Antonio and Jeremy Parzen the man behind the wine blog DoBianchi.com. This was prior to a food and wine blogger’s dinner at Luce on April 23, 2012. We [...]
In the video wine review, Mark reviews the 2009 Bell’Agio Chianti from Tuscany, Italy. This is a DOCG wine. The straw bottle is the “classic” look of a Chianti bottle and is called a Fiasco. According to the winery’s website, Bell’Agio means easygoing lifestyle. Really not able to confirm that elsewhere, but hey they’re the [...]
In this video wine review, Mark reviews 3 Easter wines. Instead of picking wines to go with traditional Lamb or Ham for Easter, Mark picked 3 wines to go with different kinds of traditional Easter candy. Reviewed wines are the 2011 Risata Moscato d’Asti, the 2010 Brennan Vineyards Austin St.Three White Chicks, 2009 Avalon Winery [...]
In this video wine review, Mark reviews the Non Vintage Riunite Lambrusco.
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Riunite
In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2009 Falesco Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone from Italy.
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Falesco
In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2009 Tormaresca Neprica from Puglia.
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Tormaresca
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In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2009 Firriato Branciforti Bianco Inzolia Grecanico.
Upadte on 2/1/12. So, this wine is NOT from Puglia, but from Sicily as mentioned in the video. Corrected tags to reflect this. Episode name not changed as I can’t be sure that I can make it a global change among [...]
