Hogue 1998

Soft and ripe, with an aromatic snootful of spicy red berries, this is a wake-up-your-buds wine with a fine medium-rich weight that will match up nicely with any grilled meat from steak to chicken and maybe even better with the smokey, earthy essence of a grilled portobello mushroom. Richard Nalley`s wine articles appear in Men`s Journal, Food & Wine and Departures. He is the winner of the 1997 James Beard Foundation Award for Magazine Wine Writing. Please send your wine questions to Wine Talk, c/o Copley News Service, P.O. Box 120190, San Diego, CA 92112-0190. Questions regarding individual bottles or collection appraisals cannot be answered. (c) Copley News Service

Author: Richard Nalley