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The Pour Man: Purple Heart Won My Heart

The Pour Man: Purple Heart Won My Heart

by Warren Johnston | May 30, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Newsletter, The Pour Man

Generally, I’m reluctant to get overly excited about wines with a cause. They often seem like gimmicky marketing ploys to promote less than stellar wines by pulling on your philanthropic heart strings. But every rule has a few exceptions: A couple of years ago I...
The Pour Man: Super Premium Wine With Highfalutin Flavor

The Pour Man: Super Premium Wine With Highfalutin Flavor

by Warren Johnston | Apr 30, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Food + Booze, The Pour Man

Bread & Butter Chardonnay, 2015; Napa, California; $14.99 Bread & Butter Chardonnay is among the top-selling super premium wines in the country — and there’s a good reason for that. It’s a dry, white wine that is flavorful, well-crafted and sells for a...
The Pour Man: Transitional Weather Needs a Transitional Wine

The Pour Man: Transitional Weather Needs a Transitional Wine

by Warren Johnston | Apr 3, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Food Booze and Beyond, Newsletter, The Pour Man

Les Hauts de Lagarde, Rouge Bordeaux, France; 2015. $12.99This is a period of transition on many fronts.    There still may be snow on the ground and temperatures in the teens, but the warm spring sun is a clear signal that it’s time to start trimming down, putting...
The Pour Man: Prosecco Has it Over Cava

The Pour Man: Prosecco Has it Over Cava

by Warren Johnston | Mar 13, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Food + Booze, Food Booze and Beyond, Newsletter, The Pour Man

Lunetta Prosecco is one of the hottest sparkling wine brands on the American market, and there’s a good reasonta why — it’s well-made, inexpensive and widely available, an excellent wine to celebrate. It also is lower than many wines in alcohol, about 11.5 percent, so...
The Pour Man: Blown Away by this Cabernet

The Pour Man: Blown Away by this Cabernet

by Warren Johnston | Feb 27, 2017 | Articles, Columns, The Pour Man

Part of the fun of writing this column is that I often need to look for largely undiscovered, good affordable wines.It’s a quest that I enjoy and that can be rewarding when I do find something that’s new and exciting in the sea of wines on the market.I recently tried...
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