by jpachence | Jun 1, 2021 | FOODIE STORIES, Gifts, Great Bargain Red Wines Reviewed, News, Tasting Notes, Wine & Food Pairing, Wines
Every year we publish our compilation our report of quality red wines we’ve found that are under $25. These wines are a result of various tasting events, restaurant experiences, and sommelier suggestions we’ve had this year. Some usual suspects pop up,...
by jpachence | Aug 8, 2019 | Great Bargain Red Wines Reviewed, Italian wines, Wines
We were really happy to see one of our favorite wine writers – Lettie Teague from Wall Street Journal – give some love to one of our favorite food wines that has somehow gone out of style: Chianti (click HERE to see the article). As our readers know, we...
by jpachence | Jun 25, 2019 | Great Bargain Red Wines Reviewed, Italian wines, Travel, Wines
We stumbled on a very intriguing wine this week – Argiolas Costera- and we had to immediately share it with our readers because of the high quality at an amazing value – we purchased it for $13. We were familiar with the whites from Sardinia (mostly...
by jpachence | Feb 2, 2019 | Food & Wine Pairings, FOODIE STORIES, Great Bargain Red Wines Reviewed, Great Bargain White Wines Reviewed, Italian White Wines - But Not Pinot Grigio, Wine & Food Pairing
First rule of picking a good pizza wine – don’t over-think it. The starting point is go to the Italian wine section of your favorite wine shop, then pick a red and/or white. While the details are fun for us wine geeks, most of us just want to have a...
by jpachence | Jan 27, 2019 | Food & Wine Pairings, Great Bargain Red Wines Reviewed, Italian wines, Wine & Food Pairing, Wines
You might be ignoring Valpolicella wines – most folks see them as light, fruity red wines with little character or finesse, a wine that you might find in checkered table cloth, red sauce only Italian restaurants. We wanted you to re-think Valpolicella, so the...
by jpachence | Sep 24, 2014 | Great Bargain Red Wines Reviewed, Wines
Each year, the Serious Foodie posts a list of the quality wines we consider bargains – and hopefully wines you can easily find. Our red wine list gets posted every Fall, after considerable research and input from our associate tasters. Last year we did 20...
