Recent content by Chris Barnes

And that color would be Rouge.

Levi served a group of us a few years back a 1966 Musar that was pretty mind-blowing. Unfortunately, judging by wine-searcher you will need to go to Spain or the UK to find a bottle.

As a former of employee of a couple of the names being discussed here, -Counter Culture Coffee (Asheville, NC) The most underrated of the Intelli, Stumptown, etc. sized roaster. Get the Ethiopia Haru. -Madcap Coffee (Grand Rapids, MI) A new roaster on my radar. I have been told the coffees...

Here's a pic from my visit to the beautiful vineyards in Cantabria. Not sure how many hectares under vine there are. That question would be for VS. I mean he wrote the book on Northern Spain for chrissakes. Either way, there are some very good wines being made there. The producer that...

Victor, well, outdated is where I would like to be in this context, and of course I haven't tasted everything. I am just speaking on my limited State-side experience and my two times visiting the region. I agree about Alvaro. I stocked the 2008 Camins. The aromatics were just pure...

This is horrible to hear. I recently attended an exhibition of Priorat wines this past May. Not unexpectedly, many of the wines were very hard to get through - hot, extracted, muddled flavors. The Terroir Al Limit wines were one of the rare exceptions and most definitely stood out in a very...