Q3 2024 Red Rogues Club
SOUTH AFRICA The history of South African wine traces back to 1659 when Jan van Riebeeck, the founder and governor, produced the very first bottle in Cape Town. The 18th century marked a significant expansion...
Just In Case California Tasting Notes
This month we will be focusing on the wines of California. While mostly known for high end cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, and chardonnay from such locations as the Napa Valley, Paso Robles, and the Sonoma Coast, there...
Summer Favorites Under $20 + Pairings
Shop the entire Collection Here 1. Tuck Beckstoffer Melee Grenache | $19 A wonderful freshness on the nose with perfumes of red sweet cherry, plum, dark raspberry, roses, and a lacing of black fruit. It has great...
Put An End To Thanksgiving Wine Anxiety
If you’re encumbered by Thanksgiving wine anxiety, you’re not alone. Picking the right bottles for the holiday can be more stressful than cooking the turkey! The wide variety of flavors and side dishes in a...
Wine of the Month: October 2018
The aroma of wine is a key component of the wine tasting experience. In wine tasting, the term aromatic refers to a wine which has had the time or natural ability to emit several aromas...
Red Rogues Q3 2018 Club Notes
Grenache, (also known as Grenache Noir, to distinguish it from its white counterpart Grenache Blanc) is the most widely planted grape in the southern Rhône Valley, and the second most widely planted grape in the world. With its upright growth and strong, sturdy trunk, Grenache is ideally suited to being grown as a water-seeking bush vine in hot, windy areas. Its only disadvantage is its predilection to set relatively little fruit, but that, of course, means all the more flavor in the grapes that remain.