Rosé gets a bad rap. And let’s face it: the last time most people experimented with pink wine was during a misguided game of slap the bag in college (don’t feel bad, we’ve all been there). Not exactly the kind of first impression that keeps you coming back for more. But trust us: give Rosé a second chance, and you’ll be impressed. There’s plenty of great stuff out there if y...
With a name like 90+ Cellars you probably assume that we think wine ratings are pretty awesome. Actually, that’s not quite true. Wine ratings are useful, and necessary in many ways, but there is more to wine than can be summed up in a single number. The post The Great Ratings Debate appeared first on 90+ Cellars.
“What this stuff in my wine?” Every now and then a customer will experience a couple teaspoons of sludgy, pulpy stuff at the bottom of their bottle and ask us this question. Is my wine defective? Is it safe that I just polished off this bottle? The answers are no and yes, respectively. In fact, we love a little something solid (technical term: sediment) in our wine, and he...
“Life is too short to drink bad wine.” This past Saturday 90+ Cellars lived up to that statement, serving up samples of our wine to Phantom Gourmet Phans at the annual Phantom Gourmet Food & Wine Phest at the Boston Cyclorama. We think there's no better way to spend a Saturday afternoon or evening than with some upbeat music, delicious food and good wine. ...
“Would you like some wine?” “No thanks. I’m a beer guy.” We often get this response when offering wine to people. Personally, I’m a beer guy too but I also dig a good glass of wine. It’s cool if you don’t want wine, but responding in a way that declares your allegiance to beer as if you were choosing a political party puzzles me. “No thanks, but I would love a bee...