Wow. It has been a VERY long time since I posted. I have been very busy both professionally and personally – starting a new position at my day job and my daughter getting married – and so I have had no free time to spend on writing. So, while I apologize, I do hope you will forgive me, dear reader.

My intention is to catch up with a number of posts dealing with topics I find interesting mixed with ratings of various pertinent bottles. The first of these being a very interesting tasting I was at of a number of older Four Gates bottles, which prompted me to really think about the difference between wines that thrive and develop with age and wines that survive over long periods of time but don’t really gain anything out of the aging process. [Of course I am only reffering to wines in this article that are buit for aging. 98% of wines on the market are designed specifically to be held for 1-3 years and not for long or even medium term (8-10 years) aging.] Over the last year for whatever reason, Merlot has been a focus, as,  in addition to Four Gates I also tasted through a large number of Golan Heights Winery Merlots. The last winery I will focus on will be Herzog but, as you can guess, if you are talking about Herzog, you need to be talking Cabernet Sauvignon – and that’s what we will do.