Country: USA – California
Region: Central Coast, Livermore Valley
Vineyard: Concannon
Type: Red
Vintage: 2010
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Bought at: D&W – Breton Village, Grand Rapids MI
Tasting notes: very fruity, you can really taste the sweetness of the grape. a medium-bodied Cab.
Rating: B
Country: Germany
Region: Pfalz
Vineyard: Mouton Cadet
Type: White
Vintage: 2010
Grape: Riesling
Bought at: Ryan and Hart, Eastern Ave SE., Grand Rapids MI
Tasting notes: semi-dry, good aftertaste, pleasant fruity aroma, light to medium body.
Rating: B
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Vineyard: Mouton Cadet
Type: White
Vintage: 2008
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc (60%), Semillon (30%), Muscadelle (10%)
Bought at: Meijer, Kalamazoo and 28th St., Grand Rapids MI
Tasting notes: very dry. very good aftertaste, medium body
Rating: B+
For my money, hair metal reached its zenith in 1984, when Ratt put together this masterpiece for its debut EP, Ratt.
Motley Crue got the headlines, Poison probably sold the most albums, but Ratt had the best song-writing chops. Ratt also boasts one of the tragic stories of that era — Robin “King” Crosby lived to excess in the 1980s, and paid for it with his life in 2002. How many other people should probably have died from that decade?
The video features a pre-Coverdale Tawny Kitaen, then-girlfriend of Crosby.