Gallo Turning Leaf is a popular brand, which gets sold hard. I once got a free transatlantic flight for buying a half case of their Pinot Noir. The scheme was complicated and tended to exclude anyone travelling with a family or with fixed dates, but all the same just the cost of administering the scheme… Read More »
The big wine trend for this summer looks to be Rose on the Rocks. Stormhoek launched a pretty little bottle last year, but this summer Gallo are going further. They’re pushing giant wine glasses filled with ice for either their White Zinfandel or White Grenache. Expect your local publican to be stocking up on ice.… Read More »
Gallo have made a series of interesting wine innovations over the years, some have been positive, making wine far more accessible to beer drinking populations, others less so, bringing sweet, bright pink White Zinfandel to the people of the UK. The latest move by Gallo Family Vineyards is just bizarre – the Wine Handbag. 1.5… Read More »
I was heading out to a gig last night and stopped off at the pub to meet everyone. We opted for a bottle of Gallo Sierra Valley Chardonnay 2005. It was a clear and bright cheery yellow-gold colour with reasonable legs. It smelled of oak and a little citrus. It was off dry, with balanced… Read More »
I found a bottle of Dancing Bull 2003 Zinfandel lurking in the cupboard under the stairs. This should have been drunk a couple of years ago, but never one to worry too much about sell by dates I gave it a go, along with some Zucchini Parmesan made from veggies that had eat by dates… Read More »