Dr. H
@dr.h.winesky.app
Wine drinker 🍷 Building @winesky.app
Will continue posting only here going forward, and may post some old Vivino reviews for context.
Expect lots of #spanishwine reviews, plus some assorted stuff.
Will continue posting only here going forward, and may post some old Vivino reviews for context.
Expect lots of #spanishwine reviews, plus some assorted stuff.
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Dr. H
@dr.h.winesky.app
· Oct 29
Dr. H's Wine Rating Scale
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I've been publishing lots of wine ratings lately, so what do they mean for me? What's the difference between 3 and 4 stars?
I have no idea in what universe is a £15 bottle a sign someone is nouveau riche - if anything I’d expect them to go for flashy and expensive but meh “name” bottles.
Just drink what you like, evolve your own taste, and don’t mind the likes of Windsor.
Just drink what you like, evolve your own taste, and don’t mind the likes of Windsor.
Favouring some beers, wines and spirits single you out as “nouveau riche”, according to one prominent etiquette expert. Is your favourite drink on the list?
The alcoholic drinks that expose you as 'new money'
Favouring some beers, wines and spirits single you out as "nouveau riche", according to one prominent etiquette expert. Is your favourite drink on the list?
www.thedrinksbusiness.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I have no idea in what universe is a £15 bottle a sign someone is nouveau riche - if anything I’d expect them to go for flashy and expensive but meh “name” bottles.
Just drink what you like, evolve your own taste, and don’t mind the likes of Windsor.
Just drink what you like, evolve your own taste, and don’t mind the likes of Windsor.
Graf Adelmann Brüssele Cuvée Trocken by Weingut Graf Adelmann (2022) - 2½ ⭐
Overpriced cooking wine with too much tobacco and chocolate - fruit only comes out later and vanishes almost right away....
1/2
🍷 #winesky #germanwine @winesky.app
Overpriced cooking wine with too much tobacco and chocolate - fruit only comes out later and vanishes almost right away....
1/2
🍷 #winesky #germanwine @winesky.app
February 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Graf Adelmann Brüssele Cuvée Trocken by Weingut Graf Adelmann (2022) - 2½ ⭐
Overpriced cooking wine with too much tobacco and chocolate - fruit only comes out later and vanishes almost right away....
1/2
🍷 #winesky #germanwine @winesky.app
Overpriced cooking wine with too much tobacco and chocolate - fruit only comes out later and vanishes almost right away....
1/2
🍷 #winesky #germanwine @winesky.app
40 Anos Years Porto by Augusto's (N.V.) - 4½ ⭐
Second only to their 30 year old. Aroma is like a good Pedro Ximenez, only lighter. Very light toffee. Lingers a bit.
Red Wine from Porto
(From Jul. 2019)
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #portuguesewine #porto
Second only to their 30 year old. Aroma is like a good Pedro Ximenez, only lighter. Very light toffee. Lingers a bit.
Red Wine from Porto
(From Jul. 2019)
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #portuguesewine #porto
February 16, 2026 at 7:50 AM
40 Anos Years Porto by Augusto's (N.V.) - 4½ ⭐
Second only to their 30 year old. Aroma is like a good Pedro Ximenez, only lighter. Very light toffee. Lingers a bit.
Red Wine from Porto
(From Jul. 2019)
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #portuguesewine #porto
Second only to their 30 year old. Aroma is like a good Pedro Ximenez, only lighter. Very light toffee. Lingers a bit.
Red Wine from Porto
(From Jul. 2019)
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #portuguesewine #porto
Perle Noire by Domaine du Dragon (2020) - 3½ ⭐
Pepper, raspberry, cherry, juice, black currant, slight hint of herbs. More blackcurrant later. Grenache and shiraz.
Red Wine from Provence
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #mourvedre #syrah #cabernetsauvignon
Pepper, raspberry, cherry, juice, black currant, slight hint of herbs. More blackcurrant later. Grenache and shiraz.
Red Wine from Provence
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #mourvedre #syrah #cabernetsauvignon
February 15, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Perle Noire by Domaine du Dragon (2020) - 3½ ⭐
Pepper, raspberry, cherry, juice, black currant, slight hint of herbs. More blackcurrant later. Grenache and shiraz.
Red Wine from Provence
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #mourvedre #syrah #cabernetsauvignon
Pepper, raspberry, cherry, juice, black currant, slight hint of herbs. More blackcurrant later. Grenache and shiraz.
Red Wine from Provence
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #mourvedre #syrah #cabernetsauvignon
Château Rasque Pièce Noble by Château Rasque (2022) - 4 ⭐
Raspberry, grapefruit, berries, turning into a strong, jammy taste as it goes along. Different. Juicy. You could sit around and think this for a a while. 60% syrah / 40% grenache.
Red Wine from...
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
Raspberry, grapefruit, berries, turning into a strong, jammy taste as it goes along. Different. Juicy. You could sit around and think this for a a while. 60% syrah / 40% grenache.
Red Wine from...
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
February 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Château Rasque Pièce Noble by Château Rasque (2022) - 4 ⭐
Raspberry, grapefruit, berries, turning into a strong, jammy taste as it goes along. Different. Juicy. You could sit around and think this for a a while. 60% syrah / 40% grenache.
Red Wine from...
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
Raspberry, grapefruit, berries, turning into a strong, jammy taste as it goes along. Different. Juicy. You could sit around and think this for a a while. 60% syrah / 40% grenache.
Red Wine from...
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
Does anybody know how reliable vinetur.com is? They keep appearing on #winesky but their posts, as far as I can tell, have neither bylines nor links to sources.
February 12, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Does anybody know how reliable vinetur.com is? They keep appearing on #winesky but their posts, as far as I can tell, have neither bylines nor links to sources.
Domaine Farjon Saint-Joseph Authentique by Domaine Farjon (2023) - 3½ ⭐
Pepper, balsamic, coffee, black currant. Exceedingly drinkable at 15%. Nice - I wouldn't have expected it.
Red Wine from Northern Rhône
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #northernrhone #syrah
Pepper, balsamic, coffee, black currant. Exceedingly drinkable at 15%. Nice - I wouldn't have expected it.
Red Wine from Northern Rhône
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #northernrhone #syrah
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Domaine Farjon Saint-Joseph Authentique by Domaine Farjon (2023) - 3½ ⭐
Pepper, balsamic, coffee, black currant. Exceedingly drinkable at 15%. Nice - I wouldn't have expected it.
Red Wine from Northern Rhône
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #northernrhone #syrah
Pepper, balsamic, coffee, black currant. Exceedingly drinkable at 15%. Nice - I wouldn't have expected it.
Red Wine from Northern Rhône
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #northernrhone #syrah
Reposted by Dr. H
With wine there’s almost always at least one exception to every ‘rule’. 😜
February 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
With wine there’s almost always at least one exception to every ‘rule’. 😜
I love a good Palomino Fino, and not enough people are aware the grape is used for anything but sherry.
I wonder if in five years it’s going to be like Verdejo was until now, or how Albariño is becoming - the go-to white wine for tapas.
I wonder if in five years it’s going to be like Verdejo was until now, or how Albariño is becoming - the go-to white wine for tapas.
It’s #WineWednesday! 🥂 With Ás de Mirabrás (VT Cádiz) by Bodegas Barbadillo at Comté #sevilla #wine #azaharwine #spain #winesky
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 AM
I love a good Palomino Fino, and not enough people are aware the grape is used for anything but sherry.
I wonder if in five years it’s going to be like Verdejo was until now, or how Albariño is becoming - the go-to white wine for tapas.
I wonder if in five years it’s going to be like Verdejo was until now, or how Albariño is becoming - the go-to white wine for tapas.
This is one reason why I was against showing a single average score for a wine @winesky.app.
Eventually I plan to add a more personalized average. While the analysis feature will show average scores across multiple publications, it skews the notes more around when you'll like them (or not)
Eventually I plan to add a more personalized average. While the analysis feature will show average scores across multiple publications, it skews the notes more around when you'll like them (or not)
February 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
This is one reason why I was against showing a single average score for a wine @winesky.app.
Eventually I plan to add a more personalized average. While the analysis feature will show average scores across multiple publications, it skews the notes more around when you'll like them (or not)
Eventually I plan to add a more personalized average. While the analysis feature will show average scores across multiple publications, it skews the notes more around when you'll like them (or not)
Reposted by Dr. H
Depressing eve @ Paris Wine Fair @ old-vintages tasting of new world producer. Bordeaux’s spell holds: wines which even after 30 yrs+ are still grotesquely over-oaked/tannic. Just to prove they can “age like French wines”. What a ghastly inferiority complex. Just not sthg I actually want to drink
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Depressing eve @ Paris Wine Fair @ old-vintages tasting of new world producer. Bordeaux’s spell holds: wines which even after 30 yrs+ are still grotesquely over-oaked/tannic. Just to prove they can “age like French wines”. What a ghastly inferiority complex. Just not sthg I actually want to drink
Hito by Bodegas Cepa 21 (2024) - 3 ⭐
Vanilla, oak, prunes, shoe polish, licorice, spices. 8 months in oak. Upgraded it to a 3 ⭐ from a past try, but no further.
Red Wine from Ribera del Duero
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #riberadelduero #tempranillo
Vanilla, oak, prunes, shoe polish, licorice, spices. 8 months in oak. Upgraded it to a 3 ⭐ from a past try, but no further.
Red Wine from Ribera del Duero
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #riberadelduero #tempranillo
February 10, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Hito by Bodegas Cepa 21 (2024) - 3 ⭐
Vanilla, oak, prunes, shoe polish, licorice, spices. 8 months in oak. Upgraded it to a 3 ⭐ from a past try, but no further.
Red Wine from Ribera del Duero
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #riberadelduero #tempranillo
Vanilla, oak, prunes, shoe polish, licorice, spices. 8 months in oak. Upgraded it to a 3 ⭐ from a past try, but no further.
Red Wine from Ribera del Duero
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #riberadelduero #tempranillo
Reposted by Dr. H
Yes there’s a wine app, @winesky.app! Follow wine expert & app builder @dr.h.winesky.app for more.
Marqués de Cáceres Verdejo by Bodegas Marqués de Cáceres (2024) - 4 ⭐
We chilled the wine quickly and even added few ice cubes. Not too dry not too sweet, pleasant acid especially with some cured meats and aged cheese.
White Wine from Castilla y León
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
We chilled the wine quickly and even added few ice cubes. Not too dry not too sweet, pleasant acid especially with some cured meats and aged cheese.
White Wine from Castilla y León
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Yes there’s a wine app, @winesky.app! Follow wine expert & app builder @dr.h.winesky.app for more.
Jocundaz by Vignoble Simian (2022) - 3½ ⭐
Pepper, raspberry, cherry, juice, black currant, slight hint of herbs. More blackcurrant later. Grenache and shiraz.
Red Wine from Rhône Valley
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhonevalley #grenache #syrah
Pepper, raspberry, cherry, juice, black currant, slight hint of herbs. More blackcurrant later. Grenache and shiraz.
Red Wine from Rhône Valley
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhonevalley #grenache #syrah
February 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Jocundaz by Vignoble Simian (2022) - 3½ ⭐
Pepper, raspberry, cherry, juice, black currant, slight hint of herbs. More blackcurrant later. Grenache and shiraz.
Red Wine from Rhône Valley
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhonevalley #grenache #syrah
Pepper, raspberry, cherry, juice, black currant, slight hint of herbs. More blackcurrant later. Grenache and shiraz.
Red Wine from Rhône Valley
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhonevalley #grenache #syrah
Yeah. That’s precisely why we drink.
Wine has a lot to teach us about staying present. The act of swirling, smelling, and tasting demands your undivided attention.
Can Wine Save Our Broken Attention Spans?
Wine has a lot to teach us about staying present. The act of swirling, smelling, and tasting demands your undivided attention.
bit.ly
February 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Yeah. That’s precisely why we drink.
Famille Perrin Signature Côtes du Rhône by Famille Perrin (2022) - 2½ ⭐
Coffee, dark chocolate, prunes, some vegetables. Simple.
Red Wine from Rhône Valley
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhonevalley #grenache #syrah
Coffee, dark chocolate, prunes, some vegetables. Simple.
Red Wine from Rhône Valley
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhonevalley #grenache #syrah
February 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Famille Perrin Signature Côtes du Rhône by Famille Perrin (2022) - 2½ ⭐
Coffee, dark chocolate, prunes, some vegetables. Simple.
Red Wine from Rhône Valley
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhonevalley #grenache #syrah
Coffee, dark chocolate, prunes, some vegetables. Simple.
Red Wine from Rhône Valley
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhonevalley #grenache #syrah
Reposted by Dr. H
Last week I was unexpectedly happy and serenely calm for a whole day and i wrote about it for @contrariannews.org …
We should all be happy when we can.
And bake.
contrarian.substack.com/p/oven-baked...
We should all be happy when we can.
And bake.
contrarian.substack.com/p/oven-baked...
Oven-Baked Parmesan Panko Crusted Chicken
Happiness matters, whenever it finds us.
contrarian.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Last week I was unexpectedly happy and serenely calm for a whole day and i wrote about it for @contrariannews.org …
We should all be happy when we can.
And bake.
contrarian.substack.com/p/oven-baked...
We should all be happy when we can.
And bake.
contrarian.substack.com/p/oven-baked...
Donna Margherita Barbera d'Alba by Giovanni Rosso (2024) - 3½ ⭐
Fresh plums, pepper. Soft, but it cut right through fat.
Red Wine from Piedmont
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #italianwine #piedmont #barbera
Fresh plums, pepper. Soft, but it cut right through fat.
Red Wine from Piedmont
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #italianwine #piedmont #barbera
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Donna Margherita Barbera d'Alba by Giovanni Rosso (2024) - 3½ ⭐
Fresh plums, pepper. Soft, but it cut right through fat.
Red Wine from Piedmont
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #italianwine #piedmont #barbera
Fresh plums, pepper. Soft, but it cut right through fat.
Red Wine from Piedmont
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #italianwine #piedmont #barbera
Socaire by Primitivo Collantes (2023) - 3 ⭐
Almost like a natural, but a drinkable one! Golden. Tasty but not what I'd expect - not as saline as other vino de pasto. 3 ⭐ on a first try but wouldn't mind giving it another pass.
White Wine from Andalusia
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
Almost like a natural, but a drinkable one! Golden. Tasty but not what I'd expect - not as saline as other vino de pasto. 3 ⭐ on a first try but wouldn't mind giving it another pass.
White Wine from Andalusia
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
February 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Socaire by Primitivo Collantes (2023) - 3 ⭐
Almost like a natural, but a drinkable one! Golden. Tasty but not what I'd expect - not as saline as other vino de pasto. 3 ⭐ on a first try but wouldn't mind giving it another pass.
White Wine from Andalusia
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
Almost like a natural, but a drinkable one! Golden. Tasty but not what I'd expect - not as saline as other vino de pasto. 3 ⭐ on a first try but wouldn't mind giving it another pass.
White Wine from Andalusia
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
Moscatel Old Vines by Botani (2024) - 3½ ⭐
Green quince, sweet lemon, ripe grapes, sweet pear, some grapefruit. 12 months in oak. Dry moscatels are just my jam.
White Wine from Sierras de Málaga
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #sierrasdemalaga #moscatel #moscateldealejandria
Green quince, sweet lemon, ripe grapes, sweet pear, some grapefruit. 12 months in oak. Dry moscatels are just my jam.
White Wine from Sierras de Málaga
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #sierrasdemalaga #moscatel #moscateldealejandria
February 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Moscatel Old Vines by Botani (2024) - 3½ ⭐
Green quince, sweet lemon, ripe grapes, sweet pear, some grapefruit. 12 months in oak. Dry moscatels are just my jam.
White Wine from Sierras de Málaga
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #sierrasdemalaga #moscatel #moscateldealejandria
Green quince, sweet lemon, ripe grapes, sweet pear, some grapefruit. 12 months in oak. Dry moscatels are just my jam.
White Wine from Sierras de Málaga
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #sierrasdemalaga #moscatel #moscateldealejandria
@skypilot.social Having trouble signing in with an app password - do you support custom PDSes by any chance?
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 AM
@skypilot.social Having trouble signing in with an app password - do you support custom PDSes by any chance?
I’d say jalapeño poppers with Gewürztraminer - preferably Alsace - and ribs with Alicante Shiraz, but you do you.
These combinations will take your mind off the referees, guaranteed. 🏈
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I’d say jalapeño poppers with Gewürztraminer - preferably Alsace - and ribs with Alicante Shiraz, but you do you.
Mestres Coquet Gran Reserva Brut Nature by Mestres (2021) - 3½ ⭐
Fresh green apple, bone - drinkable and crisp.
Opened up - straight up flowered - with an oyster michelada. Made it explode.
3.5 ⭐ for now, but need to try it by itself.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #parellada
Fresh green apple, bone - drinkable and crisp.
Opened up - straight up flowered - with an oyster michelada. Made it explode.
3.5 ⭐ for now, but need to try it by itself.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #parellada
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Mestres Coquet Gran Reserva Brut Nature by Mestres (2021) - 3½ ⭐
Fresh green apple, bone - drinkable and crisp.
Opened up - straight up flowered - with an oyster michelada. Made it explode.
3.5 ⭐ for now, but need to try it by itself.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #parellada
Fresh green apple, bone - drinkable and crisp.
Opened up - straight up flowered - with an oyster michelada. Made it explode.
3.5 ⭐ for now, but need to try it by itself.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #parellada
Casa Vella d'Espiells Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva by Juvé & Camps (2022) - 3½ ⭐
Hay, barn, shoe polish, then strong prunes, chocolate, coffee, tobacco, cherry. Solid value, but didn't make as strong impression on first try.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Penedés.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky
Hay, barn, shoe polish, then strong prunes, chocolate, coffee, tobacco, cherry. Solid value, but didn't make as strong impression on first try.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Penedés.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky
February 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Casa Vella d'Espiells Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva by Juvé & Camps (2022) - 3½ ⭐
Hay, barn, shoe polish, then strong prunes, chocolate, coffee, tobacco, cherry. Solid value, but didn't make as strong impression on first try.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Penedés.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky
Hay, barn, shoe polish, then strong prunes, chocolate, coffee, tobacco, cherry. Solid value, but didn't make as strong impression on first try.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Penedés.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky
Ktima Tselepos Blanc de Gris by Ktima Tselepos (2024) - 4 ⭐
Funky. Barn, hay, apricot, quince. Bergamot on the nose, strangely enough.
Like a tasty orange wine - not sweet, but reminiscent of ripe fruit.
It would work with perfectly umami, or samosas.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #greekwine
Funky. Barn, hay, apricot, quince. Bergamot on the nose, strangely enough.
Like a tasty orange wine - not sweet, but reminiscent of ripe fruit.
It would work with perfectly umami, or samosas.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #greekwine
February 3, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Ktima Tselepos Blanc de Gris by Ktima Tselepos (2024) - 4 ⭐
Funky. Barn, hay, apricot, quince. Bergamot on the nose, strangely enough.
Like a tasty orange wine - not sweet, but reminiscent of ripe fruit.
It would work with perfectly umami, or samosas.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #greekwine
Funky. Barn, hay, apricot, quince. Bergamot on the nose, strangely enough.
Like a tasty orange wine - not sweet, but reminiscent of ripe fruit.
It would work with perfectly umami, or samosas.
via @winesky.app
🍷 #winesky #greekwine