We finally drank our bottle of the 2006 Nelson Family Vineyards Barn Blend! This came in a club shipment in April, but I somehow neglected it. Matt and I were lucky enough to attend the barn blending party this year, you can see me playing mad winemaker in the picture below, but we unfortunately did [...]
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I must admit, I’m never quite sure what “old vines” are. I know I’ve seen other bloggers debate this topic quite a bit. In this case the vines are all over 90 years old. (Sometimes I’ve seen “old vine” on 30 year old vines and that doesn’t make me happy, 30 isn’t old!) Our wine [...]
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The wine for the evening was a 2005 Quivira Mourvedre. You’ll be noticing lots of new wines around here as the shipments are pouring in from my wine clubs after a long summer break. Hopefully come April I’ll have a new selection of wineries for you as we are planning to head up to Calaveras [...]
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And time to root around in my cellar to see what’s ready for drinking! In my last post about this wine, I said you should hold it for at least another year or so. Well, it’s been 7 months and I just couldn’t leave this one in the cellar anymore. We needed a less expensive [...]
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But I still love Sauvignon Blanc! And this one arrived in my latest shipment from Mauritson, whom I haven’t had any new wines from in a year as they were kind enough to combine my shipments for me to help my wine budget! So I was very excited to try out some of the offerings [...]
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15 pounds of turkey (with all but a drumstick gone as of lunch today!)10 pounds of potatoes8 guests6 bottles of wine3 pounds of green beans1 pounds of cranberries1 package of burnt rolls (oops)1 burn and 1 accidental grating of my thumb=5 pounds heavier and one exhausted wine blogger. Another Thanksgiving under my belt, my second, [...]
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I am in full prep for Thanksgiving. Hosting for Matt’s family, 8 of us total. That’s the most people I’ve ever cooked a meal for, so I’m a wee bit nervous! I’m not big on the whole “here’s my ultimate Thanksgiving pairings” post thing, but as an fyi, we are having an Austrian Riesling provided [...]
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, sends you off in search of what is arguably my favorite red wine varietal: Petite Sirah. So often confused with Syrah or Shiraz, it deserves it’s own time to shine, and this is it. Petite Sirah is lesser known by the name Durif. I have noticed, and [...]
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Y’all should mosey on over to BrooklynGuy’s blog to read his excellent round-up of all the WBW #39-Silver Burgundy wines. Despite crushing computer problems, he’s got his round-up posted and it looks like lots of excellent wines were again tasted for us to seek out on upcoming wine shop visits, not to mention for me [...]
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My parents were down visiting not too long ago and in their tradition of supporting my wine-drinking habit, showed up bearing a bottle of NV Lamiable Grand Cru Brut Champagne. We enjoyed this after dinner, and even my mom had a glass, and enjoyed it, which is quite unusual for her! The nose of the [...]
