Just a quick post to wish you and yours a happy and healthy 2009! Enjoy the evening, I hope everyone is drinking something excellent! Cheers! Sonadora
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Bargain Pinot Noir
Posted on December 30, 2008 by Sonadora
I chose the 2006 Le Jardin de Charlotte Becky Wasserman & Fils Bourgogne Pinot Noir as the wine for the evening. I purchased this from Domaine547 several months ago for $17.99. It clocked in at 12.5% alcohol by volume and had a Diam closure. On the nose I found vanilla cream, tart berries, leather, cedar, [...]
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Same Wine, New Vintage
Posted on December 27, 2008 by Sonadora
I previously reviewed the 2005 Quivira Grenache here, about a year and a half ago. I absolutely adored it, so when 2 bottles of the 2006 arrived in my latest club shipment I danced for joy! The 2006 Quivira Grenache from Wine Creek Ranch clocks in at 15.9% alcohol by volume, has a real cork [...]
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Checking Another Grape Off
Posted on December 26, 2008 by Sonadora
On election night, Loweeel and I were chilling, drinking a lot of wine, and eating a bunch of ribs. He brought over this Tofanelli 2000 Charbono so that I could gain another grape on my Century Club application. We saved the tiniest bit for Matt for when he finally got home so he wouldn’t miss [...]
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Kick Ass Kick Ranch
Posted on December 24, 2008 by Sonadora
By happy coincidence, WineQ has started carrying some of the awesome wines made from Kick Ranch Vineyards grapes, some of the same ones I got to taste at the Wine Blogger Conference. Brittany of WineQ gave me this bottle in September when I was out in San Francisco for work! The wine is the 2006 [...]
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As Close to a Cabin as I Get
Posted on December 23, 2008 by Sonadora
I chose the 2005 Mauritson Rockpile Jack’s Cabin Vineyard Zinfandel to drink tonight. Mauritson recently began offering a slew of Rockpile Vineyard single vineyard designate wines. I believe they now produce 4 vineyard designate Zins, a Petite Sirah, a Syrah, and couple of red blends all from teh various vineyards in Rockpile. The wine clocked [...]
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However You Pronounce it….
Posted on December 22, 2008 by Sonadora
It still tastes good! And as I learned recently, lots of people have trouble pronouncing Viognier. Hint: it’s not pronounced Vee-og-on-er. Second hint: the “g” is silent. This version is the 2006 Twisted Oak Viognier. It cost me $21.99 in a WineQ shipment, clocked in at 14% alcohol by volume, and had a real [...]
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Bits and Bobbles
Posted on December 21, 2008 by Sonadora
First, Tim from Cheap Wine Ratings has the WBW #52 round up posted. (Okay, he has for a few weeks already, but I’m a little slow, and wanted to wait until I had the next WBW news to post! Looks like some great participation this month (I hosted last December, so I feel for Tim [...]
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Dark as Night
Posted on December 21, 2008 by Sonadora
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Humanitas so I could participate in Twitter Taste Live. Up last for the evening of Twitter Taste Live was the 2006 Humanitas Cabernet Sauvignon from Paso Robles. It clocked in at 14.2% alcohol by volume, had a fake cork closure, and can be purchased for $20. [...]
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