*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the pr folks for Wines of Chile. When I make a promise to drink more Chilean wines, I apparently deliver in a huge way. Of course, it helps when you get sent a full case of Chilean red wines! I chose the 2006 Ventisquero Queulat Shiraz [...]
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*Dislcaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the pr folks for Wines of Chile After WBW #52, I decided I really liked wines made with the Carmenere grape. My opinion of the grape rose even higher on tasting the Estampa Gold a couple weeks ago, that has been my favorite Carmenere yet! Tonight [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the Terlato Wine Group Matt actually had a request for wine the other evening. Usually he pretty much leaves the wine selection up to me even though I bug him every night as to what he’d like to drink. He requested a Cabernet Sauvignon, seeing as [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Matthiasson Family Vineyards First off, I must tell you, that as I drank this wine, all I could think was that this was easily one of the best white wines I’ve had in recent memory. It kicked all sorts of ass and I loved it. The [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample because I am a member of WineQ‘s Beta Club. I chose the 2005 Bokisch Graciano for the evening. I hadn’t yet checked Graciano off my Wine Centiry Club application, so I was happy to receive this wine in the mail from WineQ! It had a real cork [...]
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We got some good news in the Wannabe Wino household the other day and decided to celebrate with some much deserved bubbly. I just so happened to have a bottle from the half case of Cameron Hughes Wine that I won at the Wine Blogger Conference that fit the bill perfectly. I chose the Cameron [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Bottlenotes. Quite a while ago, the folks from Bottlenotes contacted me about trying their wine club service. I did, and I wrote up the bottles at various times. Along the way, I wrote a review of one of the wines that I didn’t particularly like and [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine from the PR folks for Wines of Chile Continuing down the road of tasting wines from Chile in 2009, I chose the 2007 Cono Sur 20 Barrels Pinot Noir for the evening. The story of the 20 Barrels is that the winery designates 20 barrels of Pinot Noir as the [...]
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Blog? Some exciting happenings around wino-land these days. First! Wine Blogger Conference 2009! We’re headed back to Sonoma again this year, though we will also spend a day in Napa! Dates are July 24-26. I’m going to make it by the skin of my teeth, but I’ll be there with bells wine charms on. If [...]
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My mom really wanted to host a wine party for our friends and family while Matt and I were home visiting this holiday season. I quickly agreed and the idea of a sparkling wine tasting emerged as perfect for just before the New Year. I picked 10 bottles in an attempt to represent the breadth [...]
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