*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks representing this brand. Tonight we pulled the 2006 Campo Viejo Crianza Tempranillo from the racks. It had a real cork closure, clocked in at 13.5% alcohol by volume, and I see it retails for about $9. I served this with leftover lamb pie [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from L’Ecole. As some of you may know, this year’s North American Wine Blogger Conference is in Walla Walla, Washington. I’m still working out the details to see if it will be a possibility for me to attend this time, but in the meantime, I’m trying out [...]
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We buy a lot of wine. No lie. I belong to 8 wine clubs. I buy wine regularly from local merchants and from internet sources as well as on our visits to local vineyards and our trips to Napa/Sonoma. In any given year I easily buy 20+ cases of wine which even if we were [...]
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My annual spring trip to the Sonoma/Napa area! We’ll be in town the week after Easter. I’ve got a few things on my list of must sees for this trip, but have a lot of time open over 5 days for suggestions. So tell me your favorite things to do and see, both wine related [...]
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As I march along in my goal of drinking more bubbly in 2010 (I’m kicking ass at this goal by the way!) I thought I’d bring you something totally different. Matt and I wandered over to the Curious Grape in Shirlington a few weeks ago for a tasting (sadly, we had trouble finding parking due [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Cornerstone Cellars. A few years ago I was bored at work and roaming around the 3 pages on the internet I can actually get to. Back in the day, I had a job where no one talked to me for months on end and never gave [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Rodney Strong. I’m not a huge Chardonnay person. When I do like them, I tend to pick out the unoaked, stainless steel fermented ones. I’ve had just one to many chewing on a bunch of toothpicks covered in a stick of butter experiences to not be [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Pasternak Imports. I couldn’t resist. Pinocchio wine, long nose label. Yep. Cheap jokes, I love them. Several months ago the folks from Pasternak Imports sent a 6 pack of value wines to me and a bunch of other bloggers. However, when I was sick it was [...]
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I’m making slow but steady strides toward our new goal of tasting 200 different grapes. I think this makes grape 103. It took quite some time to reach 100 grapes, so I imagine it will be at least another 2 full years to make 200, but it should be a fun journey given the relative [...]
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