I’ve been diving back into my own wines lately. You would too if you saw the state my basement is in. It’s actually quite frightening as there are boxes everywhere, wine spilling out of them, and absolutely no room on the racks, even though I just bought another 112 bottle storage rack. So this evening [...]
Filed under: California, Grenache, Red, Twisted Oak, Wine | 3 Comments »
With the 2011 Wine Blogger Conference just around the corner, and it being in my own back yard, I thought it high time I bring out some of the VA wines that I have in my cellar and get you all excited for what you have to look forward to out here on the East [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine in order to participate in a Taste Live event. It’s a miracle! With this post I am caught up on all wines that I tasted in 2010! I’m close to being caught up with the first half of 2011 as well, since I kept up better with those. Within the [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample in order to participate in a Taste Live Event. Here’s a Torrontes that meets all the characteristics I want when I have a bottle of it. Lovely nose, good acidity, great citrus flavors, and more. And a decent price point. Can’t beat that. The 2009 Crios Torrontes [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine in order to participate in a Taste Live tasting. I had the opportunity to participate in another Beaujolais tasting this winter, as part of a series held through the Taste Live site to explore the wines of Beaujolais outside of Beaujolais Nouveau. Sadly, 2 of my wines for this particular [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine to participate in a Wines of Chile Tasting. This is the last wine from this tasting. I think. Woot! One step closer to being caught up on all the posts I owe you from that time! This particular wine came from a Wines of Chile red blends tasting, which was [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample to participate in a Wines of Chile Tasting Have I mentioned lately how much fun the Wines of Chile Tastings are? If I haven’t, I should. The lovely PR people for the Wines of Chile gather a herd of cats [wine bloggers], send us all wine, a [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Rodney Strong Vineyards Baking spices peppered the nose of this wine, causing thoughts of Christmas cookies to dance in my head. We just started in on the HOT weather here and I’m already dreaming of Christmas. Though can you blame me? Christmas will be extra special [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample in order to participate in a Taste Live event. I feel like the little engine that could. I am so close to being caught up on old posts that I can almost taste it. Everyone at my house is looking at me because I’ve been sitting here [...]
Filed under: France, Red, Wine | 1 Comment »
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR firm for the brand. I got a pitch from a PR person a few months back for a wine for Father’s Day. Now personally, I think the person who you are celebrating should get to choose the wine, but since I happened to be [...]
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