*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Fall approaches. Not too long ago I was wishing for summer and dreaming of white wines. Now my thoughts are edging back to the red end of the spectrum again and I’m dabbling in some of the reds that have sat, neglected, in my [...]
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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 as a sample from Cornerstone Cellars. I adore this wine. I adored it last year when I tasted it before it was even bottled. I adored it when it came out in bottle for the 2007 vintage. And the 2008 version is even more worthy of my adoration since it’s [...]
Filed under: Cabernet Franc, California, Red, Wine | 6 Comments »
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Macari Vineyards. I drink a lot of California wine. It’s just a simple fact. I really cut my wine teeth on California wine and as such, I tend to drink more of it than anything else. However, this past week you wouldn’t be able to tell….we [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Cornerstone Cellars. I mentioned in a post last week that you should come back in a little while to see full reviews of some of Cornerstone’s new line, Stepping Stone, here on ye olde wine blog. Well, that day came sooner than I thought when I [...]
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On the first night of the Wine Blogger Conference, the Russian River Valley Winegrowers hosted an “after” party. This was probably one of my favorite events of the conference this year. I’ve been really enjoying many of the wines I’ve been seeing coming out of the Russian River Valley recently, so I had hoped to [...]
Filed under: Acorn Winery, C. Donatiello, Cabernet Franc, California, Pinot Noir, Red, Sangiovese, WBC, Wine, Zinfandel | Comments Off
Some wines I tasted at dinner/the Grand Sonoma tasting at the Wine Blogger Conference this summer. I thought it worth telling you about them since I took the time to take notes and many are worth your time to hunt down! Sadly, I didn’t get to taste very many wines at the Sonoma Grand Tasting. [...]
Filed under: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Champagne, Marsanne, Michel-Schlumberger, Pinot Noir, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Titus, WBC, Wine, Wineries, Zinfandel | Comments Off
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Artisan Family of Wines “Red red wine you make me feel so fine….You keep me rocking all of the time…” I don’t know why that popped into my head as I wrote this post, but it did. Now it can be stuck in your head too! [...]
Filed under: Cabernet Franc, California, Rose, Wine | 4 Comments »
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Macari Vineyards. I imagine this wine will pretty much sell out in the blink of an eye. As well it should, it’s a fantastic little summer Rosé. The 2008 Macari Rosé is a blend of 45% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Pinot Noir, [...]
Filed under: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, New York, Pinot Noir, Rose, Wine | 3 Comments »
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Chile so that I could participate in the webcast tasting of Chilean wines. Yes, in case you haven’t noticed, there’s been a rash of Chilean wine postings in the last two weeks here on the ‘ol wine blog. Normally I [...]
Filed under: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile, Red, Syrah, Wine | 2 Comments »
