*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample to participate in a Taste Live. For this Taste Live we tried several wines from Wente Vineyards. Wente Vineyards has been owned and family operated for the last 125 years in the Livermore Valley. I haven’t had many wines from Livermore, so I took the opportunity to [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Rodney Strong. I smell the blood of an Englishman! Ok, not really, but I keep thinking fairy tales and Brothers Grimm when I think about the name of this wine. Sometimes you’re in the mood for a big wine. This one has you covered in that [...]
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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 Vineyards. Ah the Rockaway. A mailing list only allocated wine from Rodney Strong. This year Rodney Strong is producing two wines under the Rockaway label, this one and a single vineyard designate that I have yet to taste, but am looking forward to trying [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Cornerstone Cellars. Ah Cornerstone, how I love thee. Let me count the ways. One, your wines are delicious. Two, your Cabernets are elegant and refined. Three, your wines are delicious….wait, I already said that…but t deserves to be said again. I do need to write a [...]
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My dad gave me a subscription to a wine of the month club several months ago. I think this is the last bottle from that subscription. I have a story to write for Palate Press coming up about my experiences with wine clubs, big box, winery direct, and other, so that’s a story for another [...]
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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. [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Hall Winery Oh the excellence or Exzellenz of Hall. I wrote about the 2006 Kathryn Hall Cabernet Sauvignon a couple months ago. I loved that wine. Well, that’s an understatement….I adored it. Since then, I’ve actually had a chance to visit Hall Winery (both the St. [...]
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*Disclaimer: I reeived this wine as a sample from St. Supery Vineyards so I could participate in the St. Supery Twitter Taste Live. Cabernet. Yum. I’ve been really digging Cabernet Sauvignon lately. Really. Which is good, because on the Monday after the Wine Blogger Conference Thea and I will be filled with Cab after a [...]
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No formal review today, just a quicky wine suggestion. On our recent vacation, we stopped overnight in Roanoke, Virginia on our way home in order to break up the 9 hour drive. We ate at Le Bistro, a fabulous little restaurant in downtown Roanoke, choosing to do the Chef’s Tasting Menu. One of the wines [...]
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