Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Hahn Family Wines. Rejoice! Wine Blogging Wednesday is back! I missed it so. Though, admittedly, I totally missed the first reincarnation last month…having average about 4 hours of sleep a night and dealing with a fussy newborn, wine was not much happening! But I’m in for [...]
Filed under: California, Grenache, Lenndevours, Mourvedre, Red, Syrah, WBW, Wine, Wine Cast | 3 Comments »
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Produced by Hope Family Wine, the Westside Red Troublemaker is a blend of three vintages of wine, the 2007, 2008, and 2009. On first sniff I said “Syrah!,” and later upon examining the promotional materials that accompanied the wine I found that it is [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Quivira Winery I feel like that commercial for hair club for men…I’m not only the founder, I’m a client too…I’ve been a member of the Quivira Wine Club for going on 4 years now. I have tons of their wines in my [...]
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I reviewed this same wine nearly 2 years ago and at the time said I’d try to hang onto it for a few years to see what it would do. Wow, if my notes from two years ago are accurate, this is now a totally different and aged wine. I loved it before and I [...]
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Now here’s a grape I don’t see a lot of as a stand alone wine. I see a lot of it blended in small amounts into other wines, but rarely do I get one labeled as Mourvedre. I love it though, and tend to squeal with excitement when I see it on a winery’s tasting [...]
Filed under: California, Mourvedre, Navarro Vineyards, Red, Wine | 4 Comments »
I thought I had a new grape here. Major disappointment on my part to learn that Monastrell is simply Spanish for Mouvedre, a grape I love and have already tasted many times. So I guess I’ll just have to keep searching for my Century Club application…these last few grapes just aren’t coming quickly! Anyway, I [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this bottle as a sample from Twisted Oak Winery Arr me mateys! A little late, but in honor of National Talk Like a Pirate Day (this past Friday) we drank this terrifying looking bottle of wine. The wine is the 2006 Twisted Oak River of Skulls. It’s a special allocation only wine [...]
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The wine for the evening was a 2005 Quivira Mourvedre. You’ll be noticing lots of new wines around here as the shipments are pouring in from my wine clubs after a long summer break. Hopefully come April I’ll have a new selection of wineries for you as we are planning to head up to Calaveras [...]
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