A few weeks ago I took part in many Taste Live events surrounding the Napa Valley Film Fest. Over the course of 4 days I tasted a ton of great wines from Napa helping to celebrate the Film Fest from afar. I’ll always take a good excuse to drink in the middle of the day! [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Back to one of my favorite areas to get Pinot Noir from, the Russian River Valley. The Russian River Valley is where I fell for Pinot Noir, hard. Now, I love it in many of its incarnations, however, time and again I come back [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Chile. Told you I found some lost tasting notes! I think this 2009 Ritual Veramonte Pinot Noir was the second wine for the Chilean Tasting. Veramonte is a winery that I have recommended many times in the past, particularly for [...]
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*I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Chile. Alas, I was so close to catching up on my older tasting notes. And yet again I failed. I pulled out a notebook to jot down notes for the Carmenere and Curry Chilean Wine Tasting the other night and lo [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Here in Wannabe Wino world we are making as much use of the waning nice days that we can and continue to grill out almost every night. One of my favorite things to do on the grill is an eye of the round roast, [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Even though I wasn’t making food that went very well with this wine, I was really in the mood for a Pinot. So I plucked the 2009 Sean Minot 4 Bears Carneros Pinot Noir from the basement. It clocked in at 14.5% alcohol by [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for the brand. Tonight we tried the 2009 Blackstone Winemaker’s Select Pinot Noir. It had a plastic cork, clocked in at 13.5% alcohol by volume and retails for about $7-$8. Four takeaways from this wine: 1.) A heavy hand with the oak on [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Rodney Strong Vineyards. Who loves Pinot Noir? Me me me me! (Picture me jumping up and down with my hand up in the air.) I recently had the good fortune of participating in a Taste Live event focused on Pinot Noir from 3 different AVAs in [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Sean Minor Wines The current vintage of this wine is a 2009. Somehow this 2007 got a little lost in my basement. But that’s okay, we still enjoyed it! Especially since it’s a Pinot that retails for under $15 and stays true to the Pinot Noir [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Rodney Strong Vineyards Rodney Strong, in my humble opinion produces some really great wines at some really great values. I’ve always enjoyed their Charlotte’s Home Sauvignon Blanc and many of their Chardonnays. I think they really shine with their Reserve Pinot Noir though, and I was [...]
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