*Disclaimer: I receive this wine as a sample from the PR firm associated with the brand. I’ve been in a Pinot Noir mood lately. So I chose the 2008 Muddy Water Pinot Noir from the basement the other night. I’ve been interested in the Pinot Noirs coming out of New Zealand, and this wine proved [...]
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Sorry for the radio silence this past week. Mr. Wannabe Wino and I took our annual trek out to Sonoma last week and I tried (as much as possible for someone as addicted as I am) to disconnect from the computer. Helped along by spotty wireless, it wasn’t that difficult! To start back down the [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for the brand. Along with my current Cab Franc obsession, I’m also really liking Pinot Noir a lot these days. Perhaps it’s the warmer weather driving me towards reds with lighter flavors. Or maybe I just like wine. Lots of wines. Tonight we [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Krutz Family Cellars to participate in a Twitter Taste Live. What I really love about Twitter Tastings is discovering wineries that I was not familiar with. Over the last year I was lucky to participate in several tasting involving Krutz Family Cellars. I am in love. [...]
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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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