*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. I know what you are thinking. Napa? Riesling? Really? Yes really, and it’s good. I can’t say that I’ve had a lot of Riesling from Napa. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever previously had any. The 2010 Cornerstone Stepping Stone Riesling registers at [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Natural Wine Merchants. I have been all about the bubbles in the last couple of weeks. It must be the holidays. Picture me singing, totally off-key because I’m pretty tone deaf: “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…. .” Yes indeed, I have the holidays [...]
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Fall is here! I think I was just clamoring for summer a few days ago, or so it seems, but the crisp weather and leaves turning color have made me dive head first into the lovely fall season. And with fall comes big spicy reds and heavier whites. Like this 20 Rueben’s Blend from Twisted [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR company for the winery. I don’t drink much Australian Riesling. Actually, I don’t drink much wine from Australia in general. No particular reason, I should really try to do so more often. Recently we popped open the 2009 Chateau Tanunda Grand Barossa Riesling. We [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery This wine hid in my basement. Which is a total shame since it appears it’s now sold out. However if they decide to make it again, you should go get some. Quickly apparently. I still want to tell you about it though so you [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for the brand. Although our weather is turning a little cooler here, I’m still tossing plenty of white wines into the mix. Even at only 80 today the humidity is a bear. Hunting in the basement I went for the 2010 Napa Cellars [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from F. Wildman. I find Torrontes to be a love it or hate it kind of grape. I lean towards loving it, but at times it can have an off-putting “lemon pledge” quality to the nose. Thankfully that was not the case here. We opened up the [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. For dinner tonight we tried the 2007 J. Keverson Starkey’s Court Chardonnay. It had a real cork closure and clocked in at 14.2% alcohol by volume. I see that the current vintage is the 2008, retailing for $32. I’ve heard great things about the [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from F. Wildman Imports Tonight’s wine was the 2009 Hugel Riesling. It had a Diam closure, clocked in at 12% alcohol by volume, and retails for somewhere between $15-$19. Four takeaways from this wine: 1.) You can always count on Hugel to be a good bet for [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Tapeña Wines. The whites flow like water in our house. It is close to 100 degrees here every day and the humidity. Oh the humidity. The weather cries out for tart white wines or a cold cold beer. Something I have also [...]
