I have been listening to the call of white wine, despite unusually cold spring temperatures here. No idea what’s going on with the weather this year, but if we jump from cold to hellishly hot muggy swamp without a nice spring period, I think I’ll cry. Big crocodile tears. We usually only get maybe 2 [...]
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Pretty soon I won’t have any Syrah left in my basement if I keep drinking it this fast. I rarely get on a kick like this, but despite having 4 bottles in less than 2 weeks, if you offered me more right now I’d knock people down to get to it! To satisfy tonight’s craving, [...]
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This wine had the oddest closure I’ve ever seen. I don’t even know what to call it. It had a plastic ring that peeled off like the top of milk container, and then it had a plastic stopper made of the same black material. Odd. Anyway, I chose to drink the 2006 Deerfield Sauvignon Blanc [...]
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Have I mentioned before how much I love the wines from Coral Mustang? I think I have, , but just in case, I’ll say it again…I love these wines!!! The Rose is amazing and the Tempranillo is divine. Tonight I chose the 2004 Coral Mustang Tempranillo to sip with my lamb and mashed taters. It [...]
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I’ve been off Zinfandel lately. I have no idea why as it remains one of my favorite grapes, I just haven’t been drinking it like I used to for some reason. Which is a shame, I’ve got tons of great Zins in the basement and we are in/rapidly approaching the season where I prefer to [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample because I am a member of WineQ‘s Beta Club. I chose the 2005 Bokisch Graciano for the evening. I hadn’t yet checked Graciano off my Wine Centiry Club application, so I was happy to receive this wine in the mail from WineQ! It had a real cork [...]
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By happy coincidence, WineQ has started carrying some of the awesome wines made from Kick Ranch Vineyards grapes, some of the same ones I got to taste at the Wine Blogger Conference. Brittany of WineQ gave me this bottle in September when I was out in San Francisco for work! The wine is the 2006 [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from WineQ because I am a Beta Club Member. It’s all the same thing and it all tastes good to me. I love Grenache. I wish someone would name it the next “it” grape so that I could have many more to choose from! But alas, or, [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this bottle as a sample from WineQ because I am a member of their Beta Club. We were looking for an after dinner wine the other night, something light and low in alcohol. The 2006 Ceja Sauvignon Blanc fit the bill nicely. You can buy this bottle from WineQ for $25.99, it [...]
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