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Before there were wine bloggers there was Nathan Chroman
Before Jancis wrote her big book, The Oxford Companion to Wine, before Kevin Zraly took his position as Wine Director at Windows on the World, before Steven Spurrier instigated (or perpetrated upon the French) the American wine defining moment of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Appreciation
Tagged California wine, Nathan Chroman, American Wine, Treasure of American Wines, Jancis Robinson, Oxford Comapnion to Wine, Robert M. Parker Jr., Judgment of Paris, Steven Spurrier, Agoston Haraszthy, Buena Vista Winery, Chalone, Chappellet, Freemark Abbey, Chateau Montelena, Heitz, Hanzell, Robert Mondavi, Louis M. Martini, Korbell, Great Western, Taylor, Mayacamas, Ridge, Souverain, David Bruce, Dr. Konstantin Frank, Bully Hill, Widmer, Ste. Michelle
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Ribera del Duero. Drink Ribera. Drink Spain.
Many wine drinkers are familiar with Tempranillo as Spain’s most prolifically grown noble grape. Often people confuse Rioja and Tempranillo as being the same thing but Tempranillo is the grape variety and Rioja is one of Spain’s largest wine producing … Continue reading
Blending Gratitude in McMinnville
In a previous post (Lessons in wine blending in Oregon) I wrote about blending Pinot Noirs in Oregon. Gary Horne, the winemaker at Erath taught a lesson on what goes into blending a great Pinot Noir. It was an excellent … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Education, Recommendation
Tagged Big Fire Wines, Oregon Pinot Noir, OregonWinette, R. Stuart & Co., Wine Blending, WineRabble, WiningJulia
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Memorial Day BBQ Wines
Reblogged from WiningWays: Even though Memorial Day weekend is almost a month ahead of the astronomical beginning of summer this is the big kickoff weekend for the most of us (well, here in my part of the world anyway). This … Continue reading
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Lessons in wine blending in Oregon
Many of my wine friends are preparing to attend this year’s Wine Bloggers Conference in Penticton, British Columbia (yeah, they actually grow good wine up there!). While I will not be going, I am still enjoying the lessons learned from … Continue reading
Deadbolt California blend not just a winter red
Time for me to get back to my wines. I owe a few shout outs to folks who have been kind enough to send me samples. As always I will give full disclosure about samples but my policy is to … Continue reading
Boston Wine Expo 2013
Tomorrow and Sunday, February 15-16, 2013 celebrates the return of one of Boston’s premier winter events, the Boston Wine Expo. This extravaganza of wine, food, and the good life will have over 200 wineries from more than 15 countries pouring … Continue reading
Masachusetts Farm Wineries Day at Wayland Winter Farmers’ Market
I know I haven’t been posting lately and I’ve regretted that (stress at work, recent surgery, etc. – I can come up with all manner of excuses – I’m good at that). I did just recently have a significant surgery … Continue reading
Posted in Massachusetts Wine, New England, Recommendation
Tagged Alfalfa Farm Winery, Bagel Alley, Coastal Wine Trail, Eastleigh Farm, free wine tastings, MASS Grown, Massachusetts Agricultural Tourism, Massachusetts Dept of Agricultural Resources, Massachusetts Farm Wineries, massachusetts Wine, Nobscot Artisan Cheese, Obadiah McIntyre Farm Winery, Running Brook Vineyards, Russell's Garden Center, Turtle Creek Wine, Wayland Winter Farmers' Market, Westport Rivers Vineyards, wine travel
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My WBC Thank You Post
I’m trying to nail down exactly what I want to write about the recent Wine Bloggers Conference I attended in Portland, OR in August. I don’t want to simply recount the activities that had us going (and tasting wine) from … Continue reading
TastingRoom.com Brings the Tasting Room to Your Room
As a devoted wineaux I am always on the lookout for a new source from which to acquire interesting wines. As is the case with most of my wineaux friends, I belong to wine clubs, shop any wine shop wherever I travel, browse … Continue reading
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Tagged in-home wine tastings, online wine retailers, tasting room, wine clubs, wine samplers, wine tastings
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