California Wine

Well you got me going, Greg, so I went back and looked at my wine purchases over the past year. My online/mailorder purchases were exactly 24 cases. 12 from US producers and 12 from those in the rest of the wine world....

dmcker - Yes, I am half Japanese and half Korean. How lucky of you to be in ... Napa and Sonoma, as far as California wine trips go. I also saw a post on the forum about whether or not the point system has gone up. Being...

This year I got the opportunity to participate in a winery employee project. Me and a few of other employees at Loxton Cellars got half a ton of Syrah grapes to make our own wine from. We’ll do all the work and we’ll...

Two Chefs Compare Notes One's a little country, one's a little big city. I’ve read a lot of cookbooks in my life. Some are indispensible reference works, some are entirely dispensable regifts, and...

I do them all the time. Tonight it's California Cabernet! What sort of wines interest you? My time is tight for the rest of November but it's never too early to plan for December!

So Greg, my guess about Zinfandel in that article thread wasn't that far off, was it? I think you listed in order there Nebbiolo, an aged California Cab and Syrah/Sangiovese tied for third, and I guessed Zin for fifth. So...

Pairing Roast Turkey and Syrah By Forming a Flavor Bridge As many of you know I adore Nebbiolo, and have a soft spot in my heart for aged California Cabernet. What may be surprising to many is that...

More grist for the mill: http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/10/geologists_have_the_dirt_on_wi.html Though seemingly confident in trying to debunk the minerality 'myth', the geologists et al. at the conference...

Here's a list of 1979 wines available in the USA under around $100. http://www.snooth.com/wines/1979/1/1/0/53/recommended/0/ As far as what to buy 1979 was a somewhat uniformly good, but not great vintage, in the worlds...

Guessing that you're based in Hawaii, you should still be able to find some Californians from '79, though anything good, in drinkable condition, is likely to go past your $100 budget. Bordeaux is also a reasonable...