Bella Vineyards & Wine Caves Zinfandel Big River Ranch (2003)
Winery: | Bella |
Region: | USA » California » Sonoma County » Dry Creek Valley |
Varietal: | Zinfandel |
Type: | Table Wines |
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Wine Cave The on SnoothDecember 2017
I bought this bottle of wine from a shop in London [www.nicolas.co.uk] for £7.50. Saint-Chinian is an appellation created in 1982 for red and rose wines[and extended to white wines in 2005 although 85% are red] from 20 communes around the village of that name on the southern slopes of the Massif Central about 20 miles inland from Beziers in Lang... Read More
September 2017
I bought this bottle of wine from a local supermarket where it was on special offer for £5. Brouilly is the largest [covering six communes] and most southerly of the cru Beaujolais appellations and is named after the extinct volcano of Mont Broilly on whose lower slopes the vines are planted. The smaller sister appellation of Cotes de Brouilly r... Read More
September 2017
I bought this bottle of wine from a local wine shop [www.boroughwines.co.uk ] for £12. Alsace is an appellation created in 1962,althogh there has been viticulture here since at least the medieval era,producing mainly white wines in the east of France by the German border. Indeed at some periods of history it was part of Germany and therefore the... Read More
August 2017
What comes to mind when I say Cava? Perhaps your initial thoughts are inexpensive and great for mimosas or other sparkling cocktails. Cava has suffered a bit of an identity crisis. Though sales are strong, consumers are often buying it as a base for a sparkling mixer, selecting the first Cava on the shelf or the one with the prettiest bottle. Ho... Read More
June 2017
Yeah, 'customer service' in the digital age is becoming more duck and hide, bob and weave, than anything else. You should hammer them on the delivery charge.As I was saying in another thread, passive is better than active. So many things go wrong with the power supply and equipment. Just imagine if this had happened while you were away for a few... Read More
June 2017
We had a few hot days over the weekend and early this week. So my cooling unit decided to take a dump during a 106° day. Somewhere out there Murphy is smiling.So first thing yesterday morning I went shopping for a replacement. After some investigating I decided on a CellarPro 1800XT. It had the size and features I was looking for. But the price,... Read More
March 2017
No. My uncle was a builder. He liked building into hillsides - every house he built for himself had that kind of character. In this case it was just a huge stone. So he just chipped it out with jackhammers or whatever until he'd carved out as much as he needed. He didn't bore into the stone like they do in Hungary.Over there, I don't know how th... Read More
March 2017
Greg, was going to ask you about your uncle's project but got rushed and forgot. Did he have any mining or other job experience before he decided to take on that mountain behind his place?Might as well ask the same question about the Carpathian hollowers. Any cave ins? Read More
March 2017
My big day mixing in the wine world as I've kind of helped break this news, owing to a friend of mine who is close to Laurent Ponsot. Same friend from the Netherlands who GregT and I tasted with in San Diego. Anyhow, Peter from WS contacted me this morning for info and I was able to speak with him right after he spoke to Laurent and before the s... Read More
March 2017
The CFO and I and four others are back in CA doing a weeks worth of tasting. Today is the Sonoma Barrel tasting to be followed by a couple more days in Sonoma and two days in Napa. Reports to follow. Read More
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