5 Corners Wines

• February 2013

  A few days ago I tasted a wine that aged in cement. I looked for more information on aging wine in cement but I didn't find much. If someone can tell me more about the process of aging wine in cement (and the benefits of doing so) then I would very much appreciate it.The wine was a Montecucco DOC. You can find my tasting notes for it here. http:... Read More

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• May 2012

  Disapointed with my search results for Temecula. Most were from 2010...Anyway, we are going on a family vacation in the area and I need some assistance in choosing a few wineries to hit.  Most of my research so far has been the wineries' websites, which are obviously biased.  However, based on this I am thinking about Doffo, Wiens, and Wilson Cr... Read More

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• January 2012

  Hi, a good friend will be at SanFrancisco next days, we have shared thousands of good bottles and we have plan to use this work travel to find (and buy) some good wines from California. We are not into California wines, just know and taste some world famous names like Mondavi. I'm asking u some advices about really good bottles, price is not a b... Read More

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  February 2011

  Vallon des Sources Vacqueyras 2006

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  I should stop reading reviews prior to tasting. So, we've got a few poor reviews, a few great reviews and a few very well done reviews. Whom should you believe?Where do you start? Vacqueyras was always one of the most important of the Côtes du Rhône Villages communes, where it traditionally produced good wines based around Grenache blended ... Read More

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• January 2010

  Here's an article I just ran across that points to an issue that has been looming larger for several years now:http://www.napavalleyregister.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/wine/columnists/dan-berger/article_704bc688-0712-11df-a231-001cc4c002e0.htmlThe sentiments in it have been expressed several times on these boards. GregDP has moaned recently... Read More

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• November 2008

  Wines tasted in this reportFlight 1A)2006 Ponzi A Tavola Willamette Valley 13.5% 88ptsB) 2006 Willakenzie Willamette Valley - 14.2% 90ptsC) 2006 Benton Lane Willamette Valley 14.1% 84ptsFlight 2A)2006 Elk Cove Willamette Valley 14.5% 91ptsB) 2006 Duckhorn Migration Anderson Valley 14.5% 85ptsC)2007 Wild Horse Central Coast 13% 89pt... Read More

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• March 2008

  On Wednesday, March 5, Gambero Rosso landed in San Francisco with one or two more stops on their "best of" Italian wine road show. On this site, Robert Scibelli blogged about Gambero Rosso's famed Three Glass rating system and how he missed the tasting. He opened quite amusingly with a Yogism (i.e. Yogi Berra's famous one liners) about the New Y... Read More

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