Down Under

• April 2013

  New vintage, new explorations. I had the opportunity to attend a winemakers lunch at Las Madres Vineyard in the Carneros region of Sonoma County last week. Las Madres is a cool climate Syrah vineyard planted on 8 acres to two blocks of different clones. 2013 will mark the 11 harvest and 13th leaf. Being a couple miles north of San Francisco Bay ... Read More

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• April 2013

  For fun I was searching around and found some stories of the world's oldest wines that are (arguably) intact. Some divers found unopened bottles of champagne in a sunken ship: http://io9.com/5695539/worlds-oldest-wine-and-beer-finally-gets-drunk-after-200-yearsA 350AD vintage kept in a museum that was dug out of the ground: http://www.dailymail.... Read More

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• April 2013

  I'm a lucky wine gal, indeed. I spent Valentine's Day sipping Oregon wine at the Ram's Head Bar inside Timberline Lodge, watching the clouds form and dissipate like a roller coaster around the 11,245 foot high peak of Oregon's Mt. Hood. Sipping wine while watching the clouds work their magic was actually just the beginning of a day—and evening—f... Read More

  From the article A Dinner for Wine/Lovers

  
  

• March 2013

  Somewhere i read that according to the quality of wine, the winemakers choose what kind of cork they are going to use ( when they decided to use corks instead of screwcaps or glass stoppers). The long corks, made of only one piece, we're reserved for the better wines, while the short, composite corks are used in the cheap ones. Is this truth??? Read More

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• March 2013

  I recently had the very good fortune to spend several hours with Paul Draper during a visit to Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello property. While Ridge is well known today, and their Monte Bello is arguably one of California’s greatest Cabernet-based wines, the property is far from more acclaimed wine regions, and was one of a very small number of wine... Read More

  From the article Monte Bello's New Old Wine

  
  

• March 2013

  Zinfandel, it’s no secret that I’ve carried on a long and intimate relationship with you. There is so much you have to offer. Sometimes you're a bit rough and tumble, edgy, even dangerous, while other times you’re coy or playful. But you’re always there for me, with joyous fruit, classic bramble notes and structure, allowing for early consumptio... Read More

  From the article California Zinfandel: A Lesson in Vintage and Regional Success

  
  

• March 2013

  Good advice above. If you want my 2 cts - don't put too much stock in recommendations just yet until you figure out what kinds of things you like or don't like. But  e-mark really nailed it IMO - books are fine, but tasting is far more important. In fact, I wouldn't even read anything until I'd tasted a lot. A lot of people disagree with me but ... Read More

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• March 2013

  My family and I are brand new to wines, having bought a couple of books and deciding to make a bit of an adventure out of this. We live in a smallish town and haven't been able to find a good local wine shop, so we sort of started in our grocery stores. It's been a bit overwhelming, a bit expensive, and finally kind of frustrating trying to find... Read More

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• March 2013

  Amour, your suggestion certainly sounds reasonable, but I could not find one of those "Those who liked this also liked . . ." sections in the Snooth wine lookup.  If I am wrong and can't see something right under my nose, I am very OK with somebody correcting me.However, off to the right there is a box that links to lists that might be helpful t... Read More

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• March 2013

  Is there a place where I can find wines that are similar to another Wine. Like they do at Barnes and Noble if you like this author than you may like this Wine ETC????Would be a great tool, to find other wines that are similar Hopeful  Read More

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