Pacific Wine Partners

• April 2013

  Chardonnay is an ideal wine to pair with many grilled foods. For one thing, it’s immensely popular—I have friends who prefer it to anything else. It is also extremely versatile, with the best examples having not only the acidity to cut through the grease and char that one expects from a lot of grilled foods, but also a richness that helps it sta... Read More

  From the article Top 15 Chardonnays for Grilling

  
  
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  March 2013

  Blackstone Merlot 2003

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  Not great; not bad at all. In fact rather good. And for $7/btl it's a steal. Read More

  Wine review by SteveWe

  
  
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  August 2012

  Red Guitar Old Vine Tempranillo Garnacha Espagne Pacific Wine Partners

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  Tasty especially for the price Read More

  Wine review by alanb1108

  
  

• July 2011

  Did you ever have a bottle of red or white wine that had the wow factor ?You know, when you take that first sip and all pleasure senses are awakened, and all you can say is WOW!Which wine did it for you ? Read More

  Forum post in the topic Wow Factor

  
  

• February 2011

  I just finished reading 10 pages of very interesting, insightful and articulate posts about the perceived demise of California Cabernet Sauvignon. There was a lot of data contributing to the perception that California is in the middle of a high alcohol "fruit bomb" era.I'm not going to pretend to be Robert Parker Jr., James Laube or even several... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Is there hope for Cali Cabs?

  
  

• October 2010

  Perhaps Bordeaux? My schedule ios frightening, but I do have time free right around the 4th-5th-6th of November.What say we? Read More

  Forum post in the topic Shall we try another virtual...

  
  

• August 2010

  So with the end of summer approaching my thoughts return to drinking more red wine. That may, or may not be a good thing but it started me thinking - What do WE want to drink?If we have a few coordinated tastings, maybe even in a chatroom somewhere - live, we could try similar wines and share experiences, maybe even try the same exact wine.At ba... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Virtual Tasting in September

  
  

• July 2010

  A few months ago I started a wine blog, freshvino.com.  It's mostly news, facts and stories about wine and the wine business that I think will be interesting to people.  There's almost no wine reviews because I think so many of them are pretentious.  I was wondering whether other people like reviews on blogs?  I DO like ratings, like the ones yo... Read More

  Forum post in the topic What do you think of wine...

  
  

• June 2010

  I know.............this may sound like a pipe dream but one of these days someone is going to start the "Wine Channel".  Think of the possibilities for promoting and increasing sales for many USA wines and wines from all over the world.  It would encompass Wine, Food, Travel, Vineyards, Sales, Gadgets, Contests, Wine holidays all over the world,... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Snooth Wine Channel

  
  
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  April 2010

  Rex Goliath Shiraz Central Coast Giant 47 Pound Rooster 2004

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  No written review

  Wine review by Cinemapen

  
  

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