Slate Run Vineyard

• March 2013

  There's an argument to be made for Riesling, and it's made on a regular basis. It goes something like this: Riesling is great, it's flexible and it's food friendly, with wines ranging from dry to syrupy sweet, so there's something for everyone to like. This has been the argument of the day for years now. Trouble is Riesling still finds resistanc... Read More

  From the article One Man, 40 Rieslings

  
  
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  September 2012

  Linnaea Vineyards Rizotomi Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2008

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  From Max Allen, Australian Gourmet Traveller: (on the wines density and purity representing the elite tier of the region):And theyve succeeded: while there is plenty of dark, glossy, plummy fruit in the wine, it also has a baked-earth, terracotta-like dry texture that sets it apart.Australian Gourmet Traveller, August 2011From Mike Bennie, The W... Read More

  Wine review by danielgfischl

  
  

• May 2011

  So last winter, we drank a bottle of 2004 Dom de la Roquete Chateauneuf du Pape.  Delicious.  Bought it at deep discount, and wished I had bought more.  Last month, at a large dinner, someone (a beverage professional from one of SF's best restaurants) brought the 2007 of same wine, direct from Kermit Lynch, so the provenance was unquestionable. ... Read More

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• September 2010

  My wife and I are hosting a German dinner in about a month.  She has the easy part, coming up with the menu and delivering on her fine cooking.  Wienerschnitzel and Spatzle are the main course, with probable sides of grean beans and such.  My part is to come up with matching beverages.  The beer is easy.  I'll find something good in a small keg ... Read More

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• July 2010

  ‘Hey, I’m hearing great things about the Finger Lakes,’ spoken by the collective ‘they.’ Sure, I’d tasted a bottle of Konstantin Frank or two, but embarrassingly had never visited. Summer heat finally drove me to the car, down past the paper trail of Scranton, PA’s ‘The Office,’ north bound to Ithaca, the tail of Cayuga Lake, where all the smart... Read More

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• Apr 8, 2010

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• August 2009

  I'm new to wine drinking and have tried a couple of wines that were described as "mineraly". What does this typically mean? Read More

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• August 2009

  I recently visited two wineries on a trip through Kentucky and into Indiana. Over the weekend my wife and I stayed at a nice B and B in the Ohio River Valley in Southern Indiana. We stayed at the Leavenworth Inn which is on a bluff overlooking a horseshoe bend in the Ohio River. This is a very nicely restored Inn originally built in the 1850'... Read More

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• January 2009

  So my monthly blind tasting group met this week to sample 2007 German Rieslings, Kabinetts to be specific.2007, while not being overly hyped, is a wine with some pedigree behind it. The bud break was amazingly early but the harvest was right about on time, giving the grapes unheard of hang times. In most vintages, producers in Germany are happy ... Read More

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