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The Wine Cask Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Oregon grows good Riesling! Note--This varietal was sent to us free of charge for review. This straw hued Columbia Valley Riesling has a pronounced bouquet of golden apples and honey notes with apple sauce hints and gentle spice. Palate--off dry to sweet with white fruit flavors ending with a sweet apple finish and stewed peaches a little later after its been open a while. This wine is on the light...
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SLAKED! (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Mareuil-sur-Ay, this brut rose is a pale blood orange / raw salmon color. Orange blossom and rose water compose the firm midnote, with nice citrus notes on the finish. Very suave and unusually long. From all 2005 fruit; equal parts pinot noir and chardonnay. A Terry Theise Estate Selection from Skurnik . Purchased at Heights Chateau.
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Schiller Wine (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Pearson's in Washington DC. In Euros, prices are roughly 2/3 of the US Dollar prices: The 2005 Bordeaux Vintage wine has received such high reviews that demand for the wine continues to rise rapidly. We were fortunately able to get a few cases of some great wines and are able to get them to you at a great price that you will find are one of the best prices anywhere. Acclaimed wine critic, Robert...
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On the Road with the Grape Guy (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This year’s Taste the Season event in Niagara-on-the-Lake was like all the others: each winery puts forth a food and wine pairing for passport holders; its’a winning formula that has been working for years, so why screw with it. Taste the Season is by far my favourite event, matched only by the Wine & Herb Festival and, the more recently introduced, Days of Wine & Chocolate, also...
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kottke (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Robert Parker, the world's foremost wine taster, tasted a bunch of bottles from Bordeaux 2005 (a great year for Bordeaux) and couldn't tell which one was which and ranked them differently than he had before . Blind tasting removes preconceptions about wines while maintaining the ability to rate wines in a peer group setting. Wednesday night, Parker upended the order of his published ratings of the...
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Schiller Wine (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Picture: Wine Maker Philipp Wittmann from Rheinhessen/Germany The Wine Spectator released its Top 100 Wines 2009 list today. The Number 1 wine is: 2005 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon from Washington State/US Two German wines made it to the list. 2008 Loosen Riesling QbA, Dr. L, Mosel, Number 62, 90 points, $12 2007 Wittmann Riesling QbA Trocken, Weingut Wittmann, Rheinhessen, Number 87, 93 points,...
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Hudson Valley Wine Goddess (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
I was fortunate enough to be able to take part in a Twitter Taste Live wine tasting on Saturday, November 14. I must confess - a few confessions here. A few years ago I spent 10 days in Central California. On our drive down from the San Jose Airport to Avila Beach, Hahn was the first tasting room we stopped at. We new nothing about their wines then, but saw a sign and pulled off Highway 101 and began...
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The Wine Cask Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This is the annual release of the Nouveau (meaning "new") wine release in Burgundy made from the Gamay grape. It is a worldwide celebration as this wine is made to guzzle being only weeks from the grapes having been on the vine. Are you ready for this? 2005 had the best nouveau I had tasted ever and this year's Nouveau is as good and possibly even better! Georges Duboeuf is one of the gigantic...
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In the Land of Lynfred (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Choosing wines for Thanksgiving can be quite a chore. With so many flavors of so many foods it is often hard to choose the perfect wine. We like to make things easy for our patrons so we’ve chosen a few Lynfred wines that will be perfect for your traditional turkey dinner. With the many different flavors of Thanksgiving dinner we suggest an off-dry white wine such as Gewurztraminer , Riesling...
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Washington Wine Report (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Reminder that this month's Virtual Tasting will take place on Monday November 23rd. Read about it here . Well folks, it’s time once again to make some Thanksgiving wine recommendations. Marcus and Melissa at EAT & DRINK In The Northwest covered rosés in their post earlier this month , so I will focus here on a few whites and light bodied reds. In terms of white wines my personal preferences...
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the new bordeaux (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In the interest of doing what I say on the tin, I thought it would be useful to highlight how Bordeaux fared during the Wine Future conference in Rioja. For a start, there were very few Bordelais winemakers there. Among the non-speakers, I saw Jean Charles Cazes, and reportedly Bernard Magrez was there, although I didn’t see him personally (would love to hear what he took away from the two days...
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Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
We've been delving further into domestic cheeses lately with some very good results, mostly. It continues to fascinate me, the challenge of pairing wine with cheese. In my opinion, which in this case is even less well informed than most of my other opinions, red wine is just too difficult to pair with cheese. They both tend to have such powerful aspirations, how can they avoid doing battle with one...
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Purple Liquid (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
It's dark and cold outside and I have a bottle of wine that should warm me up: a 2006 St. Francis RED that was recently sent to me by Kobrand Corporation . The wine, made by St. Francis Winery , is a proprietary blend of 48% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Syrah, 3% Zinfandel and 6 % Mixed Blacks (Cabernet Franc, Grenache, Alicante, Malbec), from Sonoma County. “RED is for all red wine lovers...
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SFist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The truth of the matter is, you can drink almost anything with turkey dinner -- most full-bodied, earthy, or well-balanced red wines, and many German, or Rhône-style whites will do the trick just fine. So many diverse flavors mean that many wines are bound to taste good with at least something you have on your plate. But every year, food and wine magazines and the food sections of newspapers...
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ancientpeak | 08/28/2009
CABERNET SAUVIGNON PAGE ( http://www.ancientpeaks.com/ ) Our 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon and other wines reflect our commitment to crafting fine wines from our estate Margarita Vineyard in the Paso Robles wine country. We endeavor to craft the best California wine possible from each vintage, showcasing the flavors of Margarita Vineyard and the larger excellence of Paso Robles wine. Cabernet Sauvignon thrives...
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