Grove Street Winery was founded in 1988 and is located on one of the oldest streets in Healdsburg and a short distance from the Russian River. This wine was imported by Tomp Spirits AB. Colour : Blackberry, red Aroma : Plums, cherry, herbs, spice Taste : Cherry, plums, vanilla, liqourice, caramel Alcohol : 13.5% Price : 89 SEK Mark : C+ Website : Grove Street Winery Website : Tomp Spirits AB
If you’re anywhere near Woodinville next Saturday (Nov. 14), please stop by William Church Winery to meet me and to taste the new release of their fabulous Bishop’s Blend, along with delicious appetizers from Preservation Kitchen restaurant. You’ll also find holiday gift packs, 20% discounts, and William Church gear for holiday gifts. The 2007 Bishop’s Blend is [...]
(Photo by Cindy Kibbe) Amy Labelle, right, and her husband Cesar operate LaBelle Winery in Amherst, which currently offers 16 different kinds of wine. Q&A with: Winemaker Amy LaBelle By Cindy Kibbe Friday, October 23, 2009 New Hampshire Business Review Autumn is a busy time for most winemakers, but it's an even busier time of year for LaBelle Winery in Amherst as it begins production of not only...
Wine a boon to Erie County economy 21 wineries take part in sold-out trail event By KARA MURPHY kara.murphy@timesnews.com "This is our first time here," Reismeier said. "It's beautiful -- and the wine's really good." She and her husband, Mark Reismeier, drove from Altoona to stay with her cousin, Cindy Bihlajama, in Conneaut, Ohio, for the weekend. The highlight of the trip was...
One of the longest running wine tasting events in San Francisco is also one of its best. While the city often plays host to really huge public tastings like ZAP, Family Winemakers, and PinotDays, some of the better tastings are more intimate and focused. Both words appropriately describe PinotFest , a low key event held every year at Farallon Restaurant. Despite practically non-existent marketing...
The inaugural Amateur Wine Competition, as part of Iowa’s Premier Wine & Food Expo, judging was held today at Hy-Vee Hall. 60 entries competed for the top honors. The contest was only open to local wine clubs and hobbyists – commercial wineries were not allowed. The contest was sponsored by Make Mine Wine Magazine, Indianola, Iowa [...]
When Miles screamed about not drinking any "#$%@ing Merlot" in the movie Sideways, it started a push toward Pinot Noir and the beginning of California Merlot's fight for its reputation. The battle still continues and Producer/Director Rudolf N. McClain has just released the DVD of his film Merlove. On the cover is a quote from Wine Spectator that says simply: "Take this, Miles."...
This quote is really, really important to the future of your winery: The fundamental way in which humans shop and learn has changed dramatically the last five years because of the increased power of word-of-mouth and search. Therefore, you need...
This week we look a three wines that won’t be the easiest to find. The first is a Cabernet blend from Sorrenberg (http://www.sorrenberg.com/), a Beechworth winery who sell most of their wines via a mailing list. We follow this up with a Gamay from Roundstone (http://www.roundstonewine.com.au/), a winery that earlier this year was destroyed in [...]
Sakonnet Vineyards' Petite White (Southeastern New England Appellation) was awarded a gold medal with a rating of 92 and was designated one of the Top 10 White Wines for $15 and under at the 2009 World Value Wine Challenge in August. Petite White was also the only white wine named "Exceptional Value," $15 and under, by the Beverage Testing Institute, which conducts the challenge. Earlier...
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After reading the latest issue of Practical Winery & Vineyard and seeing the term “trading down” misused by an un-named CEO no less than three times in one paragraph, I wanted to gouge my eyes out with my Dixon Ticonderoga 1388. Stop using it. Just stop. Saying that consumers are “trading down” right now betrays a [...]
From the heart of Washington wine country... Day Two of Walla Walla Fall Release weekend. Today is a beautiful, crisp clear day in Walla Walla with clouds draped like a blanket over the Blue Mountains. I am happy to report, as local readers Denise and Catie commented yesterday, the raining dirt that welcomed us as we arrived in to town Thursday was quite anomalous. Frankly, I'm glad Denise noticed...
As a young man learning about the joy and mystery of wine, I spent a lot of time traveling and speaking with winemakers and winery owners searching for wisdom. I didn't know it then, but that's a little bit like searching for humility on Wall Street. Or blind tasting notes in Wine Spectator. Futile. But it was while searching for wine wisdom that the HoseMaster was born. In the course of being a sommelier...
Stags Leap District has long been perhaps my favorite Napa Valley subappellation for Cabernet. Made properly, Stags Leap Cabs tend to be more elegant than others from warmer parts of the valley. Stags Leap is in the southern part of the valley, so it gets cool breezes from the Pacific Ocean, allowing grapes to develop ripe flavors with less sugar (and thus less potential alcohol) than a few miles north....
Decanter's editor Guy Woodward spent three weeks in South Australia, visiting upwards of 30 wineries, tasting hundreds of wines and meeting anybody who is anybody in the world of Aussie wine. We catch him here in Margaret River, with the McHenry Hohnen pigs...
Wine tastes different to those who are given information on the product before a wine tasting, tests where the test people received information on the wine before and after the tasting have shown. Many a wine grower trembles at the prospect of a visit from Robert Parker, one of the most famous wine critics in the world. His “Parker Points” have a similar impact to the Roman Emperor’s thumb, deciding
In 1997, Plumpjack, a 10,000 case Napa winery producing ultra-premium Cabernet Sauvignon bottled half of its 1997 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon with screw caps. You might ask why they would so such a thing. According to PlumpJack, six to seven percent of all wines are corked and this is not a statistic that PlumpJack [or the wine industry in general] is willing to accept. Gordon Getty, founder of PlumpJack,
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