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Washington Wine Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reminder that this month's Virtual Tasting will take place on Monday November 23rd. Read about it here . Desert Wind Winery is located in Prosser, Washington. Visible from Highway 82, the winery was established in 2001 by the Fries and Jenkins families. Built at a cost of $3.5 million, Desert Wind’s facilities are grand by Washington standards with a Southwest-inspired tasting room, a banquet...
The Wine Classroom (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
A couple of things out of Waltz Vineyards in Manheim, a new Pennsylvania winery that I haven't been bashful about calling one of my favorites since it opened earlier this year. One, they're able to ship UPS now, so anyone ordering wine can have it on their table in a day or two. Meanwhile, the winery is expanding its hours beginning Monday, opening its doors six days a week through the end of the year...
On the Road with the Grape Guy (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
On the Road with the Grape Guy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Before I kick off this review of the most recent Argentina tasting to be held in Toronto, I thought I would offer a few words of advice to those wineries “seeking representation” here in Ontario: Stop talking to your buddy, get off the phone and pay attention to who’s in front of you. There were 5 wineries from this South American country who were listed as ‘seeking’ and...
In the Land of Lynfred (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thanksgiving is almost here! In order to make your life a little easier we have extended holiday hours. Today is the kick off to our 9 am to 9 pm hours! Here’s the holiday schedule: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Daily November 20 -December 23 Thanksgiving Day 9 -3 Christmas Eve 9-5 Closed Christmas Day New Year’s Eve 9-5 Closed New Year’s Day Are you hosting Thanksgiving this year or just heading...
El Bloggo Torcido (Free subscription) | yesterday
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The Wine Classroom (Free subscription) | yesterday
I assume the many wine dinners held around the region are profitable, or they wouldn't be quite so plentiful. Just about every winery in the region that I cover in Pennsylvania and Maryland holds a wine and food pairing at some point during the year. Some hold more than a few. One I spotted in my trawl through the various Web sites is set for Thursday, Dec. 10, at Woodhall Wine Cellars in Parkton,...
El Bloggo Torcido (Free subscription) | yesterday
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The Winery Web Site Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wine.com sells a lot of wine. As a result, I think that wineries looking to sell more wine online should look at wine.com to see if there are any lessons to be learned from how they do things. Here's a...
DO Montsant (Free subscription) | yesterday
Various wines from D.O. Montsant, Els Guiamets winery, were selected for the Spanish Chamber of Commerce’s Gala dinner, which took place in London recently. According to this cooperative winery, their Vall Sellada wine was served with starters and their Gran Mets was served with the main course and finally three magnums of Isis were raffled [...]
Benito's Wine Reviews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Several months ago I reviewed a trio of wines from Rued Vineyards of Healdsburg, California. Recently I got the opportunity to try two more bottles from this Sonoma-area winery. 2006 Rued Zinfandel from the Dry Creek Valley, $25, 14.9% abv. Spicy blackberry, deep and aromatic with hints of smoke and cedar. The blackberry flavor carries through, but it's really ripe and tart, with strong tannins and...
Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
* * * * * Tom Perry, American-born, long-time Rioja resident, wine industry veteran and expert on wine marketing. Photo by Gerry Dawes©2009. Don Geraldo, Yes, I was able to attend, thanks to a complimentary invitation from Marqués de Riscal, whose finace director Fernando Salamero was my boss for 15 years while I was the director of the Rioja Exporters' Association. I'd be glad to answer...
El Bloggo Torcido (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
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The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Spinner : The first three products will be Rolling Stones ‘Forty Licks Merlot,’ ‘Woodstock Chardonnay’ and Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon Cabernet Sauvignon.’ These wines, which will retail for around $17 a pop, were previewed backstage at the VIP & Artists lounges during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts in New York last month. “Traditionally...
My Wine Education (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Really. Just avoid those malls after Thanksgiving and head straight to all of your local wineries. They're waiting for you. In Ohio, we have the annual barrel tasting. On Saturday, Nov 28, you can visit five Ohio wineries to try...
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switbd | 09/16/2009
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
mhinton | 05/24/2008
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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