Updated: 2010-05-31 16:00:06
Spending my Memorial Day thinking about some of my own favorite memories…
38 Special people won going back stage to meet 38 Special from WBLM. I was number 39… I just loved it.
Going backstage with people who had won, “Back Stage Pass” ~ From the Rockers, it was always that, “Gutta do” moment that’s part of [...]
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Welcome to our video podcast: Châteauneuf du Pape - Ask the Wine Maker - Video Show #84.
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On a recent trip to the Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Robert Kenney was able to ask several well-known winemakers one ...
Updated: 2010-05-30 20:01:15
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Updated: 2010-05-28 16:00:10
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Well, I did for 10 successful days, but it wasn’t always simple.
This image was taken at Porto de Santa Maria, on Guincho Road. It’s located on the Atlantic Ocean, north of Lisbon. The freshness of the fish is what I’m wanting [...]
Updated: 2010-05-27 16:00:51
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This is an event that Louis Foppiano asked me to start. We held it at his winery for six years, then we took a year off. After that year, Louis decided that he would let Concannon Vineyard run with it… And, [...]
Updated: 2010-05-27 08:10:59
A couple years ago, Dr. Vino wrote an influential blog post called “Is the clock ticking on hedonistic fruit bombs?” He didn’t come right out and say so, one way or the other. But he cited evidence of a “backlash” against high alcohol, extracted wines. Since then (Dec. 2007), lots of people have wondered if [...]
Updated: 2010-05-26 16:00:16
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The wine writers I’ve featured on this blog, up to this point, have been people I’ve worked with over the years.
Recently, I was asked by wine writer Lorrie LeBeaux if I’d write about her on my blog.
Lorrie S. LeBeaux ~ [...]
Updated: 2010-05-26 15:25:49
Here in California, Pinot Noir has one (World of Pinot Noir). Zinfandel has one (ZAP). The Rhône varieties have one (Hospice du Rhône). Sauvignon Blanc has one (International Symposium on Sauvignon Blanc). Petite Sirah has one (Petite Sirah Symposium). Maybe other varieties do too. I don’t think Cabernet Sauvignon does, but then, can you imagine [...]
Updated: 2010-05-25 13:38:31
: Oklahoma Wine News Statewide Oklahoma wine industry news and vineyard events . Never miss a local wine tasting event . Our wine blog includes an online archive of winery news , festival dates , state wine law news , grape growing tips , and a full list of Okahoma winery . websites Visit our Oklahoma Winery 5 25 2010 Stroud Wine Festival June 12, 2010 The Historic Route 66 Wine Food Festival in Stroud , Oklahoma Stroud has the distinction and honor of being Oklahoma's Winery and Grape Capital and as such , the Stroud Chamber of Commerce is hosting its first annual Wine and Food Festival on June 12th , 2010. Stroud also has the wonderful advantage of having Historic Route 66 running right through the heart of downtown Stroud . They will be blocking off many blocks to host this fabulous .
Updated: 2010-05-25 08:10:05
Just when we thought the U.S. had rounded the corner of the recession, there are renewed fears of the notorious “double dip” (or, more colorfully, the “dead cat bounce”) of the economy’s performance. The Dow Jones stock index has fallen more than 1,000 points since April, triggering a new mood of gloom. Financial problems in [...]
Updated: 2010-05-25 02:06:00
: , , skip to main skip to sidebar Chez Ray Winemaking Trials , tribulations and . tips Monday , May 24, 2010 Chez Ray Syrah Meritage , 2003 Lodi , CA Original Review , January , 2009 : This is a mix of syrah , cabernet sauvignon , merlot and cabernet franc grapes from Valley Oaks Vineyards in Lodi , CA . Fermentation was warm in Pasteur Red yeast , pressing upon dryness . Earlier I tried a version of this called simply Chez Ray Meritage with a similar grape mixture although the straight Meritage had a zinfandel instead of the cabernet franc . Syrah is the lead grape in this . mix Color is similar to Chezy Ray Meritage 2003, with medium red touched by a hint of purple . Aromas are balanced , no plum overtones seem mostly cabernet-esque . Palate opens with a full , round , lightly sweet
Updated: 2010-05-24 18:27:11
Welcome to our video podcast: Châteauneuf du Pape - Ask the Wine Maker - Video Show #83.
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On a recent trip to the Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Robert Kenney was able to ask winemakers one of our ...
Updated: 2010-05-24 08:10:05
Are wealthy Chinese wine buyers “opening [Bordeaux] with their friends, rather than just using them as an investment,” as the Bordeaux Wine Council attested last week, or are “Speculators, not drinkers…likely to be the biggest Chinese buyers of Bordeaux,” as a Decanter survey, also released last week, just found?
The two statements can’t both be true.
I [...]
Updated: 2010-05-24 01:49:10
I was attending a Spanish wine tasting in the city a little over a week ago that happened to be taking place the same day as the big Riesling tasting. Which provided me with just enough time to sneak away to one of my favorite tastings of the year.
The 2010 Riesling tasting was very much [...]
Updated: 2010-05-20 23:26:00
: , , , skip to main skip to sidebar Chez Ray Winemaking Trials , tribulations and . tips Thursday , May 20, 2010 Chez Ray Meritage , 2003, Cabernet Merlot Zinfandel Syrah , Lodi , CA Original Review , November , 2008 : This 2003 Chez Ray Meritage is made from fresh grapes from Lodi , CA a mix of cabernet sauvignon , merlot , zinfandel and syrah . It was fermented warm with Pasteur Red yeast , pressed at dryness after about a week's fermentation . The grapes were fermented separately , then blended at . bottling In the glass , this is medium dusty red , deepening at the center of the glass . Aromas are modest , funky , deep , round like your nose is in the middle of an almost-overripe plum . On the palate , a middle round sweetness is the first impression , full of ripe blackberry fruit .
Updated: 2010-05-19 09:19:34
Melgab International CC Importers of Fine Italian Wine Navigation AccessKey:2 Search AccessKey:4 Home blogs Lorenzo's blog Ornellaia sells for record 45,000 Jane Anson decanter.com : writes A Salmanazar of Tenuta dell'Ornellaia 2007 has raised 45,000 for the Whitney Museum of American Art in an auction held by Sotheby's New . York The auction the second edition of the Vendemmia D'Artista L'Armonia' organised by the Bolgheri estate raised a total of 167,000, with the proceeds going to the restoration and preservation of American works of modern . art The auction comprised several large-format bottles autographed by the artists Ghada Amer and Reza . Farkondeh It was part of a long-term project launched by the wine estate to recreate the Renaissance patronage of the . arts The 9-litre or 12
Updated: 2010-05-16 03:11:34
I met with my Burgundy club this past week. With the warmer weather we moved on to whites and we tried 7 wines from the Corton & Pernand-Vergelesses regions.
The first two wines were village wines from Pernand-Vergelesses; Domaine Rollin Pere et Fils (which I learned means “father & son”). A 2004 & 2005. The wines [...]
Updated: 2010-05-10 00:29:22
Wines from Alsace – are they more German or more French? Well, they’re a little of both, owing not the least to its geographical location on France's eastern border and on the west bank of the upper Rhine adjacent to Germany. Vines have been cultivated in Alsace for more than ...
Updated: 2010-05-04 05:24:57
One of my bosses recently asked me to taste a bottle of Pinot that we import from New Zealand. I asked him why and he indicated that there were a few people who recently let him know that they didn’t like it – it wasn’t fruity.
Anyone who knows my wine preferences or has been reading [...]
