• Grilling Gone Wild & The Wines to Go With Them

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:00:26
    Grilling Gone Wild: Zesty Recipes for Meats, Mains, Marinades and More [Paperback] is a hot new book for this summer’s sizzling grilling season, by Peg Couch, Editors of Fox Chapel Publishing in Books. Jose and I got an early copy and I said, “You grill, I’ll write.” I struck an instant deal. Together we also shared [...]

  • Rex Pickett of Sideways fame is at it again ~ This time it’s a play in Santa Monica

    Updated: 2012-05-30 11:00:21
    Sideways, the book that became a movie that launched a new generation of wine drinkers and drove Pinot Noir sales up 17 percent in the U.S. wine industry, is returning. This time it’s to the stage in Santa Monica, California. Rex Pickett, the author of Sideways, has adapted his book for the stage, which opened [...]

  • Do Americans expect to pay well below market value for great Australian wines, shunning the cost of the great ones?

    Updated: 2012-05-29 11:00:01
    The Australians flooded our market with Shiraz, when Syrah took its initial step onto the US stage as a variety worthy of attention. I believe, and tell me if I’m wrong, that their $7 bottles of wine set a precedent for all future Australian wines… At least it’s seemed to for many years that would [...]

  • Review and Rating: *** Chez Ray M'5 Los Lomas Merlot, 2005, Carneros, Napa County CA

    Updated: 2012-05-27 23:01:00
    : : , , skip to main skip to sidebar Chez Ray Winemaking Trials , tribulations and . tips Click here for info on complete guide to making your own wine Sunday , May 27, 2012 Review and Rating : Chez Ray M'5 Los Lomas Merlot , 2005, Carneros , Napa County CA Original Review , July 2008 This is a newer vintage Chez Ray wine , vinted from Brehm frozen grapes from Napa county . This pure-breed merlot was first sampled here and its making was described here This is one of two Carneros merlots I made from 2005. The other one is reviewed here Let see what this one is like : In the glass , it is a medium magenta with purple highlights . The aroma is intriguing : eau de helium is how I would characterize it actually seems like you are sniffing inside a balloon Not a bad aroma , just odd . Let's see

  • Memorial Day ~ 2012 ~ Remembering my WW II vet father ~ David Emerson Clarke

    Updated: 2012-05-27 20:20:50
    The Australians flooded our market with Shiraz, when Syrah took its initial step onto the US stage as a variety worthy of attention. I believe, and tell me if I’m wrong, that their $7 bottles of wine set a precedent for all future Australian wines… At least it’s seemed to for many years that would [...]

  • Rating: *** Carneros Merlot, Sonoma CA, 2007 - Codes: 514 - 07CM (MC7)

    Updated: 2012-05-27 20:00:00
    : : , , : skip to main skip to sidebar Chez Ray Winemaking Trials , tribulations and . tips Click here for info on complete guide to making your own wine Sunday , May 27, 2012 Rating : Carneros Merlot , Sonoma CA , 2007 Codes : 514 07CM MC7 We tried the MC7 as part of the 2011 blending party Here are notes from that tasting : nbsp MC7 2007 Carneros Merlot , Sonoma , CA Ray : color , medium deep red aroma , funky , deep and vegetative old world flavor , oxidized , deep and bold 3. Karin , 2. Jim : flavor , too dark 2+ . nbsp Eric : aroma , stronger than most , almost a hint of red licorice flavor , strongly alcoholic , a bit fruity , but has an odd finish 2. Rob : color , dark burgundy aroma , metallic flavor , metallic tannins 3. Now , here's an updated review : nbsp Color is deep red .

  • Rating: ****+ 2005 Chez Ray Rutherford Bench Cabernet Sauvignon (CR5), Napa CA

    Updated: 2012-05-27 19:11:00
    : : skip to main skip to sidebar Chez Ray Winemaking Trials , tribulations and . tips Click here for info on complete guide to making your own wine Sunday , May 27, 2012 Rating : 2005 Chez Ray Rutherford Bench Cabernet Sauvignon CR5 Napa CA Original Review , April , 2007 : This is from the Brehm frozen grape series with early tasting notes here The 2005 Chez Ray Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon is made from frozen Brehm Vineyard grapes , fermented in a combination of D254 and D80 yeasts with two weeks of extended maceration process here This is opaque black almost to the edges . The nose is emitting an incredible black inky violet aroma into the room . On the palate , this is pure aromatic ink , with slight yeast overtones . Drills into all your mental crevices with a lasting , sleek finish .

  • Petite Sirah resume, also to be part of the Petite Sirah timeline on psiloveyou.org

    Updated: 2012-05-25 11:00:11
    I was recently accused of not knowing much about Petite Sirah on this website, by someone who doesn’t know what I’ve done. (Thanks Larry Schaffer for defending my honor. My guys are the BEST!) Larry wrote: First off, let me say that Jo Diaz is the heart and soul of the PS I LOVE YOU [...]

  • Let’s hear it from the guys on wine blogging

    Updated: 2012-05-24 11:00:45
    I can’t – but am tempted to, never the less – apologize for yesterday’s blog posting, because it was all female bloggers. The reason for the apology would be that I never warned anyone, nor should I; but I’ve yammered about things that end up being all male in the past, and now there I [...]

  • What motivated wine bloggers to start blogging ~ Their own stories

    Updated: 2012-05-23 11:00:04
    I just re-ran An Impatient Publicist©, because it’s a story for me that’s timeless, talking about how I began blogging. In one of the Facebook groups, I had a comment about my sharing how I got started, and it made me wonder how others began their own on-line publishing journeys. I decided to ask the [...]

  • Nominations Open for 2012 Wine Blog Awards May 18 ~ Why you should care

    Updated: 2012-05-22 11:00:22
    The form and submission process will close and the judges will begin choosing the finalists in early June 2012, so please make you suggestions today (Link), if you have a favorite blogger. Why I believe these awards are important… For the last five years, I’ve been writing my brains out in my wine journal (this [...]

  • Tasting Notes: Lanza Rock Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon (CL09), Suisin Valley, CA, 2009

    Updated: 2012-05-21 00:10:00
    This tasting of Lanza Rock Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonis three years from vintage date.In the glass, medium deep red. Aromas are soft, sweet and somewhat raisin-y. The palate is sweet and round, with figs, prunes and red berries.

  • Alive and Kicking – Zinfandel

    Updated: 2012-05-16 23:00:34
    It’s seems like to have been quite a while since Zinfandel held sway in the wine spotlight. There once was a time when Zin was all the rage. Then, to paraphrase Casey Stengel: ‘it’s too popular; nobody goes there anymore.’ Now, with the rise of Pinot Noir, the ambivalence of Cabernet, and the somewhat concurrent [...]

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