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Mourvedre Monday #26 (Tetra-Pak Edition): Y+B Monastrell
Welcome to the first tetra-pak edition of #MourvedreMonday. Yellow+Blue (Y+B) sells wine from organically grown grapes in environmentally-friendly 1-liter tetra-paks. (Yellow + Blue = Green. Get it?)...
View ArticleBonny Doon 2009 Contra: Drinkable and Thinkable
Here’s Randall Grahm talking about the wine I’m drinking tonight: the 2009 Contra, an old-vines blend of 55% carignane, 16% grenache, 14% mourvèdre, 7% petite sirah 5% zinfandel and 3% syrah that finds...
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A $12 Sicilian Red With Some Attitude
Here’s an inexpensive, widely-available wine that hits the sweet spot for my palate: It’s worth noting that I found the 2006 a few weeks after tasting this 2007 and didn’t like it nearly as much. Look...
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Two Alex Elman Wines
Finally catching up on some old tasting notes. Here are a couple of wines from Alex Elman Wines, an importer who decided to create her own label, featuring wines from Argentina made from organic...
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Mourvèdre Monday #27: My New Favorite Monastrell
I originally declared 2010 to be the Year of Mourvèdre, but my love of the grape knows no bounds, calendrical or otherwise. Here in 2012, the posts don’t come as often as they used to, but in honor of...
View ArticleViña Cerron 2009
An interesting blend of grapes for Spain, from the Castilla region. The vintner seems to like round numbers: 25% Tempranillo, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Syrah and 25% Petit Verdot. A loamy quality...
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VINEgeek VINstagram: Samael 2009
A spicy, fruit-forward Montepulciano D’Abruzzo, with a cool label of archangel Samael. #vinegeekapproved #vinegeek on Instagram: http://instagr.am/p/PxKakHs5_E/
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VINEgeek VINstagram: The Stump Jump
Good supermarket red. I didn’t love the 2009, but the 2010 seems to be back in the groove of past vintages. #vinegeek #vinegeekapproved on Instagram: http://instagr.am/p/QLlAW_M5y_/
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Wines of Chile Terroir Master Class – Part 1: Sauvignon Blanc
Recently, I participated in the Wines of Chile blogger tasting Terroir Master Class. Fred Dexheimer led the tasting from Chile while sitting with and chatting up the winemakers. We bloggers followed...
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Wines of Chile Terroir Master Class — Part 3: Carmenere
Welcome to Part 3 of this mini-series of posts on the Wines of Chile blogger tasting held back in October. Earlier posts covered the 3 Sauvignon Blancs and 3 Pinot Noirs. The final post, yet to come,...
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