Cabernet Sauvignon
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Cabernet and Chocolate Tasting at Breaux
Cellar Blog &bull Mar 8, 2010I am introducing a new feature to CellarBlog today: video interviews. I've always contended that people read this blog not for my opinions but to know what experts think. So, while I can write about an event or a wine,… Full Story »
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Mobile Holmes The very best argument for screw cap wine
robertholmesphotography.com via @photofeeds &bull Mar 8, 2010When the Myanmar Vineyard Management Company released their first wines 5 years ago they failed to anticipate the problem their customers would have uncorking them. Burma has never had a wine culture and there was scarcely a corkscrew to found… Full Story »
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Alexander Valley Tasting-Vineyard-Wed-Mar. 10
thebottlereport.com via @bottlereport &bull Mar 7, 2010Event: A Drop In wine tasting for Alexander Valley Vineyards, a family-owned wine estate, once the original homestead of Cyrus Alexander, the namesake of this prominent viticultural appellation, Alexander Valley.Where:Vineyard Wine Market(map), 4414 Evans to Lock Road, Evans, GA. Alexander Valley Sin Zin 2008What: Varietally distinct, this Zinfandel captures the true essence of Alexander Valley. The fruit is sourced from a variety of vineyards with differing microclimates. This provides winemaker Kevin Hall with an array of unique parcels of fruit. Once vinified, these parcels are blended… Full Story »
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www.WineZealot.Com's Photos
www.facebook.com via @WineZealot &bull Mar 5, 2010From Ovid..Good news from Ovid! On February 20, 2010, the Napa Valley Vintners Association held their annual barrel auction for the wine trade: Premiere Napa Valley. Vintners are asked to create a unique wine to be auctioned to benefit the… Full Story »
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Sean Payton Steals a Trophy (Wine) (Wine Spectator)
Wine Spectator: Blog Posts &bull Mar 4, 2010
The New Orleans Saints have pulled off another interception. The reigning NFL Super Bowl champions were known for forcing turnovers last season, most famously picking off Peyton Manning for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl to clench the victory. Apparently head coach Sean Payton knows how to steal a prize too. Last weekend, Payton and his coaching staff were in Indianapolis for the annual NFL scouting combine. Friday night, they dined at the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence winning St. Elmo Steak House. When Payton found out that Dallas Cowboys owner… Full Story »
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Grow local: A forum on food and local farming
www.napavalleyregister.com via @bobbywhitetail &bull Mar 1, 2010Wine grapes are 98 percent of Napa County's agricultural output, but there's still the potential for growing more fruits and vegetables locally, Napa County Agricultural Commissioner Dave Whitmer believes. Whitmer is organizing a Local Food Initiative community forum in April that will bring together chefs,… Full Story »
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Wine of the week: Avalon Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2007
The Wine Curmudgeon &bull Feb 27, 2010
The Wine Curmudgeon drinks a lot of cabernet sauvignon, mostly because it's the wine that shows up most often when I get samples. Almost every shipment has a cabernet in it, and the wine closet is about half cabernets at… Full Story »
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*** $$$ Palazzetto Ardi Entusiasmo Rosso Cabernet Sauvignon, Veneto, Italy, 2007 - Wine Tasting & Review
Spirit of Wine &bull Feb 20, 2010
Wine tastings, reviews, ratings and commentary from around the world... Over half a million visitors to more than 850 wines already reviewed. Find Palazzetto Ardi prices and retail availability.Original Tasting and Review:By way of background: This is Palazzetto Ardi Entusiasmo… Full Story »
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**+ $$$ Palazzetto Ardi Entusiasmo Rosso Cabernet Sauvignon, Veneto, Italy, 2006 - Wine Tasting & Review
Spirit of Wine &bull Feb 20, 2010
Wine tastings, reviews, ratings and commentary from around the world... Over half a million visitors to more than 850 wines already reviewed. Find Palazzetto Ardi prices and retail availability.Original Tasting and Review:By way of background: This is Palazzetto Ardi Entusiasmo… Full Story »
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**** $$$$$ Castello D'Albola Acciaiolo, IGT Toscana, 2005 - Wine Tasting & Review
Spirit of Wine &bull Feb 20, 2010
Wine tastings, reviews, ratings and commentary from around the world... Over half a million visitors to more than 850 wines already reviewed. Find Castello D'Albola Acciaiolo prices and retail availability.Original Tasting and Review:By way of background: This is Castello D'Albola… Full Story »
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*** $ Grayson Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles, California, 2006 - Wine Tasting & Review
Spirit of Wine &bull Feb 20, 2010
Wine tastings, reviews, ratings and commentary from around the world... Over half a million visitors to more than 850 wines already reviewed. Find Grayson Cellars Cabernet Sauvignonprices and retail availability.Original Tasting and Review:By way of background: Grayson Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon… Full Story »
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Quilceda Creek Recognized by James Beard Foundation
Wine Foot &bull Feb 19, 2010
Snohomish, Wash., February 19, 2010 ? Alex Golitzin, who with his wife Jeannette founded Washington State?s Quilceda Creek winery in 1978 and built it over four decades to become one of the most legendary Cabernet Sauvignon producers in the world,… Full Story »
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Jay's dinners among highlights in a hoppin' week of wine events
Uncorked &bull Feb 19, 2010Take, for example, Jays Restaurant, which has three big events in five days, starting Thursday, Feb. 25, with a New Holland Beer Dinner, followed two days later on Saturday, Feb. 27 by its 34th Anniversary Bordeaux Wine Luncheon, followed two… Full Story »
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2006 Jason Stephens 'Dorcich Estate' Cabernet Sauvignon
Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Clara Valley wines &bull Feb 19, 2010
News, views and musings about the wines, wineries, vineyards and winemakers of the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA and Santa Clara Valley AVA from a consumer's viewpoint. Have you ever pulled the wrong bottle from your cellar, and not noticed until… Full Story »
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Martellotto Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon
Cheap Wine Ratings &bull Feb 18, 2010
I've done numerous wine reviews for which the background involved a family-run winery passed down from one generation to the next, but this one is a little different. The roots of Martellotto Wines go back for generations and began in… Full Story »
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2007 Maculan Brentino
Los Angeles Times Food &bull Feb 17, 2010
Taste Fausto Maculan's beautifully crafted blend of 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and you'll be forgiven for guessing it's a $50 wine. Not. Astonishingly, this suave Bordeaux-style blend is less than $20. This 2007 from the Veneto is intense… Full Story »
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Bodega Colome Malbec - 2006
Winecentric &bull Feb 17, 2010
From Argentina. 85% Malbec, 8% Tannat, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon. TASTING NOTES: Dark red-purple color with blackberry-boysenberry on the nose. On the palate, lots of black currant, black fruit, chewy dusty tannin with sour-tart green flavors on the finish. Almost reminds… Full Story »
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Wine of the week: Chateau Causse Rouge 2006
The Wine Curmudgeon &bull Feb 17, 2010
The Wine Curmudgeon is always on the lookout for cheap French wine, and especially red Bordeaux, that tastes like French wine. Sadly, too much inexpensive French wine has been tarted up for American palates -- all fruit, no structure -- or made… Full Story »
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Hola! from Buenos Aires (Wine Spectator)
Wine Spectator: Blog Posts &bull Feb 16, 2010
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-One of the privileges of a writer's life-especially if he or she has no children, no pets and a spouse who loves to travel-is the ability to "up sticks," as the British used to say, and move elsewhere. Longtime readers may recall reading about just such forays of mine-to Piedmont (one year), Venice (eight months), Melbourne (four months), and now, for an anticipated three months, to Buenos Aires. Why Argentina, you ask? Actually, of all the questions I've received from friends and relations, that is the one question nobody asked. Apparently, the word is out on the wonderfulness… Full Story »
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Lost in Wine over the Pacific by Joe Czerwinski
Wine Enthusiast Magazine's Unreserved &bull Feb 16, 2010
My last two working trips have taken me from North America across the Pacific to Australia and New Zealand. Figuring Id at least like to get to and from my destinations, I avoided booking flights on Oceanic Airlines or Ajira… Full Story »
