Vintage
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Stunning Palagrello Nero from Nanni Cope
Do Bianchi &bull Yesterday
A thrilling, brilliant day and evening yesterday at Sotto in Los Angeles - my first day back on the job after paternity leave - with all the wine [sales] reps coming in to taste us on new wines for our… Full Story »
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White Picks From Northeast Italy
Wine Enthusiast - Web Edition &bull Yesterday
Northeast Italy is the wine equivalent of a fashionable wardrobe filled with vintage and couture clothing. Thanks to the area's vast array of grape varieties, you can pick and choose, dress up or dress down any combination of flavors, according… Full Story »
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Vintage 2011 overlaps 2012's (Inside information)
Jancis Robinson &bull Feb 9, 2012D'Arenberg of McLaren Vale celebrated their centenary last week, jollifications undimmed, I'm told, by the fact that party animal Chester Osborn was not 100% mobile. He and 84-year-old d'Arry shared reminiscences and launched a wine called Dadd (sic) in commemoration.… Full Story »
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Petite Rousse Syrah 2006 wine review by (PB)
The Wine Cask Blog &bull Feb 8, 2012
Deep dark purple hue with bouquet of deep black cherry, nearly pure but many cooking orders. Palate-- Big flavors of dark berry but a very strange feel on my tongue and a sharp presence with saliva stimulating tartness. $11. In… Full Story »
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#440 A mixed bag from Joseph Perrier
The Tasting Note &bull Feb 8, 2012
I've never been overly enthusiastic about Joseph Perrier. This company, founded in 1825 well outside the traditional heartland of Champagne, is family owned and appears to split a lot of reviewers. Tom Stevenson called it "one of Champagnes best-kept secrets" whereas Jancis Robinson has never been "particularly excited by Joseph Perrier champagnes". I've firmly been in the latter camp, enjoying a glass of their non vintage if one was poured… Full Story »
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T'Jara Vineyards Joins Long Island Merlot Alliance
LENNDEVOURS &bull Feb 8, 2012
T'Jara is a brand created by winemaker Russell Hearn and business partner Jed Beitler, who together own T'Jara Vineyards -- an established vineyard in in Mattituck, NY. T'Jara released two 2007 vintage wines, a Merlot and Merlot-based blend, in late… Full Story »
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Spectrum and Vanquish withdraw DRC lots from auction
Decanter - Wine News &bull Feb 8, 2012
Spectrum and Vanquish have withdrawn 13 lots worth hundreds of thousands of pounds from tonight's London auction because of 'apparent label discrepancies'. Montrachet 1966: wrong capsule?The move follows three days of intense internet activity and a public statement from London wine merchant Corney & Barrow… Full Story »
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Dine, Then Shop For Wine
Wine Enthusiast - Web Edition &bull Feb 8, 2012
Restaurants with attached wine retail stores are on the rise. Instead of offering a business card or matchbook for customers on their way out the door, some restaurants invite them to buy a bottle of wine in an attached retail… Full Story »
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Alderbrook Wind Machine Zinfandel - $64.99
Woot Wine! &bull Feb 8, 2012Game on Hey, let's play a game of Blind Taste Test! "Okay, how do we play?" First, I turn on this super bright light and shine it in your eyes so you can't see. Then I give you a glass of wine and you taste… Full Story »
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Marius Gentaz Cote-Rotie - a Dinner for the Ages.
Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog &bull Feb 8, 2012
The other night I did something that I have never done before, and most likely will never do again. I drank a Marius Gentaz Cote-Rotie. Gentaz is the revered traditionalist farmer and wine maker whose Cote-Roties are considered by many Rhone cognoscenti as the greatest of all the Northern Rhone wines, the greatest Syrah in existence. Gentaz never made large quantities of wine, and he stopped making wine after the 1993 vintage - he retired and his nephew Rene Rostaing took over the vines. From what I hear, Rostaing immediately ripped them up and started over, which is a tragedy… Full Story »
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Review: *** $$ Antonio & Elio Monti Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, Italy, 2005
Spirit of Wine &bull Feb 7, 2012
Wine tastings, reviews, ratings and commentary from around the world... Over a million visitors to more than 1,500 wines already reviewed... Get between me and this wine bottle at your own risk!!" Check out today's pricing and retail availability for… Full Story »
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Great Restaurants, Northstar expands and Ponzi's gracious hospitality
Oregonian - Wine Bytes &bull Feb 7, 2012
With Valentine's Day approaching I am reminded of how incredibly fortunate I am. The only thing I desire is better fortune for those who need it because I have health, love and most of all passion. If you can say that you have a pretty good life. After the first of the year we had late Holiday visitors that also reminded me of how fortunate I am to have the friends that I do. On one of the last days my guest was here in the Northwest we were able to get out of the house and show off some… Full Story »
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Wine of the Week: 2010 Jack Hammer Pinot Noir
LA Times - Food and Wine &bull Feb 7, 2012
Cheers! Photos: 127 wine picks by restaurant critic S. This is the first vintage for Jack Hammer Wine Co., and they've come out with a terrific Pinot Noir for the price. The grapes come from all three Central Coast counties… Full Story »
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A Magical Finger Lakes Red, and Why it's Gone Too Soon
LENNDEVOURS &bull Feb 7, 2012
It had been two years since I last tasted the Damiani Wine Cellars 2007 Cabernet Franc, and I was down to my last bottle. On release, it was an impressive wine with depth, if a tad besmirched by oak. I liked it enough to buy three bottles. Sometimes we talk about transformation that can occur in a complex wine, but… Full Story »
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Wine Word of the Week: Vintage
Wine Peeps &bull Feb 7, 2012This week's Wine Word of the Week is vintage. Official definition from Jancis Robinson's The Oxford Companion to Wine: The vintage year is the year in which a wine was produced and the characteristics of that year. ... In the… Full Story »
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- Washington
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Wine's Three Biggest Lies (Wine Spectator)
Wine Spectator &bull Feb 7, 2012
If You Like It, It Is Good. This is, without question, the biggest lie of them all. I can't tell you the number of times I've heard wine lovers-fellow writers, merchants, consumers-serve up this whopper. Why do they do it? The answer is actually simple: They think it will make wine more accessible to more people. They think they're doing everyone a favor by "democratizing" wine. Wine is too elitist, you see. It's important-nay, essential-that wine be taken down a peg or two in order to make it accessible to all. There's also a hidden, and not entirely conscious, element… Full Story »
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RP 96 Points, "The Wine of the Vintage" - 1966 Latour
Palate Press &bull Feb 6, 2012"The wine of the vintage." Robert Parker Jr., Wine Advocate Full Story »
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AVA Marketing: All Quality, All Destination, All The Time
Fermentation &bull Feb 6, 2012
What makes American Viticultural Areas, like similarly demarcated wine growing areas in Europe and other parts of the New World, important is that they are among the few items that can legally be placed on the front of a wine label. As a result, they get tremendous exposure.In fact, after vintage and varietal, no other element of the label gets more exposure than the AVA. The 2010 vintage will… Full Story »
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Bomb squad destroys WWII wine cache
Decanter - Wine News &bull Feb 6, 2012
A cache of pre-World War II wine found in a suburban garden was destroyed by the British army bomb squad, a reader recounts in this month's issue of Decanter magazine. A mortar similar to the one found in Woodall's garden… Full Story »
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Naples charity auction brings in $12.2m
Decanter - Wine News &bull Feb 6, 2012
The Naples Winter Wine Festival charity auction brought in US$12.2m on the weekend of 29 January, bringing the event's total earnings to US$106.7m during its 12-year life. Naples Winter Wine Festival: out of doldrumsTakings this year were nearly US$100,000 more… Full Story »
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- Napa
- Luxembourg
