Saturday, December 31, 2011

How to be a wine snob

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Do you feel the need to: -- Impress people with your knowledge? -- Spend a lot of money? -- Be serious about getting drunk? If y...
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Friday, December 30, 2011

Wine judging and buying gold medal winners

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First, I have never been a wine judge. I have taken a wine judging class at the local college, talked to judges, attended or worked at wine ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

Alcohol levels in wine

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From the label of a 1988 Dry Creek  Vyds  Zinfandel. Note the alcohol level. O ut to dinner last night at a popular restaurant in  ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Blending wines. Meritage, etc.

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Europe's mostly archaic wine laws remove a lot of the creativity and potential for their wines. In the U.S. we do a bit of this, too. O...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

December 27th. Third Anniversary

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That's three years of doing this blog.  What the hell was I thinking?   LOL I was sure I'd run out of things to write about after...
Friday, December 23, 2011

Merry Christmas from the Wine Country

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Happy Holidays from California wine country! Image from guardian.co.uk
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Foppiano Family Feud

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Several months ago Sonoma County's second oldest family winery, Seghesio, sold. While the sale was big news the family infighting that w...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Wines that appeal to the ladies

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How can you tell if a wine label is supposed to appeal to younger females?  Apparently, look for "bitch" in the name. Imag...
Friday, December 16, 2011

Top 100 from Wine Enthusiast Magazine

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Everyone does the "top" lists when it gets near the end of the year. I mentioned Wine Spectator's list a few days ago. Wine E...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Buying wine as a holiday gift

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What should you buy? Specifically, I can't say as the choices are way too varied and what's available to you is different than what ...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

Top 100 Wines

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It's just one more opinion on some of the great wines out there, but in Wine Spectator's list of their top 100 Kosta Browne's ...
Friday, December 9, 2011

Sonoma County. One of the world's top travel destinations

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"If you’ve visited only the county’s wineries, come back to sample the astounding diversity that makes Sonoma one of America’s travel t...