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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Interesting
- Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog: Coming Back to 05 Beaujolais
- Lots of interesting 2006 Beaujolais is out now too. I'm telling you, there is just far too much interesting wine worth buying these days.
- Benito's Wine Reviews: 2005 Pouilly-Fuissé
- It had such a rich oak aroma that my friend Paul said it smelled exactly like an old church. It was an interesting combination: old leather, wooden pews, and the faint scent of Lemon Pledge.
- Dim Lights Big Barolo Downstairs at Cru « Do Bianchi
- But the most fascinating and certainly the most noteworthy story was revealed when the subject of modern vs. traditional was put on the table..
- On the Wine Trail in Italy: Bloggers, Cloggers and Robot Jellyfish
- I met Jeremy Parzen last month in NY and read his blog often. He is interested in intellectual ideas about wine and always has an interesting view of things.
- Ch. Petrogasm: Wine Reviews From the Edge
- Below are its two most recent reviews. Taken together they’re edgy. They have the potential to offend someone other than just the wine producer, which is an interesting switch.
- Bigger Than Your Head » Let Me Spell It Out For You
- What’s interesting about the issue, though, is a section in which the Spectator’s writers and reviewers go country by country and region by region and reveal the average price of the wines in the different scoring categories.
- Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog: By the Glass - Wines that I Don't Like Edition
- At a delicious brunch at Deetrane's house he opened a bottle of NV Feuillatte Blanc de Blancs. What an interesting experience it was for me to drink this wine in all of its chemical candied glory.
- Food and Wine Matching at The FrontLine - from Spittoon.biz
- ...I found it very interesting. It is big, ripe, perhaps a little over-extracted but with good structure and acidity. It cut through the rather mouth-clogging, unusual, dumplings wonderfully.
- Vines & Wines » Blog Archive » Wine I’d buy again: Washington Merlot
- We recently had an interesting Washington Merlot tasting that featured wines predominately from the Chateau St. Michelle wine group. Two wines stood out to me and both seemed worthy of another look even though more expensive:
- Golly's Wine Drops: Malvis Douro Reserva - Porty Wine?
- Portugal does seem to be producing some interesting wines at reasonable prices. This was great value at £5.50...
- A Four-Dollar Gewurztraminer
- And while not my favorite Gewurztraminer, it was certainly worth the try, especially for so little harm to my credit card.
- Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog: An Imaginary Wine Vacation in Bandol
- In the end, very complex and interesting wine, and at 14%, relatively low in alcohol and drinkable.
- Tempranillo: Climate change and wine: Friday morning
- I've just been listening to interesting (and somewhat frightening) presentations at the 2nd Climate Change and Wine Conference.
- V i n o V e r v e: Win(e)ding Roads: More From the Connecticut Wine Trail
- Overall an interesting little winery, and certainly worth a stop.
- BKWine Brief Blog: BKWine TV: Visual visit to Malhadinha Nova winery in Alentejo
- A young ambitious family wine estate owned by the Soares family, making some very interesting Portuguese wines: Herdade da Malhadinha Nova, Alentejo, Portugal.
- A Take on Global Warming from Experts such as Richard Smart, Pancho Campo, Michael Rolland and other Influentials of the Wine World!
- I intend to talk more on this issue because I think it’s incredibly interesting, but for now, I’d be curious where you stand on the issue.
- The Wine Conversation: Support your local winemaker
- I read an interesting post on this topic over on vinoalvino.org (unfortunately it is in Italian so not all of you may be able to read it) written by the entertaining & knowledgeable Franco Ziliani. The gist was to pick up on a campaign in the US to "support your local winemaker".
- The Wine Conversation: Virtual Stormhoek
- For those following the story, this link will probably be very interesting: On the Stormhoek Trail
- Psssst, I Got A Secret - Episode #410
- Gary Vaynerchuk tells you about an area that’s producing some of the most interesting wines in the world.
- Good Wine Under $20: Washington Wine from the Walla Walla Wine Woman
- The Wild Walla Walla Wine Woman Shop focuses on wine that is from Washington state and is priced under $25. As always, you may find some exceptions along the way, but I found a number of interesting looking bottles that I will definitely be ordering after payday this month.
- Seattle Wine Blog: First 2005 Bordeaux
- Not complex, but interesting enough for the price.
- Chateau des Campets 2003
- Forget the preamble. This Corbières is the most interesting and, frankly, gorgeous wine I have tried in ages.
- Mark Squires' Bulletin Board on eRobertParker.com - Interesting Study About Effects of Wine on One's Health
- Looks like I'm drinking too much to have a positive effect....
- Pancho Campo Poses a Question for Al Gore on Wine and Market Choices
- Wineries who place conservation as a priority and the life of their consumers as a focal point is a winery that will have a better chance of succeeding in the future. Interesting thought, is it not?!
- Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog: Putting Your Heart Into Wine PR
- This leads to an interesting question: Your wine is very likely to appeal to the reviewer equally as well as MANY other wines they review. ...Why yours and not another's?
- 2007 Grape Prices. Go Pinot Go!
- Some of the data are pretty interesting. I’ve highlighted a couple bits below.
- la gramiere: Visiting Tavel
- ...my visit to Tavel was particularly interesting last week.
- Samples | The Wine Knows
- Tom Wark ...does an occasional post interviewing various wine bloggers. He asks the same questions to each blogger, so it's interesting to see their answers... One question whose answer interests me is, "Do you accept samples for review?" Many bloggers do not...At Wine Press Northwest - just like nearly every wine magazine - we gladly accept samples.
- domaine547 » Central Coast week at d547: Palmina Wine
- ...it was interesting for us to have the chance to taste what Italian grapes do when grown in California terroir.
- A quick confabulation with Aldo Vacca, winemaker and president, Produttori del Barbaresco « Do Bianchi
- Aldo and I conversed in Italian and it’s interesting to note that he used the English “fleshy” to describe his impression of the wine.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Interesting
- Serious, affordable white Bordeaux
- The combination of oak, reduction and fresh, herb-tinged fruit results in a fairly complex, savoury, expressive white wine that I reckon will improve in bottle for perhaps five to ten years. It's a really interesting wine, in the style of serious white Graves, but it's affordable.
- A Spectator's View of 2005 CA Pinot
- ...I decided to take a look at what the Wine Spectator has had to say about CA Pinots from the 05 vintage. ...Interesting isn't it.
- Blah, Blah, Blah Wine
- Dr. Debs’ interesting post at Good Wine Under $20 about jargon got me thinking about the way we communicate about wine.
- More Terry Theise Grower Champagnes
- NV Réne Geoffroy Empriente Brut, $55 - I'm a big fan of Geoffroy's Champs. I love the entry level wine, called Expression, an interesting blend that is mostly Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir, with a touch of Chardonnay thrown in for good measure.
- Pairing Winter Vegetables and Wine
- If you are adding a non-grilled vegetable side to a 'red wine' loving entree, choose a less tannic Pinot Noir, especially if the dish includes mushrooms. Another interesting pairing option is the oft forgotten Rose - it has most of the bold flavor of a red wine without many of the tannins.
- Northwest Visions - 2006 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
- As usual, the wine took some interesting tangents as our tasting progressed into dinner...
- A Bargain Charmer
- ...the wine is like a softened version of a Cote du Rhone. Juicy, grapey and fun, it still has enough structure and grip to keep it interesting.
- Port Wine Now Available in Pink!
- In the cask, it looses sweetness and becomes more complex and very interesting, much like an old Tawny.
- Groundhog's Day Edition
- Welcome to the first edition of the Weekly Wine Web Wrap-up (W4..?), where Dude shares some of his favorite wine news bites from the past week (Dude spends a goodly amount of time trolling the 'net for interesting wine tidbits)!
- Book review: Real Wine, by Patrick Matthews
- It’s interesting to note, of course, that with the passing of time since the book’s publication perhaps many of the people referenced here have lost their way, that the road to natural wine in California (and beyond) has become twisted and convoluted.
- The Wine Book Club Spins the Bottle: Wine and Philosophy
- I found Jamie Goode's question, "whether as wine taster we all share the same (or at least an approximately similar) taste world" particularly interesting as someone who is keenly interested in how and why we know what we think we know about wine.
- wine: wine tasting party
- At this point we aren't really sure how to create a fun and interesting (but not too complicated) evening. Neither of us has ever held or attended a wine tasting, so we would welcome suggestions about how to structure it...
- Our missing Menu for Hope Winner
- I am starting my tastings for the wine guide, so please bear with me. It's going to be a very busy, but very interesting 2 weeks. I'll do my best to keep you up to date.
- Reviewing Rust Ridge Sauvignon Blanc
- ...I found the word order of its name interesting: Rust Ridge Ranch and Winery. Seems the grower/winemaker was a race horse trainer and even worked with a Hall of Famer who was on Seabiscuit’s team. They even call their wine club Winner’s Circle, so it’s no surprise to see horses on the label or to find they have a Racehorse Red.
- Off again
- I am off to a Biodynamic class at Joseph Phelps Vineyards tomorrow. Philippe Armenier and his wife are teaching it and it should be very interesting.
- More from the 2008 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium
- Joshua Greene, editor of Wine&Spirits Magazine has uploaded the notes from his speech at the symposium. I think this is one of several interesting points that Greene makes:...
- So where do you buy your wine?
- ...at Tesco, Dan Jago said that his aim, ...was to make it the kind of place even those in the wine trade would be happy to buy their wine. He has certainly overseen an interesting expansion of their range... Unfortunately, I personally can't see Tesco or any supermarket being a 'cool' place to buy your wine, however good the range
- Super Bowl, Super Wine, Super Food
- What was most interesting about the Morgon is that it did not change a bit in the course of being open the whole day. ...This stability means that this wine will grow and expand for years to come.
- Headache in the bottle
- I now think I should keep a diary of offenders. Wouldn’t it be interesting to collate hundreds of drinker’s lists and see whether common culprits begin to emerge?
- This Week's Wine
- Rimon Winery, in the Upper Galilee region of Israel, where grapes grow and wine is made, is growing pomegranates and making wine from them. A tasty, interesting, 2004 Pomegranate Dessert Wine has been released in time for next week’s celebration of Valentine’s Day.
- Some thoughts on WBW Just Seven Words
- What did result from the exchange with the editor was a rather interesting thought - if you can't find the exact word, why not invent one?
- Lasseter's Reef - Good with neighbours
- This wine was an interesting alternative to Chardonnay, and easy drinking. It's reasonable value at £5-6 but not one I'll be searching out.
- Bloggerview #18: BrooklynGuy's Wine & Food Blog
- My goal is to learn, and to interact with other people who also care very much about learning about wine. If other people find this interesting and want to follow along and interact with me, I welcome that.
- Wine Biz Radio
- ...the first installment of Kaz and Randy’s Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Adventure (what a mouthful!), where they find and interview the truly interesting folks that were at the big wine industry trade show in Sacramento last week.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Interesting
- When Words Get in the Way of Wine
- An interesting discussion broke out on Twitter a week or so ago among a band of wine bloggers. The topic was wine jargon
- How to make wine based cocktails and warm winter drinks
- Darryl Beeson's recent article, 'Beyond Sangria: Lively Mixes for Wines,' features several interesting drink ideas using wine.
- Recent wines I’ve enjoyed
- I’ve had this very nice sparkling wine many times lately; several bottles at home and then one interesting experience at a wine bar. First for the wine bar experience
- Washington State Wine Tasting
- Interesting that the website says they used almost 60% new oak on this wine, because I didn't find it intrusive at all.
- Planning for the Big Game: Super Bowl Sunday
- Putting together a guide highlighting some of the best, most interesting gear & grub we can find—products for tailgating, entertaining, and expressing your team allegiances while you eat—has really gotten me into the spirit this year.
- Chateau des Campets 2003
- Forget the preamble. This Corbières is the most interesting and, frankly, gorgeous wine I have tried in ages.
- Kathleen Lisson's Wine and Food Pairing: What is Umami? Benefits of the Umami diet
- David Kasabian, author of "Umami: Cooking with the Fifth Taste," is quoted extensively in an interesting article on MCNBC entitled, 'Recipes for the 'fifth' taste: Umami, Dishes featuring the savory flavors that make food tastier.'
- Dulling the Cutting Edge - ShipCompliant
- Practical compliance with the opinion will raise interesting administrative issues on which the Court of Appeals offered no guidance.
- Wine Blogging Wednesday #42 Announced: Just 7 Words
- This should be a fun one and it will no doubt be interesting to read through all the submissions.
- Interesting Wine Reads Online
- We haven’t been posting much lately, but a lot of folks on the internet have been writing about wine. To get your fix, check out some of these interesting blogs and news articles I ran across lately.
- Wine Chick Wednesday: Come On. Get Happy!
- Marla has made it her modus operandi to seek out interesting wines from lesser-known areas, and I’m pleased to report that she has both Scheurebe AND a biodynamic Gamay by the glass. Swoon.
- Best New Beverages:: Part 3
- A unique beverage on it’s own, Sence also adds an interesting spin to your classic cocktails.
- Preparation for harvest 2008
- This year we did something really interesting in one of our Malbec vineyards by taking a daily photograph of the same vine from pre- to post veraison.
- A Pair of Pinots from Adelsheim
- As the wine opens a bit, there is some spicy cedar and a bit of earth in the finish to keep things interesting. Very good QPR ...
- Spy Mountain Riesling - Zippy
- New Zealand is starting to produce some interesting non-Sauvignon Blanc choices
- Oklahoma Wine News
- Another interesting thing about Tulsa's new winery is their "Adopt a Plant Membership Program". For the first time in Oklahoma, you can enjoy your own vineyard experience by joining Whispering Vines’ Adopt a Plant Program. Details on their website
- Winery Watch: David Coffaro Wine
- But if you are a fan of luscious blends and interesting grape varieties at attractive prices, you need to know about this cult favorite among California wineries.
- Cono Sur's Organic Cab-Carmenere
- My friend Karen has one of the same bad habits I do: buying wine simply because the label is pretty, interesting or unusual.
- What does chewy mean anyway?
- When I see it on a tasting sheet, I ask the pourer what it means. I get some interesting answers.