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Caretaker Wines Pinot Noir Santa Maria Valley 2009 wne review by (PB)
Solid garnet hue with strawberry bouquet that is pure strawberry fruit. Palate--Solid acid foundation with simple but pure strawberry fruit flavor. This is uncomplicated and a good example of the grape at his value price point of $10. This is yet an...
Pizza Guys From Kesté and Naples Create Don Antonio by Starita
Don Antonio by Starita will offer pizzas and pizza specialties.
La Paulee 2012 Burgundy Tasting: February 22-25, San Francisco
Every budding wine lover faces what can often seem like a daunting mountain to climb. There are so many wines in the world to learn about and experience, it's not hard to feel overwhelmed. It's also quite common to feel a certain sense of frustration,...
#WineChat Talking Viognier
Viognier - the grape of Condrieu. Or perhaps Languedoc. Definitely Virginia. Arguably Texas. Maybe California & Washington. Then there's Australia. Yes, this sensitive grape has found a home in many places, from its ascendency in Northern Rhone t...
AVA Marketing: All Quality, All Destination, All The Time
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...
Winery Steps, Castello della Sala
Winery Steps, Castello della Sala
A day late with this Sunday Snapshot post; but I have an excuse – I have spent the last week in Italy. It seems an age ago now, but in reality it was just over a week that our party rolled up at the Castello della Sala winery in Orvieto....
Get a free 1/2 bottle of Billecart Salmon Rose on Valentine’s Day. Here’s how…
Yes, it’s true. You can always count on ‘Sleuthy to find the good stuff and pass it on. Billecart Salmon has teamed up with a number of quality restaurants in London to bring you this Valentine’s Day promotion. All you have to do is o...
Henri Lurton Interview on Tv7
Corinne Conroy sent over this great video interview with Henri Lurton, from Chateau Brane-Cantenac, on Tv7. The interview, which is...
Iceberg wedge: impossible-food wine pairing?!?
Over the weekend I was out to dinner at a nice restaurant and encountered something I hadn’t seen for a while: the iceberg wedge slathered in blue cheese and bits of bacon. I told my cousin sitting next to me that I was surprised to see this retro dish on the menu, remarking that the...
Classic Cabernets for $15 or Less
There are all kinds of Cabernet Sauvignon out there. Some are too fruity for me. Some are too green. Some are too expensive. Some are too huge, with big alcohol and palate-punishing tannins.I like my Cabernets to have a classic profile: plum and curran...
#Winechat 2/8: Let’s Talk About Viognier!
Hello Friends,
This Wednesday [2/8] on #winechat at 9PM EST, Todd Godbout of WineCompass/VirginiaWineTV and I are hosting a discussion and wine tasting about Viognier – the northern Rhone’s prized white grape variety. Condrieu and the smaller su...
