July 29th, 2011

The Top 10 Things That Can Ruin Your Wine Experience. Part One.

  #10 Poor Lighting  What could be viewed as a seemingly minor point, but I personally like to be able to appreciate the color of a wine before tasting it! The color of a wine can give away a lot of clues to its age, possible grape, and other keys elements such as fining or filtration. If the room is too dark, you are left, well, left in the dark as to all these elements!…

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Cobb Rice-Spivak Vineyard Pinot Noir 2008

This is a featured post from Gary Vaynerchuk’s Daily Grape Newsletter   Grape 100% Pinot Noir   Rating 91 Points   Price $68 MSRP   Gary’s explanation: California Pinot Noir producers have one man to thank for the ability to routinely price their wines over $50: Rex Pickett. The author of the book-made-movie, Sideways, single handedly skyrocketed the popularity of Pinot Noir almost overnight with his $71 million grossing blockbuster. Yet so much of the…

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