September, 2012
Was Dom Perignon Blind?
The Curious Disappearance of New Zealand Pinot Noir.
I caught this article by Lettie Teague in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago. In essence, she points out that NZ PN seem to be disappearing from restaurant wine lists and retailers shelves. She writes: It wasn’t so long ago that New Zealand Pinot Noir was hot—or at least there were a lot more of the wines around. After all, Pinot Noir had been touted as New Zealand’s greatest discovery since Sauvignon…
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Haraszthy Zinfandel, Amador County, California.
Grapes 93% Zinfandel, 7% Mourvedre Facts The Haraszthy line of wines [pronounced: Hare-ass-tee] is part of the Bronco Wine Company portfolio. If Bronco doesn’t sound too familiar, maybe this one will: Fred Franzia. That’s right, Ol’ Fred Franzia, nephew of Ernest Gallo, and founder of the Charles Shaw brand, otherwise more affectionately known as “Two Buck Chuck.” Now, before you get ahead of yourself, Fred Franzia has no part in the winemaking for this…
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Did Italian Wine Jump the Shark with its Wine Purse?
I have to admit that I didn’t even want to write this post, but it seems to keep getting blasted at me from every angle on the Interweb (I guess the PR company must has really been hammering-out the samples on this one!), so find myself in the position of being forced to share my two cents… Volere (pictured below) is a boxed-wine like any other box wine, except for the minor detail that the…
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First World Wine Problems.
Wine Myths…Busted: Why Does Wine Need to be Stored in a “Vibration-Free” Environment?
Click here for the rest of my Wine Myths Busted series.
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I Made the Front Page of Pinterest!!! Now I Can Retire!!!
An interesting thing happened yesterday! The Mrs. was scrolling through the popular page on Pinterest (as she does on a weekly basis), and she saw an image she recognized. Randomly enough, it was my wine bottle Christmas lights! This particular photo was from a post I did back in December of 2010, way before I even started using Pinterest, and therefore wasn’t one of the items I had pinned. In fact, if you perform a…
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Understanding Bordeaux Wine–INFOGRAPHIC
An infographic that goes part of the way towards helping you better understand Bordeaux wine.(Click for larger view)
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