Wine Peeps: A Wine Blog May 2008 - Page 2 of 2

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Wine Peeps is an independent wine blog dedicated to helping you get the most bang for your buck in wine. We do this through blind tastings of wine from around the world and calculations of Quality-to-Price Ratios (QPRs). We have a special interest in Washington State wines.

In the course of our wine journey, we also enjoy numerous wine-related activities such as traveling throughout wine country, visiting vineyards, reading wine books, and trying wine gadgets, all of which we share with our readers.

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Archive for May, 2008

Road Trip: Texas

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Our Texas wine tour consisted of visits to a couple of wineries just south of Lubbock, Cap*Rock Winery and Llano Estacado Winery. Prior to this trip, my only experience with Texas wines were with Texas Hill Country wineries west of Austin and one winery near Bryan/College Station. Quite frankly, those wineries had not shown me […]

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Filed under: American Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dessert Wine, Five-Bangs For Your Buck Wines, Italian Wine, Merlot, Port, Red Wine, Sauvignon Blanc, Texas Wine, White Wine, Wine Travel, Wines NOT To Buy (1 & 2 Star), Wines Over $25, Wines Under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, Wines Under $25 |

Wine Blogging Wednesday #45: Old World Riesling

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Tim Elliott of Winecast is our host for this monthâ€™s edition of Wine Blogging Wednesday. He selected his favorite white variety, Riesling, as our subject. However, we were not to drink just any Riesling but specifically Riesling from the Old World, from places such as Germany, Austria, or Franceâ€™s Alsace region. This area of the […]

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Filed under: German Wine, Riesling, White Wine, Wine Blogging Wednesday, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, Wines Under $25 |

Private Tasting: Italian Red

Monday, May 5th, 2008

We recently had one of our double-blind private tastings. All we knew when we sat down for dinner was that these two wines were red, but we did not know their region of origin or varietal. For a more complete description of how we set up these private tastings, please refer back to my Private […]

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Filed under: Brunello, Five-Bangs For Your Buck Wines, Italian Wine, Nebbiolo, Red Wine, Wines Over $25 |

Road Trip: New Mexico

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Before this trip, the only New Mexico wine I had tasted was the NV Gruet Brut Sparkling Wine which finished a close second in one of our tasting dinners. I was disappointed that Santa Fe does not seem to be as infatuated with New Mexico wines as was Sedona with Arizona wines. In fact, New […]

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Filed under: American Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Five-Bangs For Your Buck Wines, Merlot, New Mexico Wine, Port, Red Wine, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Shiraz/Syrah, Sparkling Wine, White Wine, Wine Travel, Wines NOT To Buy (1 & 2 Star), Wines Over $25, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, Wines Under $25, Zinfandel |

WBW: #44 Roundup and Looking Ahead to #45

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Last month, Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV hosted the 44th edition of Wine Blogging Wednesday. Over 50 bloggers participated. They all drank and wrote about French Cabernet Franc (see our post). Check out the links to all of the participantsâ€™ posts in the WBW Forum on WLTV. In less than a week, the wine […]

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