Archive for December, 2009

 

Private Tasting: Vineyard-Designated Washington Red Blends

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Oftentimes, wineries in the United States produce blends from their leftovers. They put their best grapes into their varietal wines and then produce a blend from the grapes that don’t quite make the cut. There are some wineries, however, who strive to produce Bordeaux-style blends using the very best grapes that they can get. Two […]

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Great Washington State Wine Available in Houston

Monday, December 7th, 2009

For years, I’ve had friends tell me that they can’t find the great Washington State wines that I tell them about where they live. So with the help of Wine-Searcher.com and a lot of legwork, I’ve set out on a mission to prove them wrong. This is the fourth in a series of posts to […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Magnum

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is magnum. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Magnum is a large bottle size containing 1.5 l/54 fl oz, or the equivalent of two bottles. It is widely regarded as being the ideal size for bottle aging fine wine, being large enough to slow […]

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Book Review: Drink This

Friday, December 4th, 2009

My first impression of Drink This: Wine Made Simple by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl was that I wish I had written it myself. It has a tremendous amount of information for the wine novice presented in an easily understood manner. However, when I got to her list of wine varietals, each of which she devotes a […]

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A Wine for Tonight: NV Gruet Brut Sparkling Wine

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Would you like a quick suggestion for a good wine to drink tonight (or this weekend) that won’t break your budget and is widely available? Many of our readers have said this is something they would like, so here is this week’s selection, the NV Gruet Brut Sparkling Wine from New Mexico. Our selection criteria […]

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Filed under: A Wine for Tonight, American Wine, Five-Bangs For Your Buck Wines, New Mexico Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wines Under $20, Wines Under $25 |

 

Fielding Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Vertical Tasting

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

For those of you who are not familiar with a vertical tasting, it is a tasting in which you taste different vintages of the same wine from the same winery. We were first “wow”-ed by Fielding Hills in the summer of 2008. Since then, we have visited the winery, tasted all of their new releases, […]

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Filed under: American Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Five-Bangs For Your Buck Wines, Red Wine, Washington State Wine, Wines NOT To Buy (1 & 2 Star), Wines Over $25 |

 

Private Tasting: Saviah Cellars Syrah

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Saviah Cellars is a family-owned winery located south of downtown Walla Walla, Washington, near the Oregon state line. Founded in 2000 by winemaker Rich Funk and his wife Anita, Saviah Cellars currently produces about 9,500 cases per year. The name Saviah is a family name from Anita’s great-grandmother. Rich is a very talented winemaker and […]

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