Archive for January, 2013

 

Dry Creek Vineyard: 2008 Meritage and 2008 Endeavour Cabernet Sauvignon

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

Dry Creek Vineyard, founded in 1972 by David Stare, is located in the heart of Dry Creek Valley just outside of Healdsburg, California. Today, Dry Creek Vineyard is run by David’s daughter Kim Stare Wallace and her husband Don. Well-known for their Fumé Blancs and Zinfandels, Dry Creek Vineyard also produces a number of other […]

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Fielding Hills Cabernet Franc Vertical Tasting [Wow! Alert]

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

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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Wines of Chile: Maule Valley

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

During my media trip to Chile in the fall, I had the pleasure to visit a number of its wineries and vineyards and meet many of the movers and shakers in the Chilean wine industry. I am individually highlighting some of the wine regions we visited including reviews of wines I tasted from those regions. […]

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Happy 5th Birthday to Wine Peeps!

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Today marks five years since we started sharing our wine adventures with you here on Wine Peeps. What an exciting five years it has been! We have written 1,179 posts and tasted over 5,500 wines. We have had the pleasure to meet so many wonderful people in the wine industry as well as fellow wine […]

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Pacific Rim: Five Rieslings and a Chenin Blanc

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

Pacific Rim Winery, located in West Richland, Washington, is almost exclusively a Riesling producer. The first Pacific Rim Riesling was produced in 1992 as a brand within Bonny Doon Vineyard in Santa Cruz, California, and used grapes from California, Washington, and Germany. In 2007, Randall Grahm decided to downsize Bonny Doon and spun off Pacific […]

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Best of 2012 in Washington Wine Country

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

After visiting more wineries and tasting more Washington wines than I can count, meeting many of the best winemakers in Washington, and walking the rows in many of the best known vineyards in the state, these are the Wine Peeps team’s picks as the best of 2012 in Washington Wine Country. BEST WINE: 2009 Rasa […]

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Happy New Year!

Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

Happy New Year! Best wishes for a happy, healthy, prosperous, and wine-filled 2013!

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