Archive for July, 2011

 

Wine Word of the Week: Mesoclimate

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is mesoclimate. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Mesoclimate, a term of climatic scale, is intermediate between regional climate or macroclimate, and the very small scale microclimate. It encompasses the more specific terms topoclimate and site climate, and has largely been replaced both in […]

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William Church Winery: Red Blends and Opening of 2nd Tasting Room

Monday, July 11th, 2011

William Church Winery, founded in 2005 by Rod and Leslie Balsley, is located in the warehouse district in Woodinville, Washington. After years in the high-tech industry, Rod and Leslie are thoroughly enjoying their second careers in the wine industry. Bitten by the wine bug when they honeymooned in Italy, Rod and Leslie got their start […]

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A Wine for Tonight: 2008 Las Rocas de San Alejandro Garnacha

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

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 2008 Las Rocas de San Alejandro Garnacha from the Calatayud region […]

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Rasa Vineyards Continues to Wow Us

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Founded in 2007 by brothers Pinto and Billo Naravane, Rasa Vineyards has already become a superstar on the Washington wine scene. Their beautiful winery is located south of downtown Walla Walla near the Washington/Oregon state line. Both Pinto and Billo have engineering and mathematical backgrounds and worked in the computer industry. As for their official […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Microclimate

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is microclimate. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Microclimate is a widely misused term meaning strictly the climate within a defined and usually very restricted space or position. In viticulture, it might be at specified positions between rows of vines, or distances above the […]

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Happy 4th of July from your Wine Peeps

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Wishing you all a very happy 4th of July! We hope you enjoy your day with family, friends, good food, and wine.

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