My Wine of the Week (“WoW”) for June 2-June 8 is the 2011 Bedrock Wine Co. Mourvedre Ode to Lulu Rosé The Winery I previously did a post on the winery entitled Bedrock Wine Co: Where Old Vine Love And Transcendent Wine Making Come Together back in January, wherein I focused on the sources of…
Tag: Grenache
Wine Of The Week: 2011 Dashe Cellars Vin Gris
How a Cali Rose saved me from the mediocrity of wine in the Dominican Republic…
Value Alert! – Crazy Good Spanish Gem For $11!
Here’s a highly recommended New World Style red blend from Spain that offers great QPR!
Wine Blogging Wednesday #76 – 2010 Schild Estate Grenache-Mourvedre-Shiraz
This edition of Wine Blogging Wednesday – Return of the Barossa Boomerang, provides me with a bit of an opportunity for a reunion. The very first Australian wine I tried when started to seriously explore the world of wine outside of California was the 2007 Schild Shiraz Barossa. I remember it well. At the time,…
Wine Of The Week – 2009 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel
It was a tough call for wine of the week for March 24-30. Why? I went to a big Rhone Rangers tasting on March 25th and tasted dozens of wines! But at the end of the day (several days thereafter actually), I kept reminiscing about the 2009 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel. When I think a about…
Wine Of The Week – Core Wine Company 2007 “Hard Core”
My wine of the week for March 3-9 is the Core Wine Company 2007 “Hard Core. It’s an interesting, and oh so tasty blend of the three main Rhône varietals, Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvédre, and Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s not a blend you’ll find everyday, and Core hit a home-run with this one! Core Wine Co. is…
#LanguedocDay Virtual Tasting 2011 – A Wonderful Mourvédre, Old Vine Carignan Blend…
#LauguedocDay Virtual Tasting…a wonderful Old Vine Carignan/Mourvedre/Grenache Blend from the Corbières AOC!
Red Rhone Smackdown!…Six wines, one winner!
It was Red Rhone night for our community wine tasting club, the Pacific Pointe Wine Tasting Club. Our intention was to have red Rhone blends, but a couple of Rhone varietals were brought to the tasting, so we included in the competition. I was a bit surprised that all the Rhone blends were from France…
Value Alert!…2010 Bodegas Terra Sigilata Filón Garnacha
Looking for a wine that tastes great and cost less? Try this beautiful Grenache from Spain!
Fall 2011 Ridge Wine Blogger Tasting – Lytton Estate Rhones And A Surprise!
Last Sunday Christopher Watkins, Tasting Room Manager for Ridge Vineyards hosted the Fall 2011 Wine Bloggers Tasting at Ridge, Lytton Springs in Healdsburg. An intimate group of wine bloggers, many of whom I followed and am a fan of, met in the barrel room. It was great to put faces with names. That made the…