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Tag: Syrah
Bedrock Wine Co.: Where Old Vine Love And Transcendent Wine Making Come Together
What happens when you combine Old-Vine Love and Transcendant Wine Making?
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…
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…
Syrah Smackdown: 7 Contenders, 1Winner, and a Great QPR Pretender!
At the most recent meeting of the Pacific Pointe Wine Tasting Club it was Syrah night. However, for the first time, we encountered a situation where one of the wines to be tasted was not the selected varietal. That’s because it didn’t meet the at least 75% threshold for a wine to be labeled a…
Recap of 2011 Family Winemakers Tasting in San Franciso
Last week I attended, as a media guest, the Twenty-first Annual Family Winemakers of California (“FWC”) tasting held at Fort Mason. The event was held over two days, August 21st, and 22nd. Alas, duty (work) called on Monday, so I opted to attend Sunday only. This was a huge event, even bigger than Sonoma InThe…
Rosé Smack Down – 10 Rosés; 1 Winner
Rosé Smackdown – 10 Rosés; 1 Winner
Sensational #Syrah Day Tasting
Sensational #Syrah Day Tasting @ JC Cellars
Sunday Italian Gravy – Wine Pairing Smackdown!
What wine pairs best with the Italian-American Classic – Sunday Gravy? Syrah? Barolo? Chianti?
Big, Dark, and Delicious
I was headed home Friday after another week of too many hours, and not enough rest. I decided to pick up a pizza on the way home because we’d opened a 2006 Rosenblum Cellars Richard Sauret Zinfandel (88pts) the night before. I decided to get a pizza topped with grilled chicken, sausage, linguica, roma tomatoes, red…