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Tag: Wine Tasting
Wine Festivals
Went to Urban Wine Experience(UWX) 5 today. Urban wineries are wineries that don’t own any vineyards, instead they purchase grapes from growers and make wines. It was the best yet. What I enjoy about wine festivals is that you get to try a bunch of wineries without driving all over the place. UWX was 18…
My First $100+ Cab
Thanks to a friend of mine whose husband sells wine, we had the opportunity to taste a couple of well regarded highly rated iconic Napa Valley Cabs, including the 2006 Beaulieu Vineyards (“BV”) Georges de Latour Private Reserve (“GLT”) which sells for $115/bottle on the BV website. That’s too rich for my blood, so I…
Riesling Week 2010 is upon us!
Looking to try something new? Well it’s the 6th Annual Riesling Week July 26th-August 1. Sure it’s just another marketing gimmick to pry hard earned dollars from our hands, but so is a Gatorade commercial! Think of it as an opportunity to try a new white wine (Please…step away from the Chard/Sauvignon Blanc, and no…
Wine Tasting Club – Zinfandel Night
This past Friday evening we had our every other monthly meeting of the Pacific Point Wine Tasting Club (“PPWTC”). The club was started back in January when my wife and I had the idea to start a wine-tasting club in our community. It’s been easier to get the wine tasting club up and running than…