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• The Top 10 Most Sold Bottles of Wine

  
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  The older it becomes, the better it gets. This description has always been used with wine, but it gets more appropriate when used for the top 10 most sold bottles of wine. 10. Finca Bella Vista, 2010, Achaval Ferrer Achaval … The post The Top 10 Most Sold Bottles of Wine appeared first on Celebrity Net worth ...
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• Like a bear hug in a bottle: the joy of Aussie cab-shiraz blends

  
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  All right, we know its not a bear. But sometimes only a big Aussie shiraz-cabernet sauvignon blend will cut the mustard.        
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• Si Vinters Cachorro 2011

  
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  Something young and pup like . . . Si Vintners is the label of winemaking couple Sarah Morris and Iwo Jakimowicz . The use of a Spanish word cachorro suggests that Si should have the Romantic rather than scientific (cf Pi) pronunciation. $A55. 13.5%. You might expect Cabernet sauvignon to come in a long slender ...
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• Trendy Thursdays ~ VineVera and Gal Gadot

  
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  Skincare is a huge deal to me as we all lead with our faces and want the best skin possible! Im always looking for skincare that has great ingredients and when it comes to wine, this is a great one to introduce to your skin! VineVera just announced the face of their brand, Fast & The Furious Gal Gadot! Along ...
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• Buena Vista Winery Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

  
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  2010 Buena Vista Winery Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County, CA, $16 (S) – Rating 89 Very easy drinking and immediately approachable. Excellent restaurant choice…good price…no decanting required. A rich nose of black cherry, dark spice and dark chocolate. A jammy mouth-feel but interestingly lean on the ...
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• Identity in Specialization

  
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  On Monday, I wrote about wine regions need for signature varieties in creating an identity . The post my have been a bit odd because while I proclaimed the need for a region to be known for a specific grape variety I also praised two wines made from non-mainstream varieties. If the Russian River Valley werent known ...
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• It’s Wednesday. So, What’s Cooking?

  
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  How about a tasty plate of Pasticcio accompanied by a tossed salad and topped off with a glass of dry red wine? This is one of our favorite dishes to prepare and eat. This recipe easily serves 4 and the leftovers are amazing out of the microwave or oven. Pasticcio Tossed Salad Italian Bread Red Wine – ...
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• Pickled shallots with fresh thyme

  
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  Onions have a sharp and unpleasant bite when eaten raw—and even though shallots are milder than their bulbous cousins, they too taste quite strong when consumed uncooked. Pickling shallots solves this unfortunate problem; it allows them to retain their lovely crunch but subdues their pungent flavor. Here ...
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• Wine of the Week

  
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  Looking for a cheap, decent drinkable red wine to pour with ribs, grilled pork chops, barbecue and burgers and pizza? Here ’tis. The Grove Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, which carries a general California designation, so don’t ask where the grapes originated, is one of Bronco Wine Co.’s long roster of labels; ...
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• Variety as Regional Identity

  
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  At the Drink Local Wine conference in Baltimore last month one of the panels discussed the idea that Maryland should have a signature grape variety. One person said chambourcin, another said cabernet franc and yet another suggested red blends. In Europe, wine regions are known for specific varieties. Burgundy is ...
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• Patel 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

  
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  I hope the photo does this elegant wine justice. Like the spring flowers from our garden lifting our spirits after a much-too-long winter, this bottle has the power to elevate the wine drinker. I received a duo of this wine with no accompanying card. I didn’t think much of it  thinking it was an unsolicited sample ...
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• De Martino Organic Wines of Chile

  
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  This particular wine tasting came about as a result of my new relationship with Snooth as well as my friendship with fellow blogger and journalist extraordinaire Susannah Gold , who was working with Opici , importer of these wines to the United States. Somehow, I ended up with a double set of samples. This ...
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• What happens when a great Cab house produces second or third tiers?

  
  STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG — Authority: 131
  Benjamin Lewis writes, in his superb new book, Claret & Cabs, that the Left Bank of Bordeaux, and to some extent the Right Bank, is undergoing an identity crisis, as more and more Classified Growth chateaux bottle second wines. It used to be that the handful of chateaux that made a second wine used grapes that ...
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• Frozen Pizza Recall

  
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  FREEZER ALERT! It’s pizza night in many households. Check your freezer for the following DiGiorno® and California Pizza Kitchen® varieties.  There are (4) four affected styles. REASON: Pizza may contain fragments of clear plastic.  Production dates are February 2013 and March 2013. DiGiorno® pizzeria!™ ...
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• Weekend Wine Sips: Tablas Creek Vineyard

  
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  When I was in Paso Robles, in San Luis Obispo County, last week, I spend a couple of hours at Tablas Creek Vineyard, tramping through the acreage of vines (certified organic) spreading in rolling hills across the limestone-clay soil, feeling how the mid-afternoon breeze filtered in from the Pacific, seeing how ...
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• Viszlay Vineyard in the field with John Viszlay and Jose Diaz

  
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  Viszlay Vineyard in the field with John Viszlay and Jose Diaz… Being in the vineyards with a winemaker who loves what he’s doing is always such a pleasure. I’ve got a green thumb and love helping things to grow organically. Sharing that passion with someone else who loves to be part of a “growing things” ...
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• 10 Cinco de Mayo Cocktail Recipes—Margaritas, Mojitos + More!

  
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  Cincode Mayo’s this weekend. Here are 8 great cocktails (even low-cal ones) for yourfiesta. -PJGach   WhenI lived in Texas, it felt like the entire state had one giant fiestaon Cinco de Mayo. Every block, every street, it seemed, threw a party. People draggedout their smokers and spent all day long getting ...
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• Niner Wine Estates 2008 Bootjack Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles

  
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  Where are the best values coming from in California these days? Some would say it comes from Paso Robles, a wine growing region midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Niner 2008 Bootjack Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon is a great case in point. For about $32 you are treated like wine drinking royalty. The wine ...
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• Ceja Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

  
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  2008 Ceja Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, CA, $50 (S) – Rating 91 Very approachable with just a short decant. The nose entices with notes of dark cherry, plum, blueberry and dark spice with hints of leather. A full mouth-feel with balanced tannins offering flavors of cherry, blackberry and dark spice with ...
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• 2009 and 2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: a comparison

  
  STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG — Authority: 131
  I’ve been tasting a lot of Cabernet Sauvignons lately. The 2010s are entering the market in full force; meanwhile, there’s still a good quantity of 2009s also arriving. The fun is in comparing the vintages. As a wine critic, I’m loathe to come to premature conclusions about vintages. I do it, of course, like ...
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