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• SA entries down sharply at the Concours Mondial

  
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  The fortunes of top end SA wine in Europe are reflected in entries for this year’s Concours Mondial which are down over 20% to 184 while Australia’s are up by the same margin and New Zealand’s have rocketed over six fold. This for a competition widely regarded as the most credible and which has attracted [...]
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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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• 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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• In Vino Veritas? The Truth About Wine in Three Tastings

  
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  In vino veritas — in wine there is truth — this is one of the touchstones of the wine enthusiast world. I like the sound of this, but I admit to being a bit confused by two recent wine tastings that I organized where the wines easily fooled us (or perhaps we just fooled ourselves), but a third tasting helped put ...
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• Holman Ranch Vineyards 2011 Estate Sauvignon Blanc, Carmel Valley

  
  Toledo Wines and Vines — Authority: 136
  This delightful Sauvignon Blanc comes from Holman Ranch estate vines grown at an elevation of 1,100 feet in Carmel Valley. It captures the sun and playful sea breezes of the California coast. The wine is a light gold in the glass and on the palate my first impression was of lemon zest. The body is light and the wine ...
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• Lunch on the Mountain

  
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  In late April, I made my second visit to the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain in central Arkansas. Julias friend Molly runs the restaurant at the Institute, and we picked a weekend to run up there again and enjoy a peaceful and relaxing vacation away from the city. This time we were lucky to ...
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• Where is Wine Going?

  
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  I often get asked, “What is the best wine?”/”What’s new in wine?”/”What should I be drinking?” – this recent survey gives a bit of insight into what is happening in the industry to keep you in the know: - United States sippers reaffirmed their role as the world’s No. 1 wine consumer, drinking 3.8 ...
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• From the Juice of Grapes to the Drink of the Gods

  
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  Strict Standards : strtotime(): It is not safe to rely on the systems timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We ...
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• The Chosen leading the way

  
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    New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc has been evolving, not so quietly but not in the limelight either. Marlborough producers such as Ant Moore, Dog Point, Seresin, Framington to name a few have been doing it openly and blatantly. Offering wine drinkers a more satisfying Sauvignon experience that is. Cloudy Bay also did ...
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• The Wines of Holman Ranch, Carmel Valley

  
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  I stayed one night at Holman Ranch last September, and the serenity and beauty of the place — the stillness, the magnitude of stars in the night sky — cannot be emphasized too much. Deep in the hills of Carmel Valley, inland and south of Monterey Bay, Holman Ranch occupies land bestowed upon the Mission San ...
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• Panic in the wine show aisles

  
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  Wine show entrepreneurs are running scared as it looks like the new liquor legislation may bring an end to their hugely profitable retail party. Already organizers of the Gugulethu Wine Festival, the best show in town, are warning exhibitors to stand-by for a ban on show sales, which may make many a wine festival ...
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• Art meets Wine in München

  
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  Aboriginal Art und Wein aus Downunder In München findet im Völkerkundemuseum in diesem Tagen die Wanderausstellung der Artkelch Galerie statt. Sie ist einzigartig, denn die Galeristen aus Freiburg präsentieren erstmals in Deutschland Kunstwerke der Spinifex Region aus Western Australia. Robyn Kelch ...
  4 weeks ago

• Line 39 Sauvignon Blanc

  
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  You can do a lot to grape vines with fertilizer, and once the wine is made there are lots of alterations that can be done with various ingredients, but there are a few things that are harder to fake. You cant really install a 100 million year old volcano under your soil, and you cant really change your latitude. ...
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• The Art of Tasting Wine with James Flewellen: Top 10 White Wine Grapes

  
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    by  James Flewellen With over 1,300(!) vine varieties out there making commercial wine, it’s a tough task to narrow down to only 10. Nevertheless, here are my ‘top 10′ white wine producing grapes. The order is my own preference, based on commercial importance, potential quality of the grape and ...
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• Tin Barn Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 2011 - Smooth and Extremely Drinkable

  
  The Reverse Wine Snob — Authority: 542
  Grapefruity and grassy with a fabulous texture. 100% Sauvignon Blanc from Carneros, Sonoma County, California. SRP of $18 and available at that price. Sample submitted for review. From the bottle: "Tin Barn Vineyards is the fruit of five friends passion for the grape. Winemaker Michael Lancaster works to ...
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• CADE Winery Tasting with CellarPass

  
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  Hello Friends, I recently had an opportunity to join CellarPassTV for a live virtual tasting with CADE Winery. CellarPassTV, who I have done previous tastings with, is an informative live wine broadcast where some of California’s top winemakers, winery owners, and people in the food and wine industry are ...
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• Making Good Wine and Food Pairings

  
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  I hope everyone is not tired of me writing about the Winefest Renaisasance! It was a lively evening, the first of what will hopefully be an annual event. All the proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Aberdeen; a worthy and noble cause. The fact is that though I am still recuperating a bit from all the ...
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• 4th Annual Concours Mondial du Sauvignon, France

  
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  The best wines made from the Sauvignon Blanc grape will be awarded at the 4th annual Concours Mondial du Sauvignon next week.After being held… [Full Story]
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• Chateau le Thil Comte Clary Blanc 2008 - Delectable

  
  The Reverse Wine Snob — Authority: 542
  A wonderful white Bordeaux. Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon from Passac Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France. SRP of $19 and available for as low as $18. Sample submitted for review. From the winery: "A dark straw color with flecks of green - this is very clean and fresh on the nose with lots of floral and ...
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• Wesley’s Wine of the Week (Kora Sauvignon Blanc 2011)

  
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  The Kora Sauvignon Blanc hails from the capital of Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand. The Rose family estate is situated in the Wairau River Valley, where the rocky soil encourages the vine to concentrate flavors in lower yields. Combined with the cool nights, this makes for an intense stony crispness. ...
  5 weeks ago

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