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• Willamette Valley Vineyards 2007 Chardonnay Estate Vineyard WV

  
  Beyond the Bottle — Authority: 419
  Full Disclosure: This wine was provided as a free sample from the producer. In the glass, the Willamette Valley Vineyards 2007 Chardonnay Estate Vineyard (13.5%) was a clear, golden yellow color offering fleeting hints of pear and pineapple fruit that led to clear notes of vanilla, cream, and nutmeg. In the mouth, ...
  8 hours ago

• Balbas Crianza 2006

  
  Tinto y Blanco — Authority: 103
  This is a new one from Ce Soir, part of a range of wines from Ribera del Duero. One of the older bodegas in the region making very smart wines. Well worth seeking out. There is a dollop of Cabernet in here is well, which is quite typical and traditional for the region…I’m not usually a fan, but there is always an ...
  1 day ago

• Mionetto Prosecco Brut ~ A Nice Bubbly for Daily Drinking

  
  Gang of Pour On Wine — Authority: 121
  Click to enlarge As has been reported , I consider myself to be something of a “bubble head,” in that I would have no problem whatsoever with drinking sparkling wine on a daily basis. I love the stuff, I really do, but financial considerations, even at the best of times, are such that I can’t afford to ...
  2 days ago

• This Holiday Season, Drink Farmer Fizz!

  
  The Corkdork - Wine and Food Musing — Authority: 106
  Last week I attended the annual Terry Theise Grower Champagne tasting (now my favorite tasting all year), and it really hit me. All my readers should be drinking Farmer Fizz. Why? I think most of my readership has found me through searches for lesser-known, small producer wines. My readers would rather drink wines ...
  2 days ago

• Exit 1 & Harvest From the Hood

  
  Seen Through a Glass — Authority: 428
  I dropped down to the Hulmeville Inn last night for a couple quick beers; not just any beer, but the new Flying Fish Exit 1 Bayshore Oyster Stout (thanks to big Tom Linquist for the tip on the Flying Fish Exit 1 firkin ). I had dinner ready when Cathy got home at 5:45; Look, dear, casseroles ready in 20 ...
  4 days ago

• Kung Fu Girl 2008 Riesling Washington State

  
  Beyond the Bottle — Authority: 419
  At $12, the Kung Fu Girl 2008 Riesling Washington State (12.5%) offers a terrific quality-to-price ratio. In the glass, this Washington riesling was a clear, light straw color, delivering notes of pineapple, citrus, honeysuckle and then a bit of Bazooka bubble gum (no kidding). In the mouth, the Kung Fu Girl riesling ...
  4 days ago

• Brick House 2007 Cuvee du Tonnelier Pinot Noir

  
  Beyond the Bottle — Authority: 419
  Plain and simple, the Brick House 2007 Cuvée du Tonnelier Pinot Noir Ribbon Ridge (13.4%) is a terrific wine. In the glass, this Oregon pinot noir was a light, cloudy ruby red offering spice, then strawberry and raspberry, followed by wet earth on the nose. In the mouth, the Brick House Cuvée du Tonnelier delivered ...
  4 days ago

• Bell’s Two Hearted Ale & Amici’s Pizza

  
  Gang of Pour On Wine — Authority: 121
  Pizza and beer; it’s a natural combination, right?  Like love and marriage, law and order and Laurel and Hardy.  But truth be told, it’s been years since we’ve indulged in those particular American secular sacraments at the same time.  On the occasions that we do eat pizza, we’re more inclined to open a ...
  5 days ago

• Agent for Change Zinfandel 2006: A Charitable Twist to your Table Wine

  
  The Corkdork - Wine and Food Musing — Authority: 106
  Heres another way for wine to make you feel good. Agent for Change is a portfolio of wines that donates a portion of the proceeds from each bottle to a worthy cause, this 2006 Paso Robles Zinfandel donating 50% to healthcare outreach and clinical care for vineyard workers. This offering, produced by the ...
  6 days ago

• A Champagne Jean Laurent Tasting to Remember

  
  Gang of Pour On Wine — Authority: 121
  Click images to enlarge Champagne Warrior Brad Baker had been looking for the opportunity to stage a comprehensive tasting of Jean Laurent Champagne for some time now, and he and wife Michelle finally bit the bullet and set a date to do so on October 3rd . The tasting was held at their home and by my count, ...
  6 days ago

• Willamette Valley Vineyards 2007 Dry Riesling WV

  
  Beyond the Bottle — Authority: 419
  Full Disclosure: This wine was provided as a free sample from the producer. In the glass, the Willamette Valley Vineyards 2007 Dry Riesling Willamette Valley (11%) was a clear, light gold color, offering notes of petrol, honeysuckle, strong minerality, especially wet stone. In the mouth, the WWV riesling delivered ...
  1 week ago

• Arcane Cellars 2008 Riesling Willamette Valley

  
  Beyond the Bottle — Authority: 419
  In the glass, the Arcane Cellars 2008 Riesling Wheatland Estate WV (11.5%) was a clear, light yellow straw color, delivering signature petrol as well as floral and mineral aromas to the nose. I really liked the crisp acidity combined with the off-dry finish, all surrounded by delicious fruit and mineral flavors. We ...
  1 week ago

• As the Wort Tuns…*

  
  Impy Malting — Authority: 456
  So, last night Mr. Malting came home with a beer for me, made in honor of “that soap I watch.”  A beer made after Eastenders ? My mind raced with perverse variations of the kind of ale that might be served at the Vic. (For those who feign ignorance because this topic is beneath them, it is the pub on the ...
  1 week ago

• 4 New Wines from Cornerstone Cellars

  
  Gang of Pour On Wine — Authority: 121
  Napa Valley’s Cornerstone Cellars sent out their samples packages to select reviewers last week, and we are fortunate enough to be on that list. We received four new releases, two each from their moderately priced Stepping Stone program and the prestige Cornerstone label. We published reviews of the previous ...
  1 week ago

• Magic Hat Fall 09 Odd Notion

  
  Seen Through a Glass — Authority: 428
  I got a sample of Magic Hats Fall Odd Notion back in September, stuck it in the fridge to chill...and hit the road. Kentucky Bourbon Festival, moving my mother-in-law (came back from that with 18 bottles of Guinness that I stuck in the fridge...in front of the Odd Notion (and theres a Deschutes Jubelale in there, ...
  1 week ago

• Domaine Drouhin 2007 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley

  
  Beyond the Bottle — Authority: 419
  In the glass, the Domaine Drouhin 2007 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley (13.9%) was a clear, garnet red with high toned cherry fruit and dusty hints of menthol on the nose. This Oregon pinot noir offered a full mouth feel with black cherry and blackberry flavors balanced with nice acidity and a bit of a sweet finish. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another Great Chardonnay from Santa Barbara: Rusack 2007

  
  The Corkdork - Wine and Food Musing — Authority: 106
  I love this wine just on a visceral level, but appreciate it even more on a technical level. If you look at the tech docs on this wine, a few things pop out that seem incongruous to the end product. Roughly 100% went through malolactic fermentation and it has a pretty high new oak percentage, around 48%. Sure, thats ...
  2 weeks ago

• 2008 Domaine La Garrigue Côtes-du-Rhône Cuvée Romaine

  
  Gang of Pour On Wine — Authority: 121
  We kicked off our 12th season of Red Wings and Red Rhônes this past Saturday night with somewhat mixed results.  The Detroit Red Wings played hard and for the most part, played well, deserving a better fate than a 3-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche, while the wine, a 2008 Domaine La Garrigue ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tasting with Jarred Gild

  
  Gang of Pour On Wine — Authority: 121
  As previously reported , we’ve become fans of the wine department that Jarred Gild has put together at Ferndale’s Western Market , and as is often the case, a friendly relationship has developed out of that admiration.  We invited Jarred over a few nights ago and proceeded to spend a most enjoyable ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rittenhouse Rye Single Barrels

  
  Seen Through a Glass — Authority: 428
  Yes, Ive been absent. Some of it was work -- quite a bit, actually -- some of it was WhiskyFest San Francisco, and some of it was baseball. In any case...Im back. And Im leaving again; tomorrow Im flying to Kentucky to help celebrate Parker Beams 50 years with Heaven Hill , and to get the first taste of this ...
  2 weeks ago

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