Recommendation: Quality wine at a bargain price.
Winery/Producer: Caves Messias; Mealhada, Portugal.
Grape Variety: Blend: Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz and Touriga.
Geographic Region, Appellation: Douro Valley, Portugal
Vintage: 2008
Price: $8.10 (with 10% case discount) [click to continue…]
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When you are preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for ten the urge to have a wine tasting experience is irresistible. Certainly, we could not resist, so about a month before the big event we began to plan. We knew that the whole group would drink wine with the dinner, that wine was not some people’s favorite, and that none of us were experts. We planned to have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and wanted to have several appropriate wines available. [click to continue…]
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Recommendation: Recommended as a buy.
Winery/Producer: Gundlach Bundschu Winery; Sonoma, California.
Grape Variety: Gewurztraminer.
Geographic Region, Appellation: Sonoma Coast, California.
Vintage: 2012.
Price: $17.10 (with 10% case discount) [click to continue…]
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Recommendation: Recommended as a buy.
Winery/Producer: Loosen Christopher Wines; Newberg, Oregon.
Grape Variety: Chardonnay.
Geographic Region, Appellation: Willamette Valley, Oregon.
Vintage: 2011
Price: $18.00 (with 10% case discount) [click to continue…]
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Recommendation: Recommended as a buy
Winery/Producer: Justino’s Madeira Wines; Sta. Cruz; Madeira Island, Portugal.
Grape Variety: Madeira blend: Negra Mole, Complexa, Tinta da Madeira and Triunfo.
Geographic Region, Appellation: Madeira, Portugal
Vintage: NA
Price: $21.60 (with 10% case discount) [click to continue…]
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Getting together with wine drinking buddies is a ripe opportunity for wine tasting so when our friends invited us over for a jambalaya dinner we eagerly offered to bring some wine for tasting. When we turned to our bible What to Drink with What You Eat we found two wines that looked good, Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc. Visions of sausage and shrimp in a spicy sauce filled our heads but the prospect of choosing a wine that could stand up to the spiciness that is our host’s specialty was daunting. No problem, off to The Caviste, our favorite wine shop, where owner Russ Anderson was quick to recommend two special wines, one with a tad of sweetness and one not:
Rene Mosse Magic of Juju ($18.90) and Le Rocher des Violettes, Negrette 2010 ($26.10, both with a 10% case discount).{ 1 comment }
Recommendation: Not recommended.
Winery/Producer: Azienda Agricola Guccione
Grape Variety: Trebbiano
Geographic Region, Appellation: Sicily, Italy.
Vintage: 2007
Price: $27 (with 10% case discount) [click to continue…]
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Recommendation: Recommended as a buy.
Winery/Producer: Domaine du Vissoux, France.
Grape Variety: Gamay
Geographic Region, Appellation: Les Garants, Fleurie; Beaujolais, France
Vintage: 2012.
Price: $25.20 (with 10% case discount) [click to continue…]
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Recommendation: Recommended as a buy.
Winery/Producer:Domaine a Manarine, France.
Grape Variety: Grenache blend: 60% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre and 20% Syrah.
Geographic Region, Appellation: Cotes du Rhone, France.
Vintage: 2012.
Price: $13.50 (with 10% case discount) [click to continue…]
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Recommendation: Recommended as a buy.
Winery/Producer: Sant’ Evasio; Nizza Monferrato, Italy
Grape Variety: Barbera
Geographic Region, Appellation: Piedmont, Italy
Vintage: 2012
Price: $18.00/3 liter box (with 10% case discount) [click to continue…]
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