Posts belonging to Category Carignane

November 9, 2012
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Posted by Bacchus

sea snails!
Wine goes best with a meal. The role of wine as part of a meal is not to simply complement the food preparations. That would be dull. I am looking for a wine that enhances the meal; increases the experience; brings a rush to the event. When this happens wine is at its best because it drives both sensory and intellectual regions of the brain [ed. see brain map below to identify food regions in the brain]. (more…)
Categories: Carignane, Grenache, Languedoc, Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara County, Santa Rita Hills, Santa Ynez, Syrah, Under$20, Value Value Value, Wine Grapes
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Tags: 2009 Kaena Grenache Larner Vineyard Santa Ynez Valley, 2009 Samsara Pinot Noir, 2010 Backhouse Pinot Noir California, 2011 Saint Chinian Mas de Mas Grand vin du Languedoc
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August 9, 2012
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Posted by Bacchus
What the heck is going on in Camarillo? When we attend a wine festival, especially in Camarillo, we expect to taste and munch and meet and greet. We are not supposed to discover wines and new labels. The 2012 Taste of Camarillo provided the right concoction of need-sonar-to-find-em wineries [ed. now THAT is under-the-radar], go-for-it winemaking spirit, and excellent food to see something vinous is happening in the breadbasket of SoCal. (more…)
Categories: Barbera, Beaujolais, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignane, Chardonnay, Chianti, Dolcetto, Gamay, Grenache, Lodi, Malibu Coast, Mourvedre, Paso Robles, Rose, Sangiovese, Santa Barbara County, Santa Maria, Santa Ynez, Syrah, Wine Grapes
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Tags: 2009 Ortman Chardonnay Central Coast O2 Series, 2010 Chateau Cambon Rosé, 2011 Malibu Sanity Chardonnay
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April 27, 2012
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Posted by Bacchus
Summer was almost here…then it jumped off the hook just like a River Monster. tBoW and team tasters have been doing our best to get ready for endless heat and long evenings on the patio with corks getting pulled and the BBQ working. Spring cleaning usually turns up a couple surprises but this year we hit the jackpot. Been waiting on this double-and-a-half magnum for some time. We did not know what to expect although we could vouch for the past 20 years of provenance. There’s more. (more…)
Categories: Alta Rioja, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignane, Chateauneuf du Pape, Grenache Blanc, Paso Robles, Rhone, Spain, Syrah, Tempranillo, Under$20, Wine Grapes
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Tags: 1985 Jaboulet Aîné La Chapelle Hermitage, 2005 Marques de Riscal Reserva, 2009 Carignan Redwood Valley Colimbini Vineyard, 2009 Ranchero Cellars Carignan Redwood Valley Colimbini Vineyard, 2009 Rangeland Wine Cabernet Sauvignon, 2010 Ranchero Cellars Chrome, 2010 Ranchero Cellars Viognier
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April 13, 2012
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Posted by Bacchus

Paso Sunshine
Hand over the mantle of leadership for Rhone style wine-making to the Tablas Creek team. Something has happened in Paso and we need to understand how…somehow. A region that once struggled to overcome vegetal Cabernets and tomato-flavored Pinot Noir is the zenith of New World Rhone style wines. No more fruit bombs. Plenty of spine and grip. And lush fruit. (more…)
Categories: Carignane, Counoise, Grenache, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Mourvedre, Paso Robles, Rousanne, Syrah, Tempranillo, Viognier, Wine Grapes
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March 10, 2012
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Posted by Bacchus

Arianna Occhipinti works it!
With temps in the 80s, offshore winds and longer daysit is starting to feel like Dotoré’s favorite season. Fighting off the urge to nap we have time to hit you with some wine reviews. And the occasional observation.
What if Andrew Dice Clay reviewed wines?
The Underground Wine Letter is running a series on wine fraud. Phony DRC wines caught at auction. I saw a guy on Auction Hunters crying because he only got $55,000 for his Delorean “time machine.” It was a replica. So these wine frauds pay for empty bottles of premium Bordeaux and Burgundy. If you can get past the effete-iness it makes for interesting reading. Especially the entry where Tilson (UWL editor) goes through a multi-decade process solving a mystery about a case of very unusual 1928 St Emilion he bought at auction. (more…)
Categories: Burgundy, Carignane, Chablis, Chardonnay, Chenic Blanc, Grenache, I.M.H.O., Oregon, Pinot Noir, Ribbon Ridge, Sicily, Syrah, Wine Grapes
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Tags: 2005 Chateau d'Epire Savannieres Cuvee Speciale, 2007 Bergstrom Cumberland Reserve Pinot Noir, 2008 Occhipinti “Siccagno” Nero D’Avola, 2009 Magnien Chablis, 2010 Domaine Coston Terrasses du Larzac
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