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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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Can a Bottle Fit in a Wine Glass?
Riedel designed a wine glass specifically for Oregon Pinot Noir (check it here). It looks like his regular Pinot glassware, but with a cute tulip flip at the rim. Well, Mr. Riedel must think we here in the great Northwest … Continue reading
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Drinking to Remember: Memory and Wine #MWWC34
Memory and wine are odd bedfellows. We drink to forget, right? Those hangovers from downing two buck chuck definitely did not build more gray matter. That second (or third) bottle certainly wiped out a few evenings.
But good wine, hell, even just unique wine, can be a time machine. Continue reading
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Tagged Burgundy, Cheese, Cicero, drinks, France, memory, Monthly Wine Writing Challenge, mwwc, Space, Time, travel, wine, writing
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Cave Winery Tour at Jarvis Estate Napa Valley
Our Napa Valley tour continues. After an extravagant whole day at Opus One (read here), we continue to dip our toes into this gilded pool with a stop at Jarvis Estate.
William Jarvis went from the Navy, to college and much travel, to found his own telecommunications company (you may have heard of HP) in Silicone Valley. Loaded, living part-time at his Chateau in France led him to wine. As one does, he bought an 1,320 acre retreat in SE Napa Valley, near Coombsville, and planted 37 acres of vines over ten years. Continue reading
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Tagged Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, chardonnay, drinks, Jarvis, Napa Valley, tourism, travel, wine
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A Second Round of Opus One
My job has flung me back to Opus One. A year and a half ago my wife and I paired our eighth anniversary with a visit. After three hours, we left impressed but confused. Can a single wine, no matter how good, merit a whole facility and army of employees?
Well, time for the prodigal son to return. Continue reading
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Tagged Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, drinks, Food, Mouton-Rothschild, Napa Valley, Oakville, Opus One, travel, wine, Winery
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Wine Review: Collab Spritz Rose Pink Heater Allen Brewery Cameron Winery
Beer and wine. Only in this melting pot of America can we mash traditions so freely. My wife even fermented beer in a Pinot Gris barrel and won with it (read here). Lucky for us, Heater Allen (one of our … Continue reading
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