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Category Archives: Red
Video Wine Review: Daou Seventeen Forty, Paso Robles, 2010
Has a decade tamed the monster Cabernet Franc Merlot blend from Paso Robles? Check out my video review Daou Seventeen Forty, Paso Robles, 2010
Posted in Cabernet Franc, EMPTIED BOTTLES
Tagged Cabernet Franc, Daou, drink, merlot, Paso Robles, Paso Robles California, travel
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Video Wine Review: Ravines, Merlot, Finger Lakes New York 2018
Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES, merlot
Tagged alcohol, drink, Finger Lakes, merlot, ravines, travel, wine
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Wine Review: Torii Mor Pinot Noir Olson Estate Vineyard Dundee Hills 2014
Another day, another bottle to check out. I tumble into my “cellar” (aka crawl space) and pull out a fine-dusted bottle of single vineyard Pinot Noir from 2014. If this virus gets me, at least I enjoyed one more wine … Continue reading
Posted in Oregon, Pinot Noir
Tagged 2014, drink, Dundee Hills, grapes, Oregon, pinot noir, Torii Mor, travel, vineyard, Willamette Valley, wine, Winery
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Wine Review: Domaine Tollot-Beaut Chorey-Les-Beaune Rouge 2011
Now trapped at home, my cellar (aka crawl space) lights up the end of this dark tunnel. Each bottle holds a glimpse into the world before this plodding, boring present. I would rather open wines too early than too late for the sake of some palate time travel. So, yes, let us crack open another Burgundy. Continue reading
Posted in Pinot Noir
Tagged 2011, Bourgogne, Burgundy, cellar, Corona Virus, Covid 19, drink, France, pinot noir, Tollot-Beaut, travel, wine review, Wine tasting descriptors
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Balkan Merlot Wine Review: VukojE, Galerija, Bosnia-Herzegovina 2016
Wow. Hi internet, I missed you. Toddler distractions notwithstanding, let us turn our sails back toward the wine dark sea. Many leagues ago, I started to review Balkan wines my mother-in-law smuggled back with her. The tannic, native grape, Vranak made for some puckered and challenged palates (read here). But, how does Bosnia-Herzegovina handle the stereotyped grape of plush pleasure and ease: Merlot? Continue reading
Posted in Bosnia-Herzegovina, merlot
Tagged Balkans, Bosnia-Herzegovina, merlot, travel, wine
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