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Read MoreDive Into Quality, Value With Cannonball Merlot
Cannonball Merlot 2014, Sonoma County Cost: $15-17 Sometimes when you want something done right you have to take matters into your own hands. That’s just what two wine lovers did when they created Cannonball Wine Co. Dennis Hill and Yoav Gilat were fed up with overpriced wines, so they decided to join forces to make serious wines that didn’t take themselves too seriously. Hill was a respected wine maker...
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Read More10th Annual CSRA Wine Festival Winners Announced
Twelve judges gathered at the Vineyard Wine Market Thursday, October 5th to select this year’s winner for the upcoming 10th Annual CSRA Wine Festival being held Saturday, October 21st. BottleReport.com tallied the scoresheets for the festival to determine the winner. The opening round of tasting was the sparklers, at which time a toast was made for Chef Heinz and Bobby Johnson, who were always part...
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Read MoreKicking Back with a Blue Moon Pumpkin
Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Wheat For the past few years I typically had pumpkin brews while watching Auburn play football. Since I didn’t enjoy the pumpkin beers so much last year…. not that I didn’t like the beers, I didn’t like the games…. I decided to try other seasonal brews like an Oktoberfest and harvest brews. Well heck. I saw the Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Wheat at...
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Read MoreWeekend Tasting-Vineyard-Oct. 6-7
For the first time I did not try one wine at Roger’s tasting this week. Didn’t need to. He was having a special tasting featuring around 80 wines. He started out with about 80 but there was probably still 50-60 by the time I stopped by Saturday evening. These wines were from Thursday night’s judging for the upcoming 100th Annual CSRA Wine Festival on Oct. 21. Some of these were very high...
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Read MoreJoel Gott Grenache Packed With Complex Flavor
Joel Gott Grenache 2013, California Cost: $22-24 If you are not familiar with modern grenache, you owe it to yourself to try some. Grenache is best known as a wine from the southern Rhone region of France. But it also does well in Spain, Australia and the United States, and is one of the most widely planted varieties in the world. Some of my favorite grenaches are from the United States and this Joel Gott...
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Read MoreWeekend Tasting-Vineyard-Sept. 29-30
I stopped by Saturday and of course the game was on and UGA was kicking butt. I had to get home though for the start of the Auburn game at 6PM so I was in a hurry. This was a speed-tasting for me. In a nutshell I liked every wine. The Firestone Cab and the Coup de Grace were fantastic. Average price on these wines were right at $20. The Anne Amie Pinot Gris had more fruit than just about any Pinot Gris...
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Read MoreMike’s French Wine Seminar: Great Wine, Fun Stories
One of Wine World’s favorite presenters, Michael Simmons of Republic National Distributing, had great stories to tell and great wines to present Friday night after his trip to France. He toured some of the country’s most iconic wine regions, Champagne, Alsace, and Burgundy. He tasted wine at some of the finest wineries, and caroused with wine makers, vineyard managers, and producers. The wines...
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Read MoreJ. Lohr Quality Shows Through In Paso Robles Syrah
J. Lohr South Ridge Syrah 2014, Paso Robles Cost: $14-16 Things are constantly changing in the wine business. But some of the best things remain the same. That describes J. Lohr, one of the pioneers in Paso Robles. For decades, whenever wine drinkers talked about Paso Robles, the conversation always started with J. Lohr. And they continue to make top quality wine year after year. Thankfully, they have not...
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Weekend Tasting-Vineyard-Oct. 13-14
Roger said in his newsletter “don’t let the warm weather fool ya; the cold is around the corner. This weekend The Vineyard showcased ‘Wines for Autumn’.” He also said it was just in...
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Dive Into Quality, Value With Cannonball Merlot
Cannonball Merlot 2014, Sonoma County Cost: $15-17 Sometimes when you want something done right you have to take matters into your own hands. That’s just what two wine lovers did when they created Cannonball Wine...
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10th Annual CSRA Wine Festival Winners Announced
Twelve judges gathered at the Vineyard Wine Market Thursday, October 5th to...
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Kicking Back with a Blue Moon Pumpkin
Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Wheat For the past few years I typically had pumpkin...
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Weekend Tasting-Vineyard-Oct. 6-7
For the first time I did not try one wine at Roger’s tasting this week....
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First Friday Tasting-Wine World-Oct 6
It was time for Wine World’s First Friday tasting. Six wines were...
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