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Read MoreStoller Reserve Chardonnay Gets Even Better With Age
Stoller Reserve Chardonnay 2014, Willamette Valley Cost: $40 As the COVID-19 induced lockdown drags on I find myself turning more and more to wines produced from a winery I have visited. Drinking those wines pulls up pleasant memories as I look forward to future visits. Stoller Family Estate in Oregon is not only a place I visited, but where I spent several nights sleeping in the middle of the vineyards...
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Read MoreFrank Family Summer Grilling Tasting A Virtual Party
Frank Family Vineyards continued their fun summer series of virtual wine tastings this week with a session on wines and outdoor grilling. It was a fun tasting, but the most surprising thing was that owner Rich Frank didn’t do any of the grilling. He loves to grill and is reputed to be good at it. In California, as in Georgia, they grill all year long, but summer just seems like the time you should be...
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Read MoreKistler 2011 Chardonnay Still Bright, Complex & Refreshing
Kistler Chardonnay Hudson Vineyard 2011, Carneros Cost: $75 When I think a wine is going to be good I love to buy at least three bottles and compare how the wine changes over a period of years. Most wines will improve with only a little bit of aging, including white wines. The danger, of course, is holding onto wines too long and you end up drinking them past their peak. I was afraid I had done that with...
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Read MoreWine Lovers Have Endless Crush On Inman Intentional Rosé
Inman Family Virtual Tasting Kathleen Inman was ahead of her time when she began virtual wine tastings in 2007. The public might not have been ready for them back then, but now she is doing more virtual tastings than ever. During a recent virtual tasting from her winery in the heart of Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley she kept things light and breezy, but packed with information about her delicious...
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Read MoreLong Meadow Ranch Merlot Great For Summer Grilling
Long Meadow Ranch Merlot 2015, Napa Valley Cost: $33-36 While summer seems most suited for drinking white wines, there is no need to ignore your favorite reds during the summer heat. For instance, it just doesn’t seem right to drink a white wine with a hamburger or a steak. If that suits your taste, that’s fine, but most people would rather have a red wine with a burger. We interrupted the string of white...
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Read MoreBacksberg Chenin Blanc Was Made For Broiled Lobster
Backsberg Chenin Blanc 2019, South Africa Cost: $15-17 In these COVID-19 quarantine times, my wife and I look for any reason we can to celebrate. Leafing through the grocery store ads in Wednesday’s newspaper I noticed Publix had lobster tails on sale, so that became the reason for the celebration and part of the celebration itself. Lobster is one of our favorite foods, but if we ate it whenever we wanted...
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Read MoreTwo Oregon Stars Make Magic With Chemistry
Chemistry Pinot Gris 2019, Willamette Valley Cost: $13-15 It amazes me that for an industry that is thousands of years old, there is always innovation going on in the world of wine. Sometimes it’s a different grape in a region, or a new technique or a new blend. They all work to help us wine consumers find something we like. And, as is the case with the Chemistry wines, the innovations often lead to lower...
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Read MoreCupcake Rosé Is A Fun, Vibrant Wine Perfect For Summer Fun
Cupcake Vineyards Rosé 2019, California Cost: $12-14 Sometimes you get so used to seeing a wine everywhere, from supermarkets to discount stores to wine shops that you forget about how good it is. It’s like that with the Cupcake Vineyards wines. They produce many very good wines at an outstanding price. I have been drinking their wines since they began 12 years ago, and I’ve never had a bad bottle. These...
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