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Read MoreSherwin Family Wines Draw Rave Reviews At Calverts Dinner
Craig and Beverly Calvert presented another outstanding wine dinner at Calverts Restaurant Thursday night. They had a packed house for the special dinner paired with wine from Sherwin Family Vineyards. Everyone knew they were in for a special treat because Craig seems to rise to the heights of culinary creativity when he has a wine dinner with special wines. The dinner also was a fund raiser for the...
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Read MoreLong Meadow Ranch Releases Rich, Bold Chardonnay
Long Meadow Ranch Chardonnay 2015, Anderson Valley Cost: $39-41 The world of wine is endlessly fascinating because no matter how many different wines you’ve tried, there’s always a new one waiting to be discovered. This week’s chardonnay isn’t a new wine, but I hadn’t tasted it before, so it was new to me. After a few sips I wondered how I could have missed it before. This complex, full-bodied wine goes...
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Read MoreFailla Chardonnay Shows Ehren Jordan’s Wizardry
Failla Chardonnay Olivet Ranch 2016, Russian River Valley Cost: $45 Winemakers are really the wizards of wine country. Some make all their wines in one style. Others can adjust to changing conditions and circumstances. Ehren Jordan has shown he can make great wines in widely divergent styles with many different grapes. I met him when he was Larry Turley’s winemaker, crafting big, bold wines from old vine...
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Read MoreDavis Bynum Russian River Chardonnay Is A Tasty Delight
Davis Bynum River West Chardonnay 2015, Russian River Valley Cost: $24-26 Sometimes it seems I come across several wines from the same region all at the same time. Whether it’s serendipity, marketing campaigns or luck, lately I have tasted many great Russian River Valley wines. The region in Sonoma County, California, is known for its cool-climate wines such as pinot noir and chardonnay, but there are...
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Read MoreGraham’s Six Grapes Port Is Great Any Time Of Year
Graham’s Six Grapes Reserve Port, Portugal Cost: $23-25 OK, so you didn’t get an invitation to the royal wedding but you watched every minute of it on television. Now you can drink like a royal and pretend you were there. The Symington family, which owns Graham’s, selected a rare Graham’s 1982 Single Harvest Tawny Port to celebrate the wedding. Both Prince Harry and his bride, Meghan Markle, were born in...
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Read MoreOregon Wines and More Seminar-Wine World-July 27
A walk through Oregon’s Willamette Valley delighted the capacity crowd at Wine World Friday night, as they tasted four pinot noirs, a syrah and five white wines. Kaitlin Olinger of Advintage Distributing led the tour of Willamette wines. She worked in the valley for two years and even though she now sells wines from around the world she says “Oregon wines hold a special place in my...
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Read MoreStoller Rosé A Perfect Summer Wine With Body
Stoller Pinot Noir Rosé 2017, Willamette Valley, Oregon Cost: $24-26 Rosé is a great wine to drink all year long, but it seems to get the most attention in the summer. It’s perfect for those red wine drinkers who don’t want to switch to whites during the hotter months. With a good dry rosé you get all the refreshing attributes of a chilled white wine with the bigger body of a red wine. The pink color is...
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Read MoreRemember Lamrusco? You’ll Love Cleto Chiarli
Cleto Chiarli Lambrusco di Sorbara Premium Vecchia Modena DOC, Italy Cost: $14-16 I find it interesting that over time just about everything in the wine business gets better. Even the really inexpensive wines that I drank because that was all I could afford when I was much younger have gotten better. A great example is the Cleto Chiarli Lambrusco Premium Vecchia Modena ($14-16). This colorful sparkler is...
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Wine Tasting/Silent Auction For Georgia Southern Scholarship-Aug. 16
Wine tasting and silent auction. 7-9 p.m. Thursday, August 16, Cork & Flame, 4414 Evans to Locks Road, Evans; to benefit the Southern Women Scholarship at Georgia Southern University, wines curated by Dennis...
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Long Meadow Ranch Releases Rich, Bold Chardonnay
Long Meadow Ranch Chardonnay 2015, Anderson Valley Cost: $39-41 The world of wine is endlessly fascinating because no matter how many different wines you’ve tried, there’s always a new one waiting to be...
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Failla Chardonnay Shows Ehren Jordan’s Wizardry
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First Friday Tasting-Wine World-Aug. 3
Time for Wine World’s First Friday tasting. Six wines will be featured,...
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No Weekend Tasting-Aug. 3-4-Cork & Flame
At least not this weekend (Aug. 3-4). Next week is on with the their highly...
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Third Thursday Tasting-Wine World-Aug. 16
Time for Wine World’s Third Thursday tasting. Six wines will be...
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Davis Bynum Russian River Chardonnay Is A Tasty Delight
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