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Great 2009 Bordeaux Wines Tasted At Wine World
Bordeaux wine lovers packed into Wine World Friday night for another delightful evening with Jean-Pierre Chambas, founder of Aleph Wines and an expert at finding great wine from Bordeaux. Jean-Pierre is a storyteller, and he kept the crowd entertained, talking about history, culture and language as well as the wine. He...
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Third Thursday Wine World-May 17
Thunderstorms be damned. A little rain and lightning wasn’t going to deter me from stopping by Wine World Thursday night for their Third Thursday tasting. If you are looking for an Old World style Chardonnay rather than a California Chardonnay then the Louis Latour Chardonnay Grand Ardeche 2010 is a wine you want...
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Win A Trip To New Orleans With Best Sandeman Sangria Recipe
OK, all you sangria lovers and creative mixers. Here’s your chance to win a trip for two to New Orleans. Sandeman Porto wants your recipes for sangria made with Sandeman Founders Reserve Porto. Put on your thinking cap and your mixing gloves and come up with something special. Then submit your original recipe and a photo to the Sandeman Facebook page by June 1. Sandeman will share the sangria recipes...
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Happy Crowd At Calvert’s Burly Wine Dinner
A sellout crowd that jammed Calvert’s Restaurant Wednesday night for a dinner featuring Burly wines had a real treat. As always at Calvert’s the wine and food were perfectly matched. You run out of superlatives talking about the food at Calvert’s, and they never bring in a winery with mediocre wines. The wines always are first rate. That was the case again Wednesday, but in addition to the great food...
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In the mood to review something cheap
Hogue Cabernet Sauvingnon 2009 Columbia Valley, Washington | Hogue. I realized I hadn’t really reviewed a good cheap wine in a while. Unfortunately I found a cheap…. uh… value wine but I can’t say I found a really good one. I had Mr. Ben in the car and needed some milk and bread. I decided to stop at Fresh Market, even though I would spend a bit more for milk and bread, because I...
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Wild Horse Might Change Your Mind About Chardonnay
Wild Horse Unbridled Chardonnay 2010 Cost: $23-25 What: A lot of white wine drinkers will tell you they drink ABC–anything but Chardonnay. If you are one of them, give the Wild Horse Unbridled Chardonnay a chance. It just might change your mind. Wild Horse gets intense flavors from the fruit in its Bien Nacido Vineyard on the Santa Barbara Coast. There are beautiful notes of green apple, pear and...
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Wine Evening in the Garden-Tasters Guild-May 11
[Editors Note: Some of the recipes from the evening are posted at the bottom. More will be added shortly so please come back] Its difficult to review wines at a tasting when you find yourself sitting back and forgetting why you are there. I think of the Irish proverb that accompanied the announcement to the Tasters Guild Wine Evening in the Garden. Life is short and we do not have much...
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In-Shop Tasting-9th Street, May 7
A nice crowd gathered at Ninth Street Wine Market Monday to taste some wines and hear about wine cruises offered by Travel Planners of Augusta and AMA Waterways. One lucky taster even got a wine shop gift certificate. Where: Ninth Street Wine Market 12 Ninth Street, Augusta, GA 30901 When: Monday, May 7, 2012, 5:30-7:30 pm Cost: $10 per person. 706-724-1442. There were about 15 wines in all, and the...
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Wild Horse Might Change Your Mind About Chardonnay
Wild Horse Unbridled Chardonnay 2010 Cost: $23-25 What: A lot of white wine...
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Wine Evening in the Garden-Tasters Guild-May 11
[Editors Note: Some of the recipes from the evening are posted at the bottom....
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In-Shop Tasting-9th Street, May 7
A nice crowd gathered at Ninth Street Wine Market Monday to taste some wines...
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First Friday Tasting-Wine World-May 4
I usually put in our posts for the Wine World First Friday tastings...
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Cinco de Mayo Weekend Wine and Beer Tasting
The tasting is Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 and Saturday from 2 to 6. Roger says:...
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Silver Is A Crisp, Refreshing White In A Cool, Gray Bottle
Mer Soleil Silver Chardonnay 2010, California Cost: $23-25 What: With the...
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Beer Tasting-Wine World-April 27
It almost hit 90 today. With warm weather it’s nice to see what you can...
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