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Value Friendly French Wines Seminar-Wine World-March 27

W e are real sorry we missed this one. Jean-Pierre Chambas, founder of Aleph Wines, always has a great seminar. This time he led tasters on a tour through his selection of recently-arrived great value French wines. Here’s the list: Castel Malbec, Minervois La Berriere Muscadet sur Lie 2013, Loire Valley L’Ostal Cazes Rosé 2014, Pays d’Oc L’Ostal Cazes Estibal, Minervois L’Ostal Cazes Blanc 2013, Pays d’Oc Chateau Roc Taillade 2010, Medoc Chateau La Grange Clinet 2010, Cotes de Bordeaux Maison Chanson Vire Clesse 2012 Maison Bichot Secret de Famille, Bourgogne Rouge 2012, Domaine Baumard, Savennieres 2010 Where: Wine World, 133 Georgia Ave., North Augusta, SC 803-279-9522e-mail: wineworld@wineworldsc.com. When: Friday, March 27, 2015, 7pm. Cost: $20 prepaid. $25 at the door.

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Third Thursday Tasting-Wine World-March. 19

Andrew hosts the red table at Wine World's Third Thursday tasting

I was complaining about the rain and one taster commented “what better reason to be here inside tasting wine.” Good point. It was much better inside at Wine World’s Third Thursday tasting sampling 6 nice wines and some great cheeses. On the white table the Hahn Chardonnay stood out because of one flavor that stood out (for once I did taste one of the flavors mentioned in the wine notes) the taste of mango. Nice wine with lots of character. And the Belstar Prosecco was nice and dry. The tasting notes say a touch of honey and I would agree with that. I think this would be a great toasting bubbler for parties during the Masters. My favorite of the evening was the Francis Ford Coppola Claret. To me this 2012 tastes like something that’s been hiding in the cellar for a while. I actually like some older wines that…

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First Friday Tasting-Wine World-Mar. 6

W ine World, as usual, had a great tasting Thursday night. We’re sorry we didn’t have a chance to stop by and sample. But here’s the wine list. Next up is the Third Thursday on March 19th. Where: Wine World, 133 Georgia Ave., North Augusta, SC 803-279-9522 When: Friday, March 6, 2015, 5 to 8 pm Cost: $5, with rebate on the purchase of 1 bottle of the featured wines. Here are the wines presented (click to see more): Zestos Blanc Malvar Val de Salis Grenache Gris Rosé 2012 Sun Garden Riesling 2012 Jerome Quiot Family QEF Red 2009 In Situ Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 Hey Mambo Sultry Red 2011 Here are the detailed wine notes: Zestos Blanc Malvar | Vinos de Madrid, DO Spain 100% organically grown Malvar grapes. Full-bodied, fresh, crisp white. Assertive stone fruit, white peach & fresh apricot aromas & flavors. Has the citrus & crispness…

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One More Glance Wine Tasting & Photo Shoot-Mar. 14

J ennifer White will be here showing her artistic photography at our Saturday tasting and offer her services for pet photos. Bring your pets so she can take their portrait. Donate pet food for a discount for any pet photos purchased. Visit her website at www.onemoreglance.com. This is part of Roger’s regular weekend tasting only that the Saturday portion will feature Jennifer and her work. (in other words you can still drop by on Friday from 4:30-6:30 and taste the same wines). We’ll post the wine list as soon as we receive it. Where: Vineyard Wine Market (map), 4414 Evans to Lock Road, Evans, GA. (706) 922-9463 When: Saturday, March 14, 2014, 3 to 6 pm. Cost: TBD

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Weekend Tasting-Feb. 20-21-Vineyard

Roger holds a sign he sells in the shop

R oger was so excited about the special Physicians Assistant Fundraiser tasting on Sunday he forgot to post the wines from his regular weekend tasting in his newsletter. Six wines, that included a sparkler, was presented. Two wines, I have tried before at a wine dinner at the old Bistro 491, were from Jocelyn Lonen Wineryd, which Roger was sad to say, has closed. These are some of the last Jocelyn Lonen wines available. Now the demise of Jocelyn Lonen was reported by the local wine distributors who sometimes get their facts wrong. I did a Google search and found nothing there or at winebusiness.com. Their website hasn’t changed much in a few years but there’s no mention of its demise. If, true then it’s sad. The Jocelyn Lonen Chardonnay is a nice grassy appeal, nice acid, but doesn’t overpower with any heavy oak.. Their Napa Cabernet was nice especially…

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California Road Trip Seminar-Feb. 20

W ine World had a “California Road Trip” tasting seminar with Liz Gray of Advintage Distributing Friday night, February 2oth. Liz guided the tasters through an array of captivating wines and showing the characteristics of their California regions. Where: Wine World, 133 Georgia Ave., North Augusta, SC 803-279-9522 e-mail: wineworld@wineworldsc.com. When: Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. 7 pm. Cost: $20 prepaid. Reservations suggested as space will be limited. Here are the wines to presented: White Knight Viognier Three Saints Pinot Noir Bench Pinot Noir Turley Old Vine Zinfandel Plungerhead Dry Creek Zinfandel Elyse C’est Si Bon Ramsay Merlot Hobo Camp Cabernet Sauvignon Brookman Cabernet Sauvignon Here are the detailed wine notes: White Knight Viognier | Clarksburg, California Three Saints Pinot Noir | Santa Maria Valley Bench Pinot Noir | Sonoma Coast, California Turley Old Vine Zinfandel | Paso Robles based Website Plungerhead Dry Creek Zinfandel | Dry Creek Valley Elyse C’est Si…

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Weekend Tasting-Vineyard-Feb. 13-14

Roger had a Chocolate and Wine Tasting Weekend. Time to sample some great wines you can buy for your Valentine. Friday, February 13, 2015, 4:30-6:30PM and Saturday February 14, 2015, 3-6PM. Hopefully you brought your Valentine for the tasting. Here’s how Roger described it. “Ahhh! Chocolate & Wine with your Valentine! Flowers, candy, red hearts and romance. That’s what Valentine’s day is all about, right? Well, maybe not. DON’T FORGET THE WINE!!!! Nothing better! A match made in heaven; much like you and yours! The Vineyard invites you and yours to our annual Valentine Tasting.” Come by and taste a set of new-to-the-store wines and chocolates. Here are the wines we will be tasting: Chataeu Rousset-Caillau Rose’ Sparkling Pietra Santa Chardonnay Pietra Santa “Route 152” Pinot Noir Duc De Valentin Rouge Sexual Chocolate Red Blend Sacred Stone “Master’s Red Blend” Great tasting and a fun time! $8

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Carmenere Day Twitter Celebration

Dennis Tweets about Carmenere during Carmenere Day

T oday we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the discovery that the Merlot in Chile wasn’t Merlot but was the lost grape. Wines of Chile group celebrated with a tweet tasting fest (hash tag #carmenereday) featuring 8 wines. Unfortunately we only received 6 of them so we are enjoying those six. (Wouldn’t you know it that the one $55 bottle was one of the missing ones and the other was one of the most award winning wines of the year). The 2 we missed were the Maquis Viola ($55) and the Santa Carolina Reserva ($22). Those seemed to get good tweets. I guess we’ll take their word for it. Some comments about Carménère. Dennis says this is one of the best food wines. Dan has always commented that he likes Carménère just because it’s the lost grape. It’s a great story and Chilean vineyards have spent the last 20…

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