Pedernales Cellars, a Texas winery, won a gold medal with their 2009 Tempranillo in this year’s Dallas Morning News Wine Competition. Reporting in the newspaper Rebecca Murphy, founder of the competition and member of the tasting panel had this to say about the winning wine. “It turns out that the Tempranillo grape is suited to [...]
Source: The Wine Curmudgeon March 28, 2012 By Jeff Siegel It’s not easy finding cheap cabernet sauvignon that tastes like cabernet sauvignon. Too many of them are fruity and sticky, without the heft and tannins that cabernet is supposed to have — call them cabernet lite. Or, if they taste like cabernet, they cost at [...]
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His main ingredient: Passion NORWALK, Conn.–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Statement by Diageo Global, Maggie Lapcewich President Global Tequila, Diageo plc We are deeply saddened to announce that Don Julio González Estrada, the industry legend and founder of Tequila Don Julio passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Mr. González’s passion, devotion and innovative thinking changed the [...]
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-Posted by Alfonso Cevola- Vino Vino is helping to “Keep Austin Weird” (and well fed) One of our favorite wine bars in Austin, Vino Vino, has an entrepreneur owner who just can’t sit still. And the good news for all of us is that some of his ideas are downright tasty. Jeff Courington, managing partner [...]
-Posted by Alfonso Cevola- The 1982 Bordeaux wines are almost 30 years old now. That was the vintage that launched a thousand boats, proclaimed the virtual dawn of the new age of wine in America, according to such wine sages such as Eric Asimov at the New York Times. Perhaps this is the time to [...]
Sweet red and chocolate infused wines are trending up these days. Along with that there is a trend for sweeter cocktails. And chocolate/coffee infused drinks are hitting the hot spots as well. Who are drinking these concoctions? According to Jeff Siegel over at the Wine Curmudgeon, he writes, “’Why is everyone so surprised that Millenials, [...]
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“There he is. He’s back home. It feels really good.” – Karen Olch, Volunteer, Eugene Cascades Raptor Center I knew there was a reason I admire the folks at King Estate so much. From the first time I went there in 2000, when the rolling hills reminded me of Tuscany, I have been drawn to [...]
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In a chance tasting of of over 50 wines yesterday, a few standouts. The 2009 Jordan Chardonnay among them. I was trying to figure out how this wine went from being a blowsy,voluptuous offering in the 90′s to this elegant, restrained beauty. Maturity in the vines, in the winemaking and in the evolving tastes of [...]
Good news from our friends at Maisons Marques & Domaines, the force in the USA behind Roederer, Pio Cesare and a handful of top flight wineries in the world. Having just been in Piedmont, I revisited Pio Cesare’s winery in January; the renewed cellars are beautiful and the wines are better than ever. Great news [...]
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An exciting new wine from Li Veli in homage to their ancient Greek influences; hope you will be able to get your hands on this “minimal intervention” wine in your market. It’s un-oaked, no malo, utilizing indigenous yeasts and little sulfur. And it has a killer bottle that you can use to make a lamp. [...]
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