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Tag Archives: California wine
Charity fundraising tasting
During Cov*d, I offered a wine tasting with paired hors d’oeuvres to a local Rotary Club fundraiser for the Victoria Hospice Society in the memory of my father-in-law, Ken, who spent his last days there. Of course, because of Cov*d, … Continue reading
Posted in cabernet sauvignon, Cabernet Sauvignon / Blends, California, France, Grenache / Garnacha, Italy, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Petite Sirah, Plavac Mali, RED, Shiraz / Syrah, Zinfandel
Tagged Abruzzo, Bastides Miraflors, Brac, California wine, Caymus Suisun, Christiana Tiberio, cotes catalanes, Croatia, French wine, Italy, Lafage Winery, Petit Sirah, Petite Sirah, Plavac Mali, red wine, Stina, Stina Vino, Suisun Valley, Tiberio, Tiberio winery, US wine, Walking Fool, zinfandel
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Pinot Noir, Walraven Vineyard, Domaine Anderson, Anderson Valley AVA, California, 14.5% abv., 2019 US$70
Travelling down the highway from Mendocino on our way to Truckee, California, I yearned for a tasting at Domaine Anderson. We’d been to the Anderson Valley several years prior, but had visited their sister winery, Roederer at that time. Domaine … Continue reading
Roussanne, Uni, Stolpman Vineyards, Ballard Canyon AVA, Los Olivos, California, 12% abv., 2021, US$30
The night before I’d been to a renowned restaurant that listed Stolpman Vineyards on their wine list, so I thought I’d pay them a visit at their outdoor tasting room in lovely Los Olivos, California – a small town with … Continue reading
Posted in California, Chardonnay, OTHER, Rousanne, WHITE
Tagged Ballard Canyon, california, California wine, La Cuadrilla, Los Olivos, Peter Stolpman, Roussanne, sea urchin, Stolpman Vineyards, Stolpman wines, uni, white wine
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White Pinot Noir, Eclipse, Tenbrink Vineyards, Tolenas Winery, Suisun Valley AVA, Fairfield, California, 2022, 14% abv., US$37
This is pretty cool and happening stuff. While Pinot Noir grapes have been pressed and used forever as part of sparkling wines and blends, it’s rare to find white versions as still wine. This is the wine that won winemaker … Continue reading
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