Wine Blogs

Noticias del Vino   |   2 hours ago

OVIEDO.   El Consejero de Medio Rural y Pesca del Principado de Asturias, Aurelio Martín, anunció hoy en Cangas de Narcea, la firma de un convenio entre el Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (Serida), la Asociación de Vino de Calidad de Cangas y la Asociación... (more)

ProfessorBainbridgeOnWine.com   |   5 hours ago by Steve Bainbridge

Tags: current affairs

Colin Powell wises up : Colin Powell, one of President Obama's most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern Friday that the president's ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the size of government and the federal debt too much. "I'm concerned at the... (more)

ProfessorBainbridgeOnWine.com   |   5 hours ago by Steve Bainbridge

Tags: fantasy football

My first mock draft of 2009. A 12 team, PPR, snake draft, 2 RB, 2 WR, one RB/WR flex, 1 QB, 1 TE, ! DST, 1 K league: 10: Larry Fitzgerald, WR 15: Tom Brady, QB 34: Darren McFadden, RB 39: Wes Welker, WR 58: Reggie Bush, RB 63: Santonio Holmes, WR 83: Jerricho Cotchery, WR 87: Kellen... (more)

ProfessorBainbridgeOnWine.com   |   9 hours ago by Steve Bainbridge

Tags: current affairs

Matthew Cooper makes a good (if somewhat obvious) point: Sarah Palin's stunning announcement that she'd not only decline to seek reelection as Alaska's Governor in 2010 but that she'd resign her term later this month caught everyone by surprise. After all, can you think of another... (more)

jamie goode's wine blog   |   11 hours ago by Jamie

Tags: sangiovese, biodynamics, california

A conundrum of a wine. It's from Randall Grahm's Bonny Doon operation. It's mainly from a vineyard farmed biodynamically in San Benito County, yet it contains an ingredients list that most emphatically is not an indicator of typically natural wine making. Yet you have to respect the honesty... (more)

ProfessorBainbridgeOnWine.com   |   12 hours ago by Steve Bainbridge

Tags: 10 things i think i think

1. The worst thing about Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Governor to focus on running for the presidency is that it'll make Andrew Sullivan even more monomaniacal. Andy: Give it a rest once in a while! 2. Steven Taylor has been doing a great job covering the Honduras coup. I totally... (more)

Jason's Wine Blog   |   12 hours ago by jason

Tags: amador county, best of the rest, k&l wines, sobon estate, wow!, zinfandel

Price: $12.99 @ K&L Wines What They Said: Per K&L Wines “Rocky Top Tennessee may be home sweet home to Lynn Anderson, but Rocky Top in Amador is home to some fine old Zinfandel vines, and that’s good news for all of us! A very shy producing vineyard with... (more)

ProfessorBainbridgeOnWine.com   |   12 hours ago by Steve Bainbridge

I'm sending this one to Glenn and Eugene: (more)

Jean-Luc Thunevin's Blog   |   13 hours ago by noreply@blogger.com (Jean-Luc Thunevin)

Tags: tasting

David Schildknecht did an incredible amount of work visiting winery owners and tasting wines from the Languedoc and the Roussillon. The titles: The best values in worst times for Languedoc and Pushing the envelope along France’s frontier for the Roussillon, with 659 wines noted and commented.... (more)

The Picky Eater   |   14 hours ago by noreply@blogger.com (Keith Levenberg)

Sometimes a bout of envy can ruin your whole day! Via Instapundit , here’s a melodramatic story about a woman at the Chicago restaurant Alinea, who had just finished the eighth course of a twenty-five course meal when she noticed a diner at the next table getting the same dish—but in a... (more)

Blame it on Rioja   |   16 hours ago by Adrian

Tags: general, rioja in the news, rioja on the web, wine blogs

At a time when the line between press and promotion has blurred (Hi, my name is Adrian, and I have been a paid spokesperson for three years…), it’s refreshing, if sometimes maddening, that some media institutions maintain strict ethics guidelines that keep their trip-planning... (more)

Os VINHOS   |   17 hours ago by Pedro Rafael Barata (Blog Os Vinhos)

Tags: syrah, alentejo, classificação: 14 - 16, rosé, preço: 2€ - 4€, touriga nacional

Região: Regional Alentejo Castas: Touriga Nacional e Syrah Produtor: Terras de Alter, Companhia dos Vinhos, Lda Preço: Entre 2€ e 4€ Álcool: 13.5% Enólogo: Peter Bright Notas de Prova: Cor vermelha bem viva e aromas exuberantes de frutos vermelhos,... (more)

Wine Reviews & Comments   |   18 hours ago by ByronSharp

Tags: france, south of france, wine

83 points It’s Bandol all right but the alcohol is over the top in this vintage. Too spirity. Otherwise a good wine. (more)

Le Vin au Blog   |   18 hours ago by Le Vin au Blog

Tags: carmenère, de r$ 31 a r$ 40, chile, shiraz, malbec, argentina

Nome: Callia Alta / Santa Carolina Tres Estrellas Safra: 2007 / 2007 País: Argentina / Chile Região: Valle de Tulum / Valle Central Produtor: Bodegas Callia / Vña Santa Carolina Site: http://www.bodegascallia.com/ / http://www.santacarolina.com/ Importador: Decanter / -... (more)

Jean-Luc Thunevin's Blog   |   18 hours ago by noreply@blogger.com (Jean-Luc Thunevin)

Tags: it's in the air

The notes for the wines of the Roussillon have been published on Robert Parker's site ! (more)

Vinix Social Network - Area Blog   |   18 hours ago by lbolognini@gmail.com (Lorenzo Bolognini)

Ciao a tutti, visto che sono nuovo qui, posso permettermi di sperimentare e farmi subito terra bruciata tutto intorno ;-) Sono un fan del bag-in-box. Oh, ormai l'ho detto, chi è senza peccato scagli la prima pietra! L'interesse nel bag in box è sia personale (mi piace bere un... (more)

QVinho - Blog de vinhos, gastronomia e espresso   |   19 hours ago by Jackson

Tags: argentina, familia rutini

Fundada em meados de 1885 pelo emigrante italiano Felipe Rutini, a Rutini Wines , mais conhecida como La Rural é uma das mais tradicionais Bodegas de Mendoza. A vinícola está localizada em Maipu, assim como alguns de seus principais vinhedos. Ao todo a a La Rural totaliza 255 ha de... (more)

Decanter News   |   20 hours ago

Spring hail has demolished vineyards in Slovenia and Hungary. (more)

old world old school   |   21 hours ago by Joe Manekin

Tags: hip-hop, friday pm hip-hop, music reviews

I'm going to do my best to get back on track programming real hip-hop every Friday afternoon, just like I did back in the day, circa '07. Pete Rock, one of hip-hop's greatest producers, proves here that he's also got some mic skills. He's accompanied by one of the most promising MC's at that... (more)

LENNDEVOURS   |   22 hours ago by LENNDEVOURS

Tags: lenn thompson

By Lenn Thompson, Founder and Editor-in-Chief Last week on Twitter , Morgen McLaughlin of Finger Lakes Wine Country said, referring to a short piece by Wine Spectator's Thomas Matthews , "This is why Long Island wineries need to submit wines for review to Wine Spectator... (more)