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American Wine Society Conference ~ Petite Sirah Panel ~ Another Pet Project
[L to R] Jo Diaz, Louis Foppiano, Jim Concannon, David Mounts, Miro Tcholakov, Kent Rosenblum, and George Moskowite. [Jose Diaz photo]
It takes an extraordinary amount of effort to create a perfect panel, as most people who do this for a living will tell you. I can’t even begin to imagine... (more)
Mocen Verdejo 2007
Obviously, I’ve been doing too many tastings of late: It looks like I got my notes mixed up on the two verdejos I had last week. The note from the Orden Tercera Verdejo 2007 was actually for this wine. Not good, but it happens. I have updated the other post with the new note…
Now... (more)
Los Hermanos Albariño 2008
I don’t drink enough of the local wines made from Spanish or Portuguese varieties. It’s not that I don’t think they’re up to scratch, but I usually have my hands full keeping up with the imported stuff. With the ever dropping dollar, imports are going to get more expensive... (more)
Orden Tercera Verdejo 2007
I had a couple of cheaper verdejos earlier in the week, and I was impressed at the quality level. I find that some of the cheaper offerings made from verdejo can be a bit oxidised, and frankly too herbal and vegetative. This one has a fair of the wild herbs that I’m not that fond of,... (more)
Telmo Rodriguez Vina 105 2006
Cigales is a small region just north of Valladolid in north west Spain. Like many regions, wine has been made here for generations, the signature wines are rosados made from tempranillo and garnarcha and a little verdejo or ablillo. It’s one of the few wine regions in the world that... (more)
Marques de Riscal 2006
Not to be out done, Marques de Riscal also makes a rosado from young tempranillo vines in Rioja. In fact they’ve been doing it for nearly 50 years. The resulting wine is fairly good, but I think they need to give away the visual references to the ol’ gold wire that you find around the... (more)
Mas Donis Rosado 2007
A great rosado with a seemingly girl friendly packaging makeover, including screwcap on top, plenty of fruit, great texture and a long finish. It’s as good as the 2006 and it should be flying off the shelves over the next couple of months…
The nose starts things off punchy with... (more)
Coto de Hayas Rosado 2007
The rosado campaign continues…I think I’ve run out of things to say about rosado. So instead I’ll talk about Spanish national day tomorrow (12th of October). A good excuse to cook up a pealla and drink something Spanish. That’s my plan anyway. If you’re out and... (more)
Valmiñor 2007
The number of retailer’s I’ve heard say “you’ll be on to a winner if you put some albariño underscrew cap and charge $20 for it” is amazing and they’re right. Well this goes halfway there, screwcap really suits the style too. Of course, I can’t really... (more)
Gonzalez Byass Elegante Fino
There doesn’t seem to be much good news in the paper these days. Words like economic meltdown, recession, jobs cuts and such seem to be on every page. It’s a good thing the only market I follow is the local farmer’s market, all these tales of woe could drive a man to drink. If... (more)
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