Most people, myself included, think of white wines almost exclusively when they think of Germany. But they do make wine from red grapes – in particular Pinot Noir, known there as Spätburgunder. In fact, according to The Oxford Companion to Wine (3rd edition, 2006), Spätburgunder is Germany’s third most planted variety and totals over half of [...]
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November 27th, 2009 | Tags: 2007, Germany, Pinot Noir, Rheingau, Rose, Spatburgunder | Category: Price: 16-20 bucks, Tasting Notes | 
4 comments. Add yours.Producer: Ken Forrester Grapes: 100% Pinotage. A cross of Pinot Noir and Cinsault, resembling neither, it was created in the 1920s in South Africa by Stellenbosch University professor A. I. Perold. Here’s a good overview of the grape and it’s history. Appellation: Stellenbosch (W.O. or Wine of Origin, South Africa) Vineyards: Southeast-facing slopes. Winemaking: [...] November 23rd, 2009 | Tags: 2008, Pinotage, South Africa, Stellenbosch | Category: Price: 10 bucks or less, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.Fun, wine-related song + Stewie from Family Guy = guaranteed post on VINEgeek Izza Kizza “Red Wine” ft. Stewie of Family Guy from Izza Kizza on Vimeo. Stewie sings Red Wine Producer: Charles Smith Wines Grapes: 100% Riesling Appellation: Columbia Valley (though from a single vineyard; see below) Vineyard: Evergreen Vineyard, a 452 acre vineyard planted to 10 different white varieties and farmed by Milbrandt Vineyards. It is rather young, having been planted in 1998. The vineyard currently falls under the large Columbia Valley AVA, [...] November 19th, 2009 | Tags: 2008, Columbia Valley, Riesling, Washington | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes |
5 comments. Add yours.This is the first post of a new series I’m starting on oddball wines. I thought I’d start in Italy, which is full of indigenous grape varieties that are produced in a small region and hardly anywhere else. This is one of those: Lagrein. Have you ever had one? Ever heard of it? La Vis [...] November 15th, 2009 | Tags: 2007, Italy, Lagrein, Trentino | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes |
5 comments. Add yours.I’m going to start a new series on the blog focusing on oddball wines. Oddball might mean an uncommon grape variety, an unusual blend, an out-of-the-way region, a variety in an unexpected location (French Zinfandel?) or an unusual production method. Now, I’m sure that sometimes a few of you will think a wine is not [...] The Sideways movie trailer in French. Just because. I should have known better than to buy this wine. I generally avoid wines with such gimmicky names/labels. But a few months ago I was planning a series of posts on Lodi old vines Zinfandel and was picking up just about every bottle of it I saw. I realized later that this one doesn’t say [...] November 8th, 2009 | Tags: 2007, California, Lodi, old vines, Zinfandel | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.There is very little information about this wine online. It’s not even listed on the importer’s website and the winery’s blog doesn’t say much more than what’s on the label. But it got 90+ points from Jay Miller in the Wine Advocate so I guess that’s why it ended up at Costco. When I saw [...] November 4th, 2009 | Tags: 2006, Aragon, Petit Verdot, Spain, Tannat | Category: Price: 10 bucks or less, Tasting Notes |
4 comments. Add yours.Thanks to @SummerH for the photo above Gary Vaynerchuk made a stop in Austin recently on his book tour for Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion. In addition to the three book signings he did around town that day, he and Lindsay Ronga organized a Cork’d tasting that [...] November 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cork'd, Fitou, Gary Vaynerchuk, Howell Mountain, Merlot, Napa Valley, Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Texas Hill Country | Category: Tasting Notes |
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