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Turning Point Vineyards

5 of 5 stars - First encountering Turning Point Vineyards during the Country Ham Days festival last month, I was thrilled to take home three varieties of their wonderful wine. Turning Point has become my wine of choice with a meal, as well as a wonderful way to relax after a day at the office.

Madorom Vineyards 2005 MadoroM Merlot & Cab

5 of 5 stars - i had a chance to taste the 05 MadoroM Cab and Merlot and the new MadoroM 06 " Camouflage" red wine. I thought with the success of the 01 thru 04 they could not top it. But they sure did ! check out madorom.com and read up on Camouflage! HOME RUN !

Champagne Codan-Remy Alain

5 of 5 stars - I love the Codan-Remy champagne. I live in the States, but each time I go back to Europe I make sure I can bring back a few bottles with me. I usually get the dry, but I also like their pink champagne, and of course the prestige. If you are in the Champagne region of France, do not hesitate to swing by Damery: beautiful little village, very nice people, and great champagne.

Rios-Lovell Estate Winery Estate Chardonnay Estate Chardonnay

2 of 5 stars - Perhaps my least favorite chardonnay in the whole Livermore Valley.

Sea Mist Winery 2005 Cranberry Blueberry

5 of 5 stars - I was given a sample in a small shop in Newport and my tastebuds were overcome by the delicious tastes of cranberry and the subtlety of blueberries. What a great combo! I bought 2 bottles and told everyone at home of the treasure I had run across. My sister brought me 2 more bottles from her vacation in Oregon! You HAVE to try these wines, even if you don't drink! I did.

Opici Winery Opici Barberoni Table Wine

5 of 5 stars - Been buying this wine for many years but lately the bottle caps are very hard to remove plus once removed with knives & plyers, they cannot screw back on the 4L size. The bottle stays open which is not good. I hope you try another type of cap otherwise I will have to try another wine.

Loess Hills Vineyard And Winery Catawba and Diamond

5 of 5 stars - Both of these wines are very good....we stop to pick up a bottle to take to our friends house often. We are always greeted with smiles and conversation while we are in the winery showroom. Sometimes we like to just set outside with a bottle and listen to music with our friends. Good place to stop!

Relax, Say the Caranos

Some of you may have seen my post yesterday about the sale of Lazy Creek Vineyards in the Anderson Valley of Mendocino County. This singular producer was bought by Ferrari-Carano over the summer, and I expressed concern that the idiosyncratic character of Lazy Creek would not be able to withstand the more glitzy persona [...]

Lazy Creek Is Sold

Ferrari-Carano buys Lazy Creek.

Vintages new online site = Fail (for Mac and Firefox users)

Vintages just emailed out notice that the VINTAGES Online Exclusives is live. There's only one problem - it doesn't work on a Mac.Clearly the LCBO and the company they chose to outsource the project to never bothered to try the...

SommelierService.com

An interesting press release made it to my email inbox this afternoon. The wine lists at Jamie Kennedy restaurants are always very interesting so this service could prove to be interesting for those that want to find unique wines that...

Nov Classics Collection Online

Vintages.com has posted the November 2008 Classics Collection offering here.Here are direct links to the Product Summary (PDF) and Detailed Product List (PDF).Are there any gems in here that has your interest piqued?

Tahbilk Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

Tahbilk have being making wine down in central victoria since... well basically the dawn of time. I have no idea why it has taken so long for us to review what is one of the great bargains of the Australian wine world: Tahbilk Cabernet Sauvignon 2004.

Turkey Flat Rosé 2008

Released from the shackles of winter we are now free to enjoy a nice chilled glass of Rosé in the sun, and what better way to kick off the new releases than with the Turkey Flat Rosé 2008.

Cameo Vineyards

5 of 5 stars - This place it awesome! I have sampled wines across the country and this place rates with the best of them!! Although small, the atmosphere and products are incredible. Picked up a case after sampling several varieties and am ready to go back for more. Too many great wines to choose from. Something for everyone. Don't miss out on visiting this winery! Central IL at it's best!

Best Wine Blog Posts for October 3rd through October 17th

Best of the wine blogosphere for October 3rd through October 17th: Boycott Beaujolais Nouveau The state of American wine What We Talk About, When We Talk About Food Cork USB Memory Stick Imagining a world after Parker Are Wine Magazines Shattering on the Vine? David Lett and an Eyrie Vineyards retrospective Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2008: 2nd Annual Contest at [...]

Civilta' Del Bere Editoriale Lariana S.r.l. zuliani

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Az. Vit. Casa Favot Di Fraschini Emilio 2002 barbera

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Debating Brunello's Future

The latest on the brunello controversy.

Nov Vintages Classics Collection and New Online Sales Announced

The new Vintages Classics Collection is out!Don't head to Vintages.com though for as is usual, the online version doesn't get posted until several days after the "not so environmental friendly" version is mailed around the province.This edition sports plenty of...