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2009 Bordeaux Wine Harvest. The Pomerol Report with Producer Comments

Date: Mon, Aug 30, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

The producers in Pomerol were thrilled with the unexpected September rains. Pomerol, with its unique clay soils and heavy merlot plantings, is usually the first major Bordeaux appellation to harvest. By early September, some Pomerol wine makers were worried about 2009 because of the lack of moisture in the soils. That changed for the better September [...]

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Bordeaux wine maker, chateau owner, Thierry Manoncourt of Figeac, St. Emilion passed away

Date: Sat, Aug 28, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

  Thierry Manoncourt passed away Friday, August 27 at his beloved Chateau Figeac, located in St. Emilion Bordeaux. One of the last of the old guard, he was only a few days shy of his 93rd birthday. Born in the Paris, he began managing Chateau Figeac in 1946. The property had been in his family [...]

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Does drinking Bordeaux wine make you smarter? Another healthy benefit from red Bordeaux!

Date: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

  According to an article published in WebMD, August 18, drinking wine might not make you smarter, but it can result in the decline of thinking skills. Researchers in Norway studied the drinking habits of 5,033 men and women over a seven-year period, including some teetotalers. And they report that wine drinkers scored better than [...]

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7 Blind Men, It’s All Too Much La Turque, Chateau Margaux, Lafleur, Pavie & more Bordeaux!

Date: Thu, Aug 19, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

  Blind Tasting is always a fun and humbling experience, especially when it’s with 7 Blind Men!  You never know what to expect, which always keeps it interesting.  The group met at Campanile. Mark Peel put together more than enough food to keep us busy while Jay Perrin handled the wine service. 95 Taittinger Comtes [...]

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Tasting 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape, or getting wasted with Jerry Hey

Date: Mon, Aug 16, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

WASTED offers several different and interesting meanings. When combined with wine, the term takes on a new connotation, especially when Jerry Hey and his gang of “Wasted” members are involved. I was under the impression the name was an acronym for Wine Advocates for Serious Tasting Eating and Decadence or debauchery. Was I wrong? Jerry [...]

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7 Blind Men are at it again, “Down in the hole”, blind tasting Bordeaux from the 80′s through the 20′s

Date: Wed, Aug 11, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

7 Blind Men is a group I founded several years ago. We remain devoted to tasting wines blind. The group meets 9 times a year, with each member taking turns hosting. If Dirty Harry was a member he would have said, “I know what you’re thinking. With all this excitement, how does a group with [...]

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Jeffrey Davies Old World, New World Technologies

Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

Back in the late 1980's, Michel Rolland began encouraging winemakers to pursue lengthier macerations at warmer temperatures.

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Blonde, Brunette or both?

Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

  Faced with having to pick between a blonde or brunette, I did the only sane thing a normal person would do. I spent the night with both! Why not? Each has their own unique, special qualities. And to truly appreciate the individual characteristics, spending the night with each was the only way to go. [...]

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Persian Mulberries offers decadence in summer dining pleasures

Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

While the majority of this site is dedicated to wine, The Wine Cellar Insider does not think we can live on wine alone.  We like eating too.  My favorite season for eating is summer. The plethora of fresh products from the local farmers market’s makes sure every visit is part adventure and part treasure hunt. For [...]

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The WSWA wants to revoke your rights to freely purchase the wines you want!

Date: Fri, Aug 6, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

The enemy of wine lovers, as well as free trade, the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) is still actively trying to revoke your rights to freely purchase the wines you want to drink.  The WSWA is doing this under the guise of protecting minors from purchasing alcoholic beverages, specifically wine. The bill, HR5034 [...]

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2009 Bordeaux, a report on the Top Value Wines of the Vintage

Date: Wed, Aug 4, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

The satellite appellations for this report combined all the different areas I tasted from that are not from the major Bordeaux appellations. Satellite appellations can offer some of the best quality for the money wines.  Many of these wines would do well in blind tasting’s with wines from more illustrious terroir’s. .   2009 20 [...]

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St. Emilion Pt 2: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, A Hooker & Some Great Wines!

Date: Thu, Jul 29, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

  One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer along with several great St. Emilion wines might seem like a lot, especiallly after the tasting with Stephane Derenoncourt, pictured above. But not with the right Hooker. 2009 Magdelaine  opens with minerals, dark raspberries, chocolate and licorice aromas.  The wine is medium bodied, soft textured and ends [...]

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2009 St. Emilion Pt 1… It’s hard to be a Saint in the City…

Date: Mon, Jul 26, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

  In 2009, St. Emilion lacks the same level of consistency and freshness found in the 2005 vintage.  2005 remains the reference year for fans of St. Emilion wines.  That being said, there are some outstanding wines worth purchasing from 2009 at all different price points.   Interestingly, in this inconsistent vintage, a few St. Emilion chateaux produced the [...]

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If Caligula bought wine, his cellar would be stocked with 2009 Pomerol!

Date: Mon, Jul 19, 2010 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs

Pomerol is the smallest Bordeaux appellation.  Until a few years ago, with few exceptions, it earned the sobriquet of the most inconsistent appellation in Bordeaux as well.  But that is no longer the case.  Since 1998, Pomerol has been on fire. 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2008 have all been strong vintages for the region.  [...]

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