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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Mothers Day Family Dinner Features Lewis Alec's Blend

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Mothers Day Family Dinner Features Lewis Alec's Blend To honor (wife) Linda and the mother's in our family on Mother's Day,...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Constant Queen of Diamond Syrahs Highlight BBQ Rib Dinner

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Constant Queen of Diamond Syrahs Highlight BBQ Rib Dinner For a BBQ rib dinner wine buddy Bill brought a Constant Diamond Mountain ...

Grgich Current Release Tasting

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Grgich Hills Napa Valley Estate Current Release Flight Tasting From a well known legendary Napa producer, here are a couple wines that wh...

Liparita Napa Valley Merlot 2001

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Liparita Napa Valley Merlot 2001 Following the blockbuster 2001 vintage Diamond Creek Napa Cabernet we tasted the other night, I was ins...
Thursday, May 7, 2015

Henry's Drive Reserve Shiraz 2002

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Henry's Drive Padthaway Reserve Shiraz 2002 I wrote about this producer, the Longbottom Family , and the rationale for the name and b...
Saturday, May 2, 2015

Celebration dinner features Progressive Red Flight

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Celebration dinner features Progressive Red Flight Following a gala bridal shower Linda gave for friends Bill and Beth's soon to be d...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Vindicated Tre Leoni Napa Reds with DOC Butcher's Cheese Plate

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Vindicated Tre Leoni Napa Reds with DOC Butcher's Cheese Plate For a casual impromptu wine tasting experience, Linda and I stopped ...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Mitolo G.A.M. McLaren Vale Shiraz 2003

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Mitolo G.A.M. McLaren Vale South Australia Shiraz 2003 In my last review of this label , I wrote, "We love Aussie Shiraz and we...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Desperada Big Red Blend at Paris Bistro Cafe

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Desperada Big Red Blend at Paris Bistro Cafe This complex big bold expressive red blend was featured at the Saturday afternoon tasting at...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Taken Napa Valley Proprietary Red Wine 2012

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Taken Napa Valley Proprietary Red Wine 2012 Replay I discovered and wrote about this Taken Napa Valley Red Wine after a recent trip to...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Arns, Rusbissow, Cantenac Brown Highlight Flemings Prime Beefsteak Dinner

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Arns, Rusbissow, Cantenac Brown Highlight Flemings Prime Beefsteak Dinner A gathering of the original 'pour boys' . Saturday nigh...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

High QPR Casual Summer Sippers

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High QPR Casual Summer Sippers After conducting a public tour at the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio , in Oak Park, as a volunteer do...

Azelia San Rocco Barolo 2001

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Azelia di Luigi Scavino San Rocco Barolo (Nebbiolo) 2001 Readers of this blog know we don't do a lot of Italian wines. Less than 1% o...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Dunham Cellars 'VI' Walla Walla Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2000

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Dunham Cellars 'VI' Walla Walla, Yakima and Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 We hold a over a decade of vintages of this...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

Château Sansonnet - Grand Cru Classé St Emilion 2005

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Château Sansonnet - Grand Cru Classé St Emilion 2005 Château Sansonnet is a smaller producer by Bordeaux Grand Cru standards with 7 hec...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Napa vs Sonoma 2k Cabernet Duo

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Napa vs Sonoma 2k Cabernet Duo Sister Jan visiting from So-Cal prompted a mini-family reunion so we pulled a pair of 2k cabs - a Napa Val...