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A WINE STORY JUNE 1, 2011 Tasting Notes week of May 31 Vidal-Fleury Coes du Rhone 2010 Rose. Style note: A bright cheerful rose that personifies summer with its gorgeous color, uplifting floral fragrance of ripe berry fruit and flowers, and long finish with a pleasant nectarine pit kick. Great with salads and fish. 2009 Wyndham Estate Chardonnay Bin 222. Balance and texture quite delicious. | WHY WINE BLOG JUNE 1, 2011 Hosmer Winery Dry Riesling 2009 In my last post I gave high praises to Hosmer Winery's Rieslings that I tasted at the winery last Sunday. Sometimes when on a wine tour or tasting at a local shop, you fall in love with what your tasting, buy a few, take them home and set yourself up for some disappointment. was going to wait a day or two, but by 10pm I couldn't wait any longer. | DR. VINO JUNE 1, 2011 Department of Trading Up: Weight Watchers edition Even the recession did not lay waste to Americans’ love of wine: per capita consumption continued to increase the past couple of years even if the average per bottle price declined. Over the holiday, I found a curious cause of cutbacks that actually led to trading up: the waist. relative told me that he (!) Sacre bleu! | A WINE STORY JUNE 1, 2011 Winemaker Cristobal Undurraga Marimon comes to New York Cristobal Undurraga Marimon is a member of the family known in the Chilean wine industry as “the pioneers,” who were among the first in the 1980s to bring the country’s fine, value-priced wines to the attention of the world. What's interesting about Christobal is that the family sold their original holdings in 1986. Koyle Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. | | | | | | | |
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SLAKED | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011  2007 Araujo Estate Eisele Vineyard Syrah *
Purple, maybe a very dark garnet color. Mesmerizing French oaky notes (not overt, though) with blueberry compote and Cool-Whip sweet cream and sweet lactic notes. Mellow spice in the middle and finish, which is really the only way to tell this is syrah. Not what I would call a varietal driven syrah; but a delicious one. MORE >>
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