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| | | WINE TASTING GUY JULY 25, 2011 Hard to find HERZOG wines As many of you may know, I presently am employed by the Herzog family handling Marketing/PR for Royal Wine Corp. For the first time last week I took a trip up to Marlboro, NY to visit the Kedem Winery. NO, I am not here to tell you that you need to check out the Kedem [.]. wine - kosher | | | | | | | | |
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DR. VINO | WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011  Pin-up winemakers, smashed shiraz, a map, WBC – sipped and spit
BOOSTED: …awareness! Young Austrian winemakers have posed scantily clad for a calendar to boost…awareness! Of Austrian wine. Which one is Miss Gru Vee again? Appearing later this year: a calendar of old hag winemakers from the mountains. Decanter ]. CRASHED: shipping container. forklift lifted 462 cases of wine 20 feet in the air! NYT ]. MORE >> -
WHY WINE BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011  Heron Hill Dry Riesling 2009
It's Friday night and I find my self getting a little ahead on the reviews. Normally, I like to drink four or five or more wines per week and then pick one for a weekly review. This past week though, I am finding that it may be damn difficult to chose one, so I've been drafting a few to publish later. Even better would be a strawberry/blueberry mix. MORE >> -
WHY WINE BLOG | SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2011  Dr. Konstantin Frank Rkatsiteli 2009
I've been wanting to try the Dr. Konstantin Frank Rkatsiteli ( Ar KATS see telly ) ever since I first heard of it. Why I waited till now, who knows? But finally I have one to taste. Its accepted origin is in Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains bordering Armenia and Turkey. Rkatsiteli yields good sugar levels in cold climates and has a high natural acidity. MORE >> -
IMBIBE NEW YORK | MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011 2010 Clos Roche Blanche Pineau d’Aunis
One of the great benefits of my new job is that I work around the corner from Chamber Street Wines, where I purchased the above bottle of 2010 Clos Roche Blanche Pineau d’Aunis, a rosé from Loire with sediment in the bottle that came highly recommended…a little tight, she said…indeed it blew our minds. Thankfully, [.]. MORE >> -
DR. VINO | FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2011  Caption this: horn & cask edition
There are some fun pics from last year’s harvest festival on Madeira over on Flickr. Madeira is a fortified wine built to withstand the abuse of sea voyages, so this cask-over-the-shoulder approach is probably child’s play for the beverage. For your, amusement caption the one to the right. MORE >>
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