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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | | | ALICE FEIRING FEBRUARY 18, 2008 Alice Feiring - In Vino Veritas His first harvest, in 1979. We selected 2 h in Pessac, cab and merlot. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Live Blogging from Climate Change and Wine Conference | Main | Global Warming & Wine Conference: M. In case you dont know him, he is the former owner of Cos Estournel. he poses. | | | | | | | SLAKED DECEMBER 1, 2008 Thanksgiving Revisited no one was in the mood for a thirty year old Sonoma pinot (the Hanzell 1979) so I opened a bottle of 1995 Hanzell Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir for Thanksgiving dinner. We followed up with Mondavi Napa Valley Merlot 2005 ** which is less robust than the 2004, and not quite as fruity, but is more subtle, and a generally good value wine at $16 | SLAKED NOVEMBER 26, 2008 The Perfect Thanksgiving Wine Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Merlot 2004 ** a very good merlot with blueberry notes and solid body that can be had for under $20 Bryce Vineyard Pinot Noir 2004 * ripe and succulent but with sufficient acidity to hold it all together. But more on that, later. Some are Good Values , others are Cellar Selections , all are American. | |
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