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 1980 + 2008
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | VIGNA UVA VINO DECEMBER 31, 2011 Liberty School Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 Paso Robles In the early 1980’s, Cabernet Sauvignon from Paso Robles caught the attention of renowned Napa Valley vintner Chuck Wagner of Caymus Vineyards. That’s what this Liberty School 2008 Cab is all about. Rounding out with silky tannins, nice texture, and a ripe finish with good length, this Cab is especially food friendly. | DR. VINO JUNE 8, 2009 249 bottles of wine on the wall 2008 Grosset Wines Polish Hill Riesling, Clare Valley. 1980 Yarra Yering Dry Red Number 2 Shiraz, Yarra Valley. 1980 Pewsey Vale Rhine Riesling Riesling, Eden Valley. 2008 Tahbilk Marsanne, Nagambie Lakes, Goulburn Valley. Disgorged 2008 Rockford Sparkling Black Shiraz, Barossa Valley. Day One. Day Two. 2006 S.C. | | | | | |
| | | DR. VINO JUNE 4, 2009 Australian Riesling - Can it age? - Grosset, Steingarten and Leo Buring On a related note, his current release 2008 Polish Hill had excellent citrus character akin to the white of a pink grapefruit. The 1980 Pewsey Vale Rhine Riesling Eden, golden in color, was interesting but definitely in the “drink now&# part of its bottle evolution. At the outset, it was a single vineyard wine of tiny production. | SLAKED DECEMBER 31, 2008 1995 Vietti Barbaresco Masseria It was slow to open up and reminded me at first of the 1988 Dunn and 1980 Caymus we tasted last month - woodsy and ephemeral - but this soon led to warm, ripe cherry-raspberry notes and displayed an almost fresh floral mid note in the glass. We can't go out on New Year's Eve. It's sort of a house arrest kind of thing. Long story. | | | | | | | | |
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EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008 WINE OF THE WEEK: 2006 VINA BORGIA GARNACHA PAIRED WITH A LITTLE SPANISH WINE HISTORY
Campo de Borja named after the notorious Rodriguez Borgia was granted appellation status in 1980 and is planted with mainly garnacha, an indigenous varietal made famous by the French who call it Grenache. Wow does Spain have a cool viticultural history; which is of course tied directly to her political and economical history. Hmmmmm.I Cheer MORE >> -
EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008  Casa Marguery Malbec: Bringing the Past to the Present and Into the Future
Political unrest and corruption plagued the country from the forties all the way through the to the 1980's with a brief revival in the mid fifties (which was good because it put more land under vine for the future). The word Malbec is being heard more and more these days. At the shop the question is often,"Do you guys have any Malbec?" MORE >> -
EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008  Corvina: It's Not Just For Amarone Anymore
But it wasn't until after the 1980's that this area got back on its feet. The next wine I want to talk about is really cool. This region has got a lot going on. Its capitol is Venice, which was at one time the most important cities in Europe for trade and commerce and is the most visited city in all of Italy, which.I That's a lot to take in. MORE >> -
EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008 CHARDONNAY: A STUDY IN WHAT WENT WRONG
By the 1980's there were more chardonnay vines planted in the state of California than in all of France. I am going to start this one with a recent quote from the San Francisco Chronicle: It all started, ".when when Hanzell Vineyards imported new French oak barrels, wineries mimicked the way wine was made in Chardonnay's old home of Burgundy. MORE >> -
SLAKED | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008  1980 Caymus Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon **
The maitre d' brought over a bottle of 1980 Caymus Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ** The primary note in the glass was a honeyed balsamic reduction. We dined at Henry's End in Brooklyn Heights last night, which was very good. ordered a bottle of the 1988 Dominus, which unfortunately was funked. screw cap debate. It was not the cork. MORE >>
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