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 1980 + France
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | WHY WINE BLOG SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 McGregor Vineyard Rosé d'Cabernet Franc 2009 Of course, I did come to the rescue with a Cabernet Franc Rosé just brought home from my recent Keuka Lake Wine Tour and a visit to McGregor Vineyard and Winery. The McGregor family established their winery in 1980 and began producing Chardonnay, Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Noir that year. digress, now back to my Rose'. | | | | | | |
| | | DR. VINO JUNE 8, 2009 249 bottles of wine on the wall 1980 Yarra Yering Dry Red Number 2 Shiraz, Yarra Valley. 1980 Pewsey Vale Rhine Riesling Riesling, Eden Valley. 2005 Howard Park Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Cabernet Franc, Great. 2005 Château Mouton Rothschild Cabernet/Merlot/Cabernet Franc/Petit Verdot, Pauillac. Day One. Australia’s Regional Classics (1C). | | | | | | | | | |
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BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2007 Blind Tasting: Bordeaux Varietals, Part I
love the idea of tasting blind, letting your senses, and only your senses take control (isn't that some 1980's pop song?). Not scientific, by any means - there might be 5 or 6 vintages, wines made mostly from Merlot and others made mostly from Cabernet Franc, and others that are blends. didn't want to get too strict the first time. MORE >> -
EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008  Organic Wine From The South Africa! Upland Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
But by the 1980's the majority of the region was drinking primarily beer and spirits and the wine industry; which was now making still wine as well as grappa and dessert wine was mostly producing quantity instead of quality and mostly ignored. Let's talk South Africa. That sounds simple enough. Done.right. Wrong! Simplicity is lost in truth. MORE >> -
EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008 WINE OF THE WEEK: 2006 VINA BORGIA GARNACHA PAIRED WITH A LITTLE SPANISH WINE HISTORY
After the Romans took Greece and all their traditions from Polytheism to art and.well.wine Spain eventually came under Roman rule where her wines enjoyed some substantial travel showing up in England, far reaches of France such as the Loire valley and Germany. wonder if this is when garnacha was introduced to France as Grenache? MORE >> -
EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008  Casa Marguery Malbec: Bringing the Past to the Present and Into the Future
No I have never been to this part of France or France at all for that matter but I have researched enough to be able to imagine what it must be have been like in this bucolic commune. have looked and looked and found minimal information on the details of how Malbec made it from France to Argentina. The answer is yes we do. 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 Most fruit wasn't so good." This, "is what Kevin Kelley calls a ‘perfect storm'." We might as well begin with what we know. MORE >>
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