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 California + Chenin Blanc
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | DR. VINO OCTOBER 6, 2009 Natural wines, premox, chenin blanc, 07 Port and Rhone – John Gilman So grab a glass of wine, throw another log on the fire, grab a sandwich, channel your inner wine geek, and listen to John opine on the topics of natural wines, zero dosage champagne, some pitfalls of collecting, 2007 vintage for Port and in the Rhone, the nobility of chenin blanc, the Piedmont producer Produttori del Barbaresco and more! | DR. VINO JULY 28, 2009 Lots on labels – but not on American wines Charlie Olken, publisher of the Connoisseur’s Guide to California Wine, posted several comments on this subject on the previous thread about his experience with lot variation in domestic wines. Should wine lot numbers appear on the labels of American wines as they do in Europe? They should. Lot numbers could help sort out some of that. | | | | | |
| | | DR. VINO OCTOBER 7, 2010  In praise of mature wine But I think it’s worth pausing on California wines since it gets to the question of young people and old wine. Is mature wine relevant? | | | | | | | | | |
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VIGNA UVA VINO | SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2009  Big Claw
I know "Big Claw" sounds like a monster movie from the 60s, but this white from California's north coast is anything but a B movie blend. On the nose, lychee fruit and pineapple will get you salivating, while taste buds are piqued with the flavors of just peeled lychee and the crispness of sour apple. likey MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2009 Ethics and My Blog
was hosting a wine dinner and I asked him where I could purchase a dry Chenin Blanc with some age on it, and he generously offered this wine as a gift. Or "I'm sending this guy my California Roussanne that I think he'll find interesting, based on the other wines he likes." What spurred this? And he probably reads Dr. Vino too. MORE >> -
DR. VINO | MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2009  Screwcaps, scores, riesling, the Loire, Cali cab: John Gilman part two
So buckle up and get ready to hear his thoughts on what’s wrong with Riesling from Austria and Australia, screwcaps and their problems, the Loire, California cab then and now, indigenous yeasts, roto-fermenters, small oak barrels, wines over 14% alcohol and why he uses scores! California cabs from the 70s. German Riesling. MORE >> -
WINE TASTING GUY | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008 Polaner tasting standouts
began in a French table area and tried some Sancerres (made from Sauvignon Blanc), some white Burgundys (made from Chardonnay) and some white blends. An under appreciated grape here in the Western world is Chenin Blanc. Domaine Francois Pinon from the Loire Valley makes some demi-sec (semi sweet) wines from Chenin blanc. MORE >> -
WINE TASTING GUY | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008 Better Wine Bar experiences
I was fine with that as a nice South African Chenin Blanc seemed like a nice wine to start the evening with. We finally decided on a California Syrah. the other California Syrah option was brought out and proved to be a very fine wine. This past Wednesday I visited two wine bars. This location was very impressive. MORE >>
- Roundup - Recent Sips BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007
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