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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | | | A WINE STORY APRIL 29, 2011 Hospice du Rhone 2011 Panel lead by Christophe Tassan note: from my travels in France, this is actually a familiar story!). Michel also brought a "GSM" - grenache, syrah, mouvedre (Chateau de Nages 2009 Costieres de Nimes, Chaeau de Nage Vielles Vignes, Rouge) with minimum oak yet a spicey nose of concentrated red grapes. The room is full of Rhone wine fans from around the world! | | | | | | | | | | | ALICE FEIRING NOVEMBER 28, 2007 Alice Feiring - In Vino Veritas Hes traveled down this road and hes sticking to it no matter what. And we were surprised to find that our first vintage, grenache/mourvedre, is delicious and very old-world, like a simple ctes du Rhone. Nothing terribly impressive but tasty with distinctive grenache nose and flavor, not overripe, not hot. Do check it out. | | | | | | | | | -
SLAKED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2009 2008 Monte Bello Futures Tasting Similarly, the trip up Monte Bello Road is a wine lover's purgatory: The road is much too narrow, the mountain is much too high, and it is impossible to travel faster than a snail. Wooden crosses line the road, where, I presume, luckless travelers have fallen. would hate to see the end of Ridge's syrah and grenache program. 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 >>
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