Rita and I enjoyed the evening and the company too much to take extensive tasting notes, but I did text myself a few lines. Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 70% form Napa, 30% from Sonoma with a blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot. Well, here they are. MORE >>

In the actual experiments, the subject ordered a glass of “house merlot,&# so perhaps the conclusion is valid. You’d think they ordered the house merlot! Tags: tasting sized pours SPIT: “imbibing idiot bias&#. Maybe that idiot deserves a job after all. Reuters ]. SPIT: clarity. thedrinksbusiness ]. MORE >>

met Bernard and interviewed him for my A Taste of Luxury television show nearly ten years ago in Boston, where he was in town hosting a very elegant wine and food pairing dinner at the Museum of Fine Arts. At present, they are offering a Cabernet Sauvignon (with six percent of Merlot) and Sauvignon Blanc with a percentage of Semillion. MORE >>

It was the first time I would meet Dennis Cakebread, and it was a thrill to be able to taste the wines and pepper him with questions about the winery's history. it's always fun to sit next to a winemaker / winery owner during a wine dinner at a top restaurant like Park Avenue Spring in New York City. cakebread cake. MORE >>

Happily, I've met most of the group during our Napa educational week and then during what is called a 'Course Day' in the UK and dinner at the wine bar Terroir. We tasted the 2007 first wine - the vintage was said to have been challenging. The percentage here is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot. Chateau Rauzan Segla. MORE >>