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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | VIGNA UVA VINO NOVEMBER 22, 2011 More Wines for Thanksgiving Francis Winery Sonoma County Old Vines Zinfandel, 2008 California The average age of the vines here are 80-100 years old, and actually is 89% Zin, and the rest a blend of Alicante Bouschet, Mourverdre, Carignane, Syrah and Petite Sirah. The wines were from California, Italy, France and New Zealand. Great deal at $10. Nice long layered finish. | | | | | | | | ALICE FEIRING OCTOBER 29, 2008 Alice Feiring - In Vino Veritas got out of the tank, hosed down, changed my clothes into something more suitable than sticky grape stomping clothes and headed to Sonoma and the Sebastiani winery. There was no Sagrantino but how happy was I to see the still lovely 1999 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo? The conference was a sell out. got closer to my theme. So keep it real!" | | ALICE FEIRING JANUARY 16, 2009 Alice Feiring - In Vino Veritas We were happily enjoying the comforting 2002 Cubillo Rioja from Lopez de Heredia, when a well-fed writer I knew was leaving, having just dined with a Sonoma wine produce. Then he informed Mr. Sonoma about my recent blog on making Sagrantino "Thats nice," I said. Alice is a wine writer," our mutual friend said. | ALICE FEIRING NOVEMBER 24, 2008 The Sagrantino Adventure in Pictorial Thanks to the new FLIP, (sorry, I have not mastered the art of the edit) I was able to quasi document the adventure --traveling to California to help winemaker Kevin Hamel birth of what might be the only Sagrantino in America, belonging to olive oil meister, Ridgely Evers in Sonoma. They used knives, I used secateurs. The 3.5 | | | | | | | | |
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