Gourmets of Wine: August 2005 Archives

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Support your local wine merchant!

[Winecast] What really made the difference for me was the passion Chuck obviously had for wine and the respect for the palette of his customers. Yes, I probably know a bit more than the average person walking through the door, but I suspect that anyone who talks with Chuck will come away with great bottles at prices you can live with (care to put this hypothesis to the test, Garrick?;

the astrophysicist story

[gapingvoid] But the fact is, for pennies (and I do mean PENNIES) on the dollar compared to standard advertising campaigns, we're getting astrophysicists talking openly and intellegently about a bottle of $10 plonk.

Posted at 06:16 PM

August 31, 2005

Support your local wine merchant!

Posted at 06:24 PM

the astrophysicist story

Posted at 06:16 PM

When is an Ontario wine not an Ontario wine?

[Quotulatiousness] Currently, both VQA and blended wines sit in the "Ontario" aisle, though in separate sections.Though Beal noted that blended wines say "Cellared in Canada" on the label so as not to completely hide foreign content, he said, "It sometimes can be a little bit confusing. A lot of people don't look at the label until they get their wine home."

Posted at 06:15 PM

Inaugural Township Wine Festival

[Melgab International CC | Importers of Fine Food and Wine | Italian Wine South Africa | Chianti, Valpolicella, Pinot Grigio and] For the first time ever, South African township residents will have direct access to some of the finest vintages, including those produced by 12 black wine producers in South Africa, said organiser Thami Xaba.

Posted at 06:07 PM

Bad Statistics and Binge Drinking.

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] According to official definitions, the alcohol units from wine her with dinner make statistician, Valerie Pegg, a "binge drinker". It's just one area where she objects to the selective use of statistics.

Posted at 06:02 PM

August 30, 2005

It's Wine Blogging Wednesday!

[WLW-WineGeek.com] Lenn over at LennDevours has called on participating bloggers to "Get Local," with thegoal of having bloggers taste wines from the winery closest to their homes. Iopted to go with two choices--the closest winemakers that I know of are a mere5.12 miles away from my home, but their delicious wines are not commerciallyavailable.

Posted at 07:57 AM

Staying True to the Recipe in a Really Big Cook-off

[the delicious life] Dish, the recent Blog Party and others I am sure that I have missed. That’s enough to send my head and calendar spinning faster than the whip attachment on your KitchenAid stand mixer, so upcoming dates are listed in the sidebar over there â†’

Posted at 07:55 AM

EBBP 1 - The Final Write-Ups.

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] Her write-up is at Cabbages and Kings. Following the discovery that not a huge number of people like reading about these blogger events - not much fun, I guess, if you do not particpate yourself - all future write-ups will be on a seperate blog.

Posted at 07:54 AM

Winecast 37 - Sonoma Coast

[Winecast] This week’s podcast is a bit of an experiment in the format, influenced by Jon Gordon’s, “Future Tense”, show and podcast. I introduce a hot new wine region in California, the Sonoma Coast AVA, and recommend some Pinot Noir and Chardonnay to check out from the area.

Posted at 07:52 AM

August 26, 2005

Zinfandel - N. Kentucky Community Calendar

[Wine Lovers] San Jose Mercury News, United States - Aug 12, 2005 Today, after enduring five days of Clyde's veggie quests, Vindu, a wine aficionado (more like a nut, says Clyde), got to visit his first winery on their

Posted at 09:46 PM

1999 Martinborough Vinyard Pinot Noir

[FargleSnargle.com] Perfectly balanced, I think, with no one trait standing out too much - like the New England Patriots of Pinot Noir. Not a huge wine, this, as many from CA and OR have become, but beautifully balanced and enjoyable.

Posted at 09:45 PM

108 Bottles of Wine on the Wall

[Notes from a messy desk] It’s currently sitting in a cupboard in the flat, the only unheated room in the house, since I suspect wine will be happiest with little change in temperature. I guess we could put it in the shed at the end of the garden, if that would be better?

Posted at 09:42 PM

Beaujolais fraud?

[amuse-bouche] Decanter passes along news that Duboeuf is being investigated for fraud after allegedly blending various batches of its Beaujolais without following appellation rules. It sounds like a royal gamay goof-up: “‘Everything was being mixed - Beaujolais with Beaujolais Villages, cru wines with Beaujolais Villages and so on,’

Posted at 09:39 PM

Taste of Wine Country on Cape Cod

[Cork Tease] Winemakers Kathy Gregrow and Judy Wimer founded the winery in 1992 after seeing potential in the warm coastal air and well-drained, sandy soil, which gives Cape Cod an ideal microclimate not unlike the North Fork of Long Island. Truro Vineyards produces more than 6,000 cases per year of eight different wines, which are sold at the winery and also distributed to over 100 restaurants and wine stores on Cape Cod and throughout Massachusetts.

Posted at 09:32 PM

August 19, 2005

This week’s column

[amuse-bouche] Albert Mann 2000 Grand H pinot noir (4.2, Weygandt-Metzler, price n/a): Deep, damp earthy notes, candied sour cherry, wet leaves and cinnamon, with a brooding, complex quality that comes up and whacks you in the nose. It achieves that tricky balance of light and full, with a bit of dry mineral in the core and a perfectly tapered, slightly zingy finish.

Posted at 02:03 PM

Summer is for Chillin’

[Cork Tease] We’ve all heard about chilling white wine, but it seems that we also need to check out the ambient temperature before serving our reds. In the...

Posted at 02:00 PM

Wine Blogging Wednesday 12: Drink Local, Real Local.

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] Runnington Hill I cant think of a nicer wine than the one I have just drunk with my lunch. Maybe its the combination of sun and alcohol?

Posted at 01:58 PM

August 18, 2005

A Blind Battle of Two Pinot Noirs

[LENNDEVOURS] Going in, I knew they'd most likely be quite different...most any Long Island winemaker who tries to make California-style wines is doomed to fail. Grapes simply don't ripen the same here and those who try to make warm-climate wines here usually end up with flabby, lifeless plonk.

Posted at 06:23 PM

Summary posted of WBW 12

[Winecast] Lenn’s just posted a roundup of WineBloggingWednesday #12 over at LENNDEVOURS. Check it out”¦

Posted at 06:23 PM

Wine Blogging Wednesday #12 Roundup -- Drink Local. Real Local.

[jZepp] Ourblogosphere's first true superstar, Clotilde, somehow found the time tointroduce us to the wines of Montmarte Vineyards because "(She) justcannot be a proud Montmartre citizen and miss an opportunity to writeabout the Montmartre vineyards." It's always great when Clotilde joinsus, but I'm diappointed she wasn't able to taste any of the wines, which are only auctioned off during a yearly festival...so we all missed out!

Posted at 06:22 PM

Riesling - Wine Talk: Carlos Santana

[Wine Lovers] Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 19 hours ago FOSTER'S Wine Estates says a turnaround of its ailing Rosemount brand could take "a couple of years" but the company was committed to revitalising the flagship

Posted at 06:20 PM

1998 Louis Bernard ChÃ¢teauneuf-du-Pape

[FargleSnargle.com] Nice purple color, not as deep in color as I expected, but quite nice. There is a hint of the age when held over a white background.

Posted at 06:14 PM

Sassicaia in Space.

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] Sassicaia in Space. I haven't seen this confirmed anywhere else (the Sassicaia website hasn't been updated for over a year) but this New...

Posted at 05:56 PM

Wine Blogging Wednesday #12 - Drink Local. Real Local.

[Becks & Posh] Here I am writing a post for Wine Blogging Wednesday without even having had the slightest drop to drink. But the Rules are Unforgiving: This time around...there's only one rule: Drink a wine from the winery nearest to your apartment, house, shack, bungalow, flat or tent.

Posted at 05:53 PM

August 08, 2005

Crostatta, lunchatta!

[Seattle Bon Vivant] Michelle/Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen/Broken Flowers @Harvard Exit/Rhone Rangers at McCaw Hall/TEAlicious & The Artful Teapot @ BAM/Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design @ SAM/Seattle Farmers Markets

Posted at 01:55 PM

Practical Science

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Posted at 01:53 PM

International Wine Challenge Voting.

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] I don't stand an earthly but the last voting question in the Wine Magazine International Wine Challenge questionnaire is for wine websites. It is for UK merchants but you can skip the first few questions.

Posted at 01:50 PM

Domaine Carneros, “Avant Garde”, Merlot 2002

[Winecast] Domaine Carneros, “Avant-Garde”, Merlot 2002 ($27) - Dark ruby in color with eucalyptus and pepper aromas, bold blackberry flavors are obscured by hard tannins right now but seems balanced enough to come together in a couple of years. Very good. Only available at the winery or online. Score: 8.5/10

Posted at 01:49 PM

August 07, 2005

Grab Your Diary, 5-27 August

[Grab Your Fork - photos, reviews, travel, cooking] as the latest (optional) theme. Crack open a butter beer and get cracking... eggshells! WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST 2005 WineBloggingWednesday #12: Drink Local. Real Local For the one-year anniversary of this event, Lenn has only one rule - to drink a wine from the closest vineyard to your present abode. FRIDAY

Posted at 11:00 AM

WBW: Maui Blanc

[ma'ona] this month's WineBloggingWednesday theme, Drink Local, Real Local, This time around...there's only one rule: Drink a wine from the winery nearest to your apartment/house/shack/bungalow/flat/tent. Wine....

Posted at 10:59 AM

Wine and Cheese Happy Hour

[Steel Kaleidoscopes] Duh, you may say, but I know quite a few people who prefer a licorice Shiraz or dark cherry Cabernet over a crisp apple Sauvignon Blanc or an oak-drenched Chardonnay, regardless of what the thermometer reads.

Posted at 10:57 AM

Is China Getting Thirsty?

[Cork Tease] Is China Getting Thirsty? Posted by Sylvia Davis There’s a lot of people in China. A lot. So why if they suddenly took a collective liking to wine...

Posted at 10:57 AM

Mauro Molino and Fratelli Revello

[Talking About Wine] Mauro Molina and Fratelli Revello are considered two of the top wineries in Barolo. The best of the recent vintages are 1995, 1996, 1997 (outstanding/100 points) and 1999.

Posted at 10:56 AM

TN: Stormhoek Sauvignon Blanc, 2005, South Africa.

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] Gaping Void via Hugh Macleod, sent out a batch of pre-release samples of South African producer Stormhoek's wines in an attempt to utilise blogs as a marketing 'word of mouth tool'. Personally I think it is a little early;

Posted at 10:49 AM

stormhoek in spitoon.biz

[gapingvoid] Stormhoek gets a mention in Spitoon.Biz, the big UK wine blog:Does writing this - my part in the first UK blog wine promo - make me a Buzz Agent? Gaping Void via Hugh Macleod, sent out a batch of pre-release samples of South African producer Stormhoek's wines in an attempt to utilise blogs as a marketing 'word of mouth tool'.

Posted at 10:47 AM

August 06, 2005

BJ+1 Year: the Top 20 (4-1)

[basicJuice] Southwest/Tex-Mex, Asian, and Savory-spiced dishes can clobber an unsuspecting wine. I tried to save a few timid wines and some innocent taste buds here.

Posted at 10:55 AM

Screwcap Wine Championed in Eagle Rock

[la.foodblogging] Synthetic corks also seem to wreak havoc on wine openers and sometimes just spin on the screw. I’m all about buying screw tops, but I do like the caveat about bringing them to parties.

Posted at 10:54 AM

Bean there, tasted that

[amuse-bouche] My pal Gael passed along this curious item from Wine X magazine: a Jelly Belly wine-taste chart, which lists combinations of jellybeans that will allegedly taste like various types of wine. It’s so bizarre that I don’t even know where to start —

Posted at 10:53 AM

Grapes As Poetry

[Cork Tease] Grapes As Poetry Posted August 04, 2005 by Sylvia Davis This is a really lovely description of the way a vineyard can be turned into a work of art...

Posted at 10:48 AM

Space saving chandelier

[Blogaholics] Glasklasen (the Glass Cluster), by Form Nasielsky, is a chandelier that is meant to be used.

Posted at 10:45 AM

Arte Forma Feteasca Alba 2002, Romania

[culturedwino.com: A blog about wine and other yummy things] But until I spotted some Arte Forma wine in a local store, I had no idea Romania actually made wine. But they do.

Posted at 10:42 AM

TN: Pirie 'South' Pinot Noir, 2003, Tasmania, Australia.

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] "Andrew Pirie, the wine maker, is a pioneer of cool climate wines in Australia, establishing Pipers Brook Vineyard in Northern Tasmania over 30 years ago. Just a few years ago Pipers was taken over by Kreglinger and Pirie was dramatically sacked from the business he founded.

Posted at 10:40 AM

August 04, 2005

Grab Your Diary, 28 July - 22 August

[Grab Your Fork - photos, reviews, travel, cooking] WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST 2005 WineBloggingWednesday #12: Drink Local. Real Local For the one-year anniversary of this event, Lenn has only one rule - to drink a wine from the closest...SATURDAY 30 JULY 2005 Organic Expo 2005 Browse and sample organic food and wine at the first ever

Posted at 10:17 AM

Why did the cockatoo cross the road?

[Seattle Bon Vivant] Slow Food Sugar High Fridays The Paper Chef To Market! Trader Joe's Finds Wanderlust WineBloggingWednesday Recent Posts Curried heaven!

Posted at 10:16 AM

Twin Fin and Fisheye

[A weblog by Donnie Jeter] I’ve tried a couple new wines in this past month - I stick with the grigio in the summer because it’s light. Anwyay, I bought a bottle of Fisheye and a bottle from Twinfin.

Posted at 10:15 AM

Summertime Sangria - Fun Recipes From the Basic to the Elaborate; The Right Accoutrements: Pitcher, Glasses, Plates & Themed Na

[Fashiontribes.com] Created in Spain and first made popular on these shores at the 1964 World's Fair, sangria is based on the traditional red wine punch - made from claret, a French Bordeaux wine - that has been popular in Europe for eons, with some fruit and brandy added for flava. "Sangria is the perfect party punch that just about everybody loves,"

Posted at 10:13 AM

RhÃ´ne Ranges

[Tony Fletcher’s iJamming!] If you know the first thing about me and wine, it’s that I’m a RhÃ´ne fan - and that very much includes the ever expanding group of Californian producers who favor RhÃ´ne varietals over the more familiar French-born ‘noble’ grapes and have become know, along the way, as RhÃ´ne Rangers for their efforts.

Read related posts for „RhÃ´ne Ranges“.

Posted at 10:13 AM

Botter Prosecco di Valdobbiadene, Italy [No vintage]

[culturedwino.com: A blog about wine and other yummy things] Prosecco is my new obsession. It’s a sparkling wine produced in the Conegliano and Valdobbiadene regions of Veneto, Italy from the grape that gives the wine its name.

Posted at 10:11 AM

Winecast 31 - Napa Valley Zin

[Winecast] The second in my 3-part series reviewing the wines tasted on my recent Napa Valley trip. This time I talk about the modern history of the Napa Valley and taste some surprising Zinfandel’s made there.

Posted at 10:10 AM

August 02, 2005

Grab Your Diary, 21 July - 22 August

[Grab Your Fork - photos, reviews, travel, cooking] WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST 2005 WineBloggingWednesday #12: Drink Local. Real Local For the one-year anniversary of this event, Lenn has only one rule - to drink a wine from...

Posted at 10:36 AM

[TAGS] [Promotion] Do You Tag?

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Posted at 10:34 AM

TN: Marquis de St. Vincent Oak Aged Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon, 2004, Bordeaux, France.

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] Vincent Oak Aged Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon, 2004, Bordeaux, France.&u=http://www.spittoon.biz/archives/tn_marquis_de_st_vincent_oak_aged_sauvignon_blancsemillon_2004_bordeaux_france.html" target="_blank">Furl

Posted at 10:31 AM

Zinfandel is good for you!

[Winecast] Scientist have found compounds in the wine to be a cholesterol fighter. What is even more surprising is the second place grape is Syrah (a.k.a.

Posted at 10:26 AM

Bulgarian Wine Tasting

[Cork Tease] It was about 95 degrees and cloyingly humid in New York last Tuesday, even at 7 pm when I got to the Bulgarian consulate for the ”˜Emerging Mediterranean Wines” tasting. It was not the ideal night to be sampling hearty red wines, but thankfully there were also some refreshing whites and even a Bulgarian beer to taste.

Posted at 10:24 AM

August 01, 2005

Announcement: Wine Blogging Wednesday #12 -- Drink Local. Real Local.

[LENNDEVOURS] Now, a year later, it's time for Wine Blogging Wednesday #12...and I'm taking the reins back as host (mostly because there was a scheduling snafu and I was left with an empty slot!)

Posted at 10:42 AM

[calendar] More events to mark in your diary

[Food Blog S'cool] Check out Jen Maiser's site Life Begins at 30 for more details on what else you can do to eat local during the month of August. I hope I am not being presumptious in suggesting she might be a good person to turn to if you have any questions or need any help or encouragement.

Posted at 10:36 AM

The WBW that wasn't...

[Cook sister!] The wines are made in an off-dry style, though, and are never cloying or sweet, but rather fruity with a creamy mouthfeel. In fact, if you are fed up with chardonnays but can't face bone dry and austere whites, this is a very desirable alternative (which is probably one of the reasons for its renewed popularity!!)

Posted at 10:34 AM

Happiness is a glass of Sauternes

[Seattle Bon Vivant] And the staff is not only über friendly but so knowledgeable about their wines. They'll go above and beyond the call of duty to assist you in locating that obscure little wine you are looking for or hook you up with a great bottle.

Posted at 10:33 AM

Which Wine for Wiener Schnitzel?

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] I would agree that a Pinot Grigio or its Alsatian counterpart Pinot Gris would work well, I also think that Austrian Rieslings (NEVER a German one, as they're very different from ours and only good for dessert or Thai food, in my humble opinion) are a great match. Careful with the Sauvignon Blanc, though, while I can see any European variety working, I would shy away from the very intense fruitiness of a Chilean or Aussi/NZ one, which would be overpowering and not rustic enough for a Schnitzel...

Posted at 10:32 AM

Gourmets of Wine > August 31, 2005

Support your local wine merchant!

the astrophysicist story

August 31, 2005

Support your local wine merchant!

the astrophysicist story

When is an Ontario wine not an Ontario wine?

Inaugural Township Wine Festival

Bad Statistics and Binge Drinking.

August 30, 2005

It's Wine Blogging Wednesday!

Staying True to the Recipe in a Really Big Cook-off

EBBP 1 - The Final Write-Ups.

Winecast 37 - Sonoma Coast

August 26, 2005

Zinfandel - N. Kentucky Community Calendar

1999 Martinborough Vinyard Pinot Noir

108 Bottles of Wine on the Wall

Beaujolais fraud?

Taste of Wine Country on Cape Cod

August 19, 2005

This week’s column

Summer is for Chillin’

Wine Blogging Wednesday 12: Drink Local, Real Local.

August 18, 2005

A Blind Battle of Two Pinot Noirs

Summary posted of WBW 12

Wine Blogging Wednesday #12 Roundup -- Drink Local. Real Local.

Riesling - Wine Talk: Carlos Santana

1998 Louis Bernard ChÃ¢teauneuf-du-Pape

Sassicaia in Space.

Wine Blogging Wednesday #12 - Drink Local. Real Local.

August 08, 2005

Crostatta, lunchatta!

Practical Science

International Wine Challenge Voting.

Domaine Carneros, “Avant Garde”, Merlot 2002

August 07, 2005

Grab Your Diary, 5-27 August

WBW: Maui Blanc

Wine and Cheese Happy Hour

Is China Getting Thirsty?

Mauro Molino and Fratelli Revello

TN: Stormhoek Sauvignon Blanc, 2005, South Africa.

stormhoek in spitoon.biz

August 06, 2005

BJ+1 Year: the Top 20 (4-1)

Screwcap Wine Championed in Eagle Rock

Bean there, tasted that

Grapes As Poetry

Space saving chandelier

Arte Forma Feteasca Alba 2002, Romania

TN: Pirie 'South' Pinot Noir, 2003, Tasmania, Australia.

August 04, 2005

Grab Your Diary, 28 July - 22 August

Why did the cockatoo cross the road?

Twin Fin and Fisheye

Summertime Sangria - Fun Recipes From the Basic to the Elaborate; The Right Accoutrements: Pitcher, Glasses, Plates & Themed Na

RhÃ´ne Ranges

Botter Prosecco di Valdobbiadene, Italy [No vintage]

Winecast 31 - Napa Valley Zin

August 02, 2005

Grab Your Diary, 21 July - 22 August

[TAGS] [Promotion] Do You Tag?

TN: Marquis de St. Vincent Oak Aged Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon, 2004, Bordeaux, France.

Zinfandel is good for you!

Bulgarian Wine Tasting

August 01, 2005

Announcement: Wine Blogging Wednesday #12 -- Drink Local. Real Local.

[calendar] More events to mark in your diary

The WBW that wasn't...

Happiness is a glass of Sauternes

Which Wine for Wiener Schnitzel?

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