Gourmets of Wine: March 2006 Archives

Gourmets of Wine > March 31, 2006

BJI: Oodles of Wines Edition

[Basic Juice - the wine blog for my generation] Basic Juice Intelligencer 27 March 2006 Oodles of Wines Edition A tasty bushel of food-friendly heirloom wines from Louis/Dressner .

Now Anyone Can Taste Bordeaux En Primeur

[Vinography: a wine blog] Public to purchase a ticket to engage in an activity that has for years been solely the privilege of the top trade and media representatives in the wine world. Every Spring, Bordeaux holds its En Primuer weekend, where the recently barreled young vintage of Bordeaux is trotted out and offered to the "people who matter" for tasting.

Posted at 02:25 AM

March 31, 2006

BJI: Oodles of Wines Edition

[Basic Juice - the wine blog for my generation] Basic Juice Intelligencer 27 March 2006 Oodles of Wines Edition A tasty bushel of food-friendly heirloom wines from Louis/Dressner .

Posted at 02:27 AM

Now Anyone Can Taste Bordeaux En Primeur

Posted at 02:25 AM

March 28, 2006

Wine Tasting Note: Chateau de Nages Cuvee Joseph Torres

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] At the far eastern edge of the Languedoc, clinging to the last surge of the Rhone lies the Costières de Nîmes. Part of the Languedoc or the Rhone? Influences from both regions intersect here.

Posted at 02:32 AM

WBW #19 2003 Linne Calodo Sticks and Stones Paso Robles, CA

[Winexpression] There are certain events in ones life that you remember because your life changes forever afterwards. It’s strange that that statement can be said when referencing wine, but for those that become passionate about it, they can pinpoint the exact moment and the bottle of wine that enticed their passion.

Posted at 02:31 AM

March 27, 2006

WBW #19 Tomorrow!

[Winexpression] Just another quick reminder, Wine Blogging Wednesday #19, When in Rhone, will kick off tomorrow Wednesday, March 8,2006. I’ve already received a few entries and feel that this is the quiet before the storm.

Posted at 07:13 PM

Wine Tasting Note: Joubert-Tradauw Syrah, 2004, Klein Karoo, South Africa.

[Spittoon - wine drink and food.] The deepest plum colour you can imagine; black almost, with a smidge of cherry around the rim. It's young, deep and powerfully intense.

Posted at 07:09 PM

March 24, 2006

Terroir AND Appellation

A guest article by Roger Dial, Appellation America

Not too long ago our Mendocino editor, Thom Elkjer, penned a rather assertive piece called “Terroir vs. Appellation” in which he concluded that terroir is spin, whereas appellation is fact. Of course, both concepts are mobilized to peddle wine, but the latter has accountability in regulatory law, whilst the former is subjective, at best, and ultimately meaningless, in Thom's view.

Posted at 01:54 PM

March 23, 2006

WBW #19: the true taste of Counoise

[Purple Liquid: a wine and food diary] Paul Jeune, owner of Domaine Monpertuis, produces wines in red and white color in the ChÃ¢teauneuf-du-Pape appellation. He also makes this Vin de Pays du Gard from a small parcel of vines that he recently acquired in the Gard region, just across the RhÃ´ne River from ChÃ¢teauneuf.

Posted at 03:39 AM

Gourmets of Wine > March 31, 2006

BJI: Oodles of Wines Edition

Now Anyone Can Taste Bordeaux En Primeur

March 31, 2006

BJI: Oodles of Wines Edition

Now Anyone Can Taste Bordeaux En Primeur

March 28, 2006

Wine Tasting Note: Chateau de Nages Cuvee Joseph Torres

WBW #19 2003 Linne Calodo Sticks and Stones Paso Robles, CA

March 27, 2006

WBW #19 Tomorrow!

Wine Tasting Note: Joubert-Tradauw Syrah, 2004, Klein Karoo, South Africa.

March 24, 2006

Terroir AND Appellation

March 23, 2006

WBW #19: the true taste of Counoise

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