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[Bedrock Wine Co.] Bedrock Wine Co. » Blog Archive » Stellwagen Vineyard Zinfandel: Many people have asked me why I do not make a varietal Zinfandel.  My catty answer is “Ravenswood has taken all of the best old vine Zinfandel vineyards.”  This, actually has a bit of truth to it, but the honest response is something that comes deeper from the gut.  It is simply that I have not found a Zin vineyard that moves me.  Not for lack of looking, but a strange assemblage of curious pitter-patters in the gut is required before beginning a relationship with a vineyard.  It is a bit like finding a partner, and with my father being one of the kings of Zinfandel, I have been forced to approach the varietal with foppish aloofness to make sure that an eventual match will be one of which he approves.

[Cathedral Ridge Winery-Barrel Room Buzz Wine Blog Food & Wine Pairing Blog] Zinfandel and Bratwurst Tasting Experience: Just before pouring him a glass, the smell of cooking meat alarmed me that dinner was done and it was time to pull the brats off the grill. The night’s menu included grilled beer bratwursts basted with brown sugar barbecue sauce cut up and served on top of sautéed veggies prepared with the same sauce.

[Dallas Food and Wine Blog, Restaurant News, Foodie News, Dallas Chefs, Wine and Spirits SideDish Blog D Magazine] Dallas Food and Wine Blog, Restaurant News, Foodie News, Dallas ...: The EU has a program to convert it to ethanol for industrial use (of course, the stuff that is not even good enough for that becomes White Zinfandel -:)). A trade friend of mine recently heard an Australian exported offer to create the label “with any critter you want on it”

[CheapWineRatings.com] Parducci Mendocino Valley Zinfandel - Environmentally Friendly and ...: I'm curious, but skeptical and I tend to be a rather harsh critic of environmental claims. Despite my skepticism, I am somewhat impressed with Parducci Cellars.

[Taste: Dayton food and restaurants] Dayton Daily News | Dayton, Ohio, News and Information: Spirits Far Hills welcomes Warren County’s Valley Vineyards for its Saturday tasting, and Tina Nixon from Meranda-Nixon winery near Ripley, Ohio will be pouring Thursday of next week at Arrow Centerville (and her husband tonight at Little Sonoma). Those are just a few of the tasty nuggets you’ll glean as you feast your wine-savvy eyes on the best darn wine-tasting list in the land, which comes to Uncorked courtesy of the heroic efforts of the Dayton-based wine listserv that compiles it.

[green LA girl] Organic wines, Cali style | green LA girl: One more winery I’d like to add to your list is Kaz Winery (www.kazwinery.com) located north of Sonoma (there’s a great campground just up the road, too!)They offer some organic wines, but I don’t beleive all of their wines are.

[CheapWineRatings.com] Clif Bar - The Climber Red Wine | CheapWineRatings.com: Deep, intense purplish-red color is indicative of the fruit aromas you’ll find in this wine.  Dark fruits abound in the nose of this one.  Blackberry, currant and black cherry leave no subtlety to the fruit.  There is also a wisp of cedar weaving in and out of the fruit aromas.  Intense fruit on the palate continues the powerful theme with this wine.  Slightly jammy boysenberry, plum and black cherry, followed by black pepper and cocoa on the mid-palate and into the finish.  It’s big, bold and tasty, but I would not call it elegant.  Still, it’s a very enjoyable wine if you’re into fruit-forward wines.

[Sonoma Valley Newspaper - Sonoma Events, News and Entertainment - The Sonoma Valley Sun] The Magic of Movies - from the Silver Screen to the Golden Palate ...: At the Friday Depot Farmer’s Market, Epi got the update from Hilda Swartz, Manager Extraordinaire of the Sonoma Farmers Markets and she wanted me to remind my curious readers that the Tuesday Sonoma Plaza Market will begin on April 7. Her big announcement this year is that The Hummus Guy, Mohammed, who has been so successful at The Depot on Fridays, will now bring his Middle Eastern delicacies to the Tuesday Market.

[GARAGE VINO] GARAGE VINO » Blog Archive » You Only Live Twice: But whether or not I do the Zinfandel thing, I’m certainly going to want to try something else, so maybe Sangiovese, or perhaps there’s a Syrah waiting for me in Santa Barbara County…although ideally, and this is really what I should do because it’s my passion along with Merlot, is Nebbiolo.

[SYP Says] SYP Says: Troon Vineyard in Southern Oregon: They make only small lots (under 300 cases) of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay, and more. They finish their wines mostly in French oak barrels for twelve to twenty four months depending on the grape and the amount of oak needed to perfectthe wine.

[The Pour] For Picnics and Pizza - The Pour Blog - NYTimes.com: This was such a subtle wine that I was happy to have tasted it first, because I thought the bold and brassy Villa Maria might have blown it away. That wine, from the Marlborough region of New Zealand, has that classic, piercing grassy flavor interlaced with lemon and tropical melon flavors, too.

[Whole Story » Whole Body Podcast] Whole Story » Blog Archive » Fancy Food Scoop: Fentimans botanically brewed beverages in old-fashioned flavors such as .A drizzle of strawberry balsamic zinfandel glaze or cherry chianti balsamic glaze from Delicae Gourmet goes a long way””whether over grilled meats or fruits, pound cake, ice cream or rich cheeses.

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