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[Wine Tasting Guy] I don’t want to get too carried away with the technical aspects here, but I do want to tie in to the ABC (anything but Chardonnay) club.  Chardonnay is made in cool climates (apples &

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[Drinking Tips - Drinking strategies, Wine tasting, Wine gifts, Green tea-black tea] Famous Chardonnay Back on Top: Chardonnay is a thousand year old small village in Mâconnais in the southern portion of France's burgundy region. The famous wine Chardonnay most likely originated here and was then spread throughout France by the monks.

[John on wine, food, and living in wine country] The era of ABC, Anything But Chardonnay, is well over. « John on ...: There are now wineries choosing to forego malolactic fermentation with their Chardonnay, and have clear tart green apple notes in their releases. Other wineries are choosing to put only a portion of their Chardonnay juice through malolactic and blending it with juice that hasn’t been put through this secondary fermentation.

[STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG] STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG » Blog Archive » Announcing the first ...: We are bringing these folks back into the Chardonnay fold, one taster at a time, by showing them how delicious well balanced Chardonnay can be. I’m very excited to hear about this Chardonnay Symposium and I am anxious to see what an organized effort can do to help introduce everyday wine drinkers to some fabulous wines that will forever change their minds.

[Vegas Wineaux] Chardonnay Video Shoot-Out! Central Coast vs Sonoma/Napa! | Vegas ...: The wines were 2008 Trader Joe's Petit Reserve Chardonnay - Central Coast and 2008 Newton Chardonnay - Sonoma/Napa. You all know that I'm a Central Coast gal, and this tasting was particularly challenging.

[Everybody's Secrets] Everybody's Secrets − A Look At Champagne: If you get a bottle and notice Champagne imprinted on the label, it is possible to feel comfortable knowing that the bottle was produced inside vineyards of France. In case you don’t get Champagne that’s produced inside infamous French regions, you happen to be pretty much just purchasing the standard

[New York Cork Report] New York Cork Report: Op-Ed: Why NOT Chardonnay? (By Jim Silver ...: In Chablis for example, chardonnay sets its roots into ancient oyster shell beds and reads back to us purity and minerality like no other wine in the world. Chardonnay here reflects the gray cloudy sky and cold stone cellars of the winery like a mirror while it stands pale in the glass -- structured, stiff, with a subtle nose and long flavors -- and capable of astonishing longevity.

[Palm Beach Entertainment: Events, movies, restaurants, nightlife & more | pbpulse.com] ABC tasting: the fun's in the paper bags | Palm Beach ...: I trekked down to Delray Beach last week for one of their tastings. And while I tried a few things that caught my eye, such as the Murphy-Goode Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon (”Goode” job, guys!)

[Articles from Wine Cellar] Find out more about Burgundy Wines at Wine Cellar: Many gourmands will argue that red wines can only be served with red meats and exotics such as ostrich and emus and white wines should only be paired with fish, poultry, roast pork, and deserts. Several hundred year ago this may have been true but with all of the new vineyards and the hundreds of wine processing techniques available today Who is to say what is right and wrong, as long as the particular food and wine pairing provides a pleasant dining experience.

[Binny's Blog] Q&A: Light White Wine That Isn't Chardonnay: Whites from the Maconnais are almost entirely chardonnay, but are more crisp and light than many chards from the US. Also, many producers all over the globe are offering "unoaked" chardonnay, which can be more light than you might expect.

[STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG] STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG » Blog Archive » Why I'm not an ABCer: We are a new release, very small production winery and when we decided to produce a cold climate Chardonnay we hired Paul Hobbs as our consultant winemaker because he is definitely one of the Chardonnay producers who understands that this California varietal needs balance. We have always been fans of White Burgundy and we had little experience with California Chardonnay, but once we got into the business our exposure to Chardonnays like Ramey, Hobbs, DuMol and others caused an epiphany –

[The Tulsa Food Blog] Why I love Chardonnay: There is a reason that Chardonnay, along with Riesling, is considered the greatest white grape. It is because it expresses itself, and its site, in a way that few other grapes can - and in the right hands it can produce wines of ethereal beauty that take ones breath away.

[Wine Blog] Drink This ~ Wine Made Simple by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl: She points out that while ABCers are happy to deliver their chant so emphatically, Chardonnay isn’t just the current holder of the California popularity pageant, but it’s also one of the most collectible and food friendly white wines in the entire world. So chant on, if you must about ABC (Anything But Chardonnay), but just ask a winemaker why he or she keeps producing the stuff.

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