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[Enobytes Wine Blog] Pinot Worth Celebrating or Forgetting | Enobytes Wine Blog: This somewhat newly approved AVA actually covers 3 million acres so the quality of grapes can vary by quite a bit and many American wineries are now buying pinot fruit from countries like France, Chile, Italy and a few others because of the significantly higher price of domestic Pinot Noir. If you read the label carefully, you will see many California wineries are sourcing the fruit from outside the US.

[Suite101: New World Wine Articles] The Legacy of Pinot Noir: But it has performed spectacularly in a few microclimates in the U.S. Most notably, Oregon’s Willamette Valley, California’s Santa Lucia Highlands, Santa Rita Hills, Sonoma Coast and Russian River. An Oregon Pinot Noir from the Eyrie Vineyard bested all Burgundian entries in a celebrated blind tasting in Dijon, France, in 1975.

[Enobytes Wine Blog] '08 Fulcrum On Point Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands, CA ...: Just as in culinary, a really great chef can take some so-so ingredients and make them taste OK maybe even great, but a relative newcomer will struggle to achieve palatable results without using the best base products (in this case grapes) and this winemaker has a couple of vintages under his belt and has not faltered because he chooses to source the best fruit available for the style of wine within a particular varietal he plans to make.

[Wine Library TV] 93 Point Pinot Challenge - Episode #917: QOTD2: just had the Madonna Alta Pinot Noir last night and was pretty impressed…Italian but very new world, and really opened up wide with some air…pretty plush for only $15 bones. Thanks WL!

[Woot Wine! - One Week, One Wine] Wine.Woot : Otter Cove's Oh Pinot Noir - 2 Pack: But the 2006 Oh Pinot Noir comes from the Balo Vineyards and boasts a dark, rich color with tastes of cherries, blackberries, preserve-like fruit flavors and a long velvety finish that will work well over fine meats and chocolates. And the 2007 Oh Pinot Noir from the Santa Lucia Highlands, with its bold nose and flavors of chocolate, cherry and raspberry is perfect for lamb, salmon, chicken or steak”¦ even dark chocolate truffles!

[bottlereport.com] Wine Tasting-Malibu Jack's-Thurs. Sept. 16 | bottlereport.com: The other was Mark West Santa Lucia Highlands PInot Noir, a wine of which only 4,000 cases were produced. Of the 9 wines presented these were the only ones form the US, specifically California.

[Untitled] Siduri Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands Rosella's Vineyard 2007 -: Lucky for me, I have a half bottle -375 ml- of Siduri Pinot Noir http://www.siduri.com/ Rosella's Vineyard 2007. Although the monetary value is questionable, half bottles are an excellent option if you don't want to drink 750 ml by ...

[drink the good stuff!] drink the good stuff!: Wine Geek Wines: Williams Selyem Pinot Noir deserves respect but there are so many great Pinot Noirs being produced in California that the smaller, lesser known brands merit a larger share of your attention. Rhys is a new project that is highly sought after and over delivers on quality, especially with the Alesia brand which brings out the pure fruit of Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir for a realistic price.

[Bigger Than Your Head] Bigger Than Your Head » California Pinot Noir: A Not Entirely ...: Lord have mercy, the Foley Pinot Noir 2007, Santa Rita Hills, is lovely. Despite 16 months in French oak, the wine is a model of subtlety, poise and elegance.

[wineismylife] wine - Melville Winery Tasting « wineismylife: Garnet color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of dust, florals, black cherries, black berries and a hint of sage.

[Sport Awards] Sport Awards Pinot noir: Pinot noir is an ancient variety that may be only one or two generations removed from wild vines. The origins of the variety are unclear: In De re rustica, Columella describes a grape variety similar to Pinot noir in Burgundy during the 1st century AD, however, vines have grown wild as far north as Belgium in the days before phylloxera, and it is possible that Pinot represents an independent domestication of Vitis vinifera.

[The Seafood Blog : Seafood News for Restaurants & The Hospitality Industry, from Santa Monica Seafood] Celebrating California Wine Month with Seafood! | The Seafood Blog ...: If you want to serve a California oyster, ask your Santa Monica Seafood representative about the Luna oyster we're carrying from Carlsbad Aquafarm. Eric Asimov of the New York Times recently waxed poetic about Muscadet and seafood pairings.

[STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG] STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG » Blog Archive » How much info is too ...: person explained that she was telling her sales people the same thing she told me: she discourages them from revealing the varietal composition in their sparkling wines, because she doesn’t want them leaning on such crutch phrases as “This wine has 40% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay.” I can see how a harried sales person might fall back on an easy sell like that. After all, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are prestigious names that practically sell themselves.

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