Gourmets of Wine

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[Pejmanesque] WATER INTO WINE: From the soil of the Napa Valley, Sonoma and Santa Barbara County, California is producing not just some of the world’s finest wines, such as Opus One from the joint-venture of Robert Mondavi and Baronesse Philippine de Rothschild, but consistently drinkable, moderately priced wines from companies such as E&J.

[Vinography.com] Vinography: a wine blog: 1999 Cosentino Cabernet Franc, Napa: A wine blog describing adventures in food and wine in San Francisco and around .Werner Elflein Mein Weblog Salzburger Weinfreunde.

[Wineanorak.com] Jamie's wine blog - archive: First, about just how intrinsic to the style of Grange is the use of new, untreated oak barrels, something which hadn’t been tried before in Australia. ‘It was almost as if the new wood had acted as a catalyst to release previously unsuspected flavours and aromas from the Hermitage grape’, stated Schubert.

[Kosherblog.net] The Kosher Blog - Seder 2005 Wine Report: The first, a 2002 Shiraz-Cabernet (55%-45%, respectively) blend (mevushal) from Kolobarra Hills of Australia (Victoria) (image from kosherwine.com)was a good match for our brisket-ish French Roast. It was interesting, though, that the wine tasted a bit off when we first tried it with the gefilte fish.

[Dougfrost.com] Doug Frost - blog history: Yet, it was slipping a few hours later and there is something about the grape Mourvedre or Cabernet and Mourvedre in this region that makes me think that the greatness of a wine such as this is a little bit of luck and the wine isn't great for much of its drinkable life.

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