http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/ Wine tasting sessions led by true connoisseurs en 2010-09-03T12:36:24+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/celebrating_cabernet_day-archive.html [Luxist] Tomorrow September 2 is #Cabernet Day on a variety of social media websites. Wine Business reports that more than 50 wineries, 600 wine drinkers and 100 restaurants around the world will gather for what is hoped to be the largest online .

]]> Wine admin 2010-09-03T12:36:24+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/celebrating_cabernet_day_episode_913-archive.html [Wine Library TV] Gary Vaynerchuk participates in #Cabernet Day, where you celebrate the noble grape Cabernet Sauvignon by using social media sites to share your thoughts. Gary tastes 4 California Cabernet Sauvignons at a variety of price points.

]]> Cabernet admin 2010-09-03T12:35:20+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/shiraz_red_wine_sensation_easy_healthy_food_guide-archive.html [Easy Healthy Food Guide] If there is one grape that this country does best, it must be Shiraz, one of the top types of red wine. It is the grape that we have made our own with wines.

]]> Shiraz admin 2010-09-01T11:03:58+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/le_chat_noir_shiraz_viognier_2009_the_wine_front-archive.html [The Wine Front] This is a blend of 97 percent Aude Valley (France) shiraz co-fermented with 3 percent viognier. The shiraz (and I like that they call it shiraz) is grown on vines that are now 30 years old.

]]> Shiraz admin 2010-09-01T11:03:00+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/woodstock_shiraz_cabernet_sauvignon_2008_the_wine_front-archive.html [The Wine Front] It's updated most days of the year (sad but true) with multiple reviews and comments on wines from Australia and overseas - as they're released. All wines are given a score out of 100 and a 'best drinking' window.

]]> Shiraz admin 2010-08-30T11:04:43+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/woodstock_shiraz_cabernet_sauvignon_2007_the_wine_front-archive.html [The Wine Front] I like the idea of an early-drinking, easy-drinking shiraz-cabernet blend as part of a big-hitting range. The Woodstock wines are looking good at the moment. You need a subscription to The Wine Front to read this part of the post. ...

]]> Wine admin 2010-08-30T11:03:23+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/budbreak_2005_domaine_georg_rafael_cabernet_sauvignon_usa_-archive.html [budbreak] 2005 Domaine Georg Rafael Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder. Dark as expected. What was not expected was the glossiness and pureness this exhibited, remember, It's a 2005 Napa Cab. It is very dark fruited and ...

]]> Sauvignon admin 2010-08-27T12:33:32+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/bob_ackerman_wines_2004_cabernet_napa_flickr_photo_sharing-archive.html [Uploads from jeremiah_owyang] Thanks Bob for sending this to me, I love wine. Bob is one of the top VCs here in Silicon Valley, and owns his own winery.

]]> Cabernet admin 2010-08-27T12:32:56+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/mondovino-archive.html [Buy Cheap DVDs & Blu-ray Movies] An epic exploration into the modern world of wine, Mondovino was filmed across three continents, in five languages, over a three-year period. With an insider's access and an artist's eye, Nossiter weaves together multiple family and multi-generational sagas, all stemming from the production, distribution and consumption of one of the oldest, most respected and still-affordable luxuries.

]]> Mondovino admin 2010-08-25T11:03:56+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/stream_mondovino_online_damons_blog-archive.html [Damons Blog] infantile tastes (“easy to drink wines”) and who favor oak to “terroir”(the earthy tastes in many French wines) are changing the plan wines are made forever. It seems the minute wineries are being bought out by the spacious corporations, synthetic methods are old, everyone is creating a McDonalds Bic Mac wine that is predictable, doesn’t need ageing, and caters to wine critic Robert Parker’s personal tastes and biases (he loves the large California wines so the Europeans are emulating that model.)

]]> Wine admin 2010-08-25T11:02:40+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/types_of_red_wine_sensational_shiraz_wine_deals_worldwide-archive.html [Wine Deals Worldwide] Shiraz grapes are also well used when blending with other grape varieties. With the inclusion of grapes Grenache and Mourvedre grapes, Shiraz has a very ripe red often that often has a high alcohol content.

]]> Shiraz admin 2010-08-23T11:04:24+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/chapel_hill_the_parsons_nose_shiraz_2009_the_wine_front-archive.html [The Wine Front] Chapel Hill The Parson's Nose Shiraz 2009. Monday, Aug 23 2010 · Posted in McLaren Vale, shiraz et al.

]]> Shiraz admin 2010-08-23T11:03:16+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/speaking_the_lingo_part_2_wine_and_food_travel-archive.html [Wine and Food Travel] Kim: Glad you liked it! There are so many oils on the market, it's completely overwhelming to try and make a decision on the .

]]> Entry admin 2010-08-20T12:37:41+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/vino_wire_soldera_on_the_current_state_of_the_italian_wine_industry-archive.html [Vino Wire] Your winery belongs to the Brunello di Montalcino Consortium: you must be aware of the fact that the body’s new president Ezio Rivella recently declared that 80% of the Brunello had been produced by flagrantly adding Merlot to the Sangiovese and thus violating the appellations regulation which require that only Sangiovese be used.

]]> Entry admin 2010-08-20T12:32:40+00:00 http://www.gourmetsofwine.com/2005_westwood_winery_sonoma_valley_pinot_noir_the_wine_spies-archive.html [The Wine Spies] Followed my normal Pinot winemaking: fruit completely de-stemmed and lightly crushed, caps allowed to rise on native yeast in small fermenters, no active temperature control, inoculated with selected yeast toward the end of the ferments, used relatively infrequent punchdowns and long maceration, pressed in a traditional basket and sent wine to barrels without settling. We stirred until malolactic was complete and then left the wine on primary lees - no racking - for over 2 years before assemblage and bottling.

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