Rusty Sly: 2012 Pinot Days

What a spectacular event.  This is the second time that I have attended Pinot Days and I am still finding old and new wineries producing fantastic Pinot Noirs.  This year there were Pinot Noirs from France known as Burgundy’s, Pinots from New Zealand, Oregon and of course California.  This varietal is really unique as there…

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2011 A Great Year for Sonoma County Wines, 2009 Sonoma County Pinot Noir vintage and other accolades keep region in the spotlight

2011 was a great year for Sonoma County wines, as the wine industry’s top publications and wine competitions honored many of the region’s top producers, and the 2009 vintage of Sonoma County wines, most notably Pinot Noir, garnered outstanding coverage. The 2011 San Francisco Chronicle’s Top 100 American Wines report featured 27 Sonoma County wines,…

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2011 SONOMA COUNTY HARVEST COMPLETE Yields below average, but quality outstanding in much of the region

Throughout Sonoma County’s 14 appellations, region by region, variety by variety, and vineyard by vineyard, reports indicate that there was much variation experienced in terms of yield and timing of harvest, but the general consensus indicates that overall yield was down by an estimated 20% from the average. Nevertheless quality of the fruit that was…

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