Eve Snakes: The Tasting Panel Magazine’s 5th Annual Tasting Panel Tour, and a Vinturi Travel Aerator! (Featuring a selection of Double Gold Winners from The San Francisco International Wine Competition & The San Francisco World Spirits Competition.)

Last Thursday, at Waterloo & City in Culver City, I attempted to sample as many double gold wine and spirit winners I could in about an hour.  The time constraint is because I don’t want to deal with the traffic home, and for now, these events occur at lunch and not at the time I…

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Michael Perlis: Epoch

Epoch Estate Wines How does a winery achieve immediate cult status? I first heard about Epoch perhaps a couple of years ago, maybe a little less. Lots of buzz on the erobertparker. online pharmacy https://www.dentalworks.com/wp-content/themes/dentalworks/images/png/valtrex.html no prescription com message boards and elsewhere. I signed up for the mailing list and was offered a small allocation….

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Wine Ratings: Wines from my recent wine appreciation class led by The Cellar’s DiMaggio Washington

Part 1: Old world 09 Domaine de la Quilla, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie – Loire Valley, France Color – clear, pale yellow. Aroma – grapefruit, lemon, hints of honeydew. Taste – high acid, lemon, stainless steel, green apples, nice viscosity. Finish – mid length. Conclusion – DiMaggio suggested a pairing of cold seafood salad. …

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More, not Less, From Lil

Big news hit my inbox last week.  Rumors of All Corked Up wine club members being shuffled over to Vino 100…prompted a whirlwind of rumors on my Facebook page when I posted the news.  I contacted Lil Lepore, owner of Vino 100, and found out that… …There was an e-mail notification sent out by All…

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