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The Cellars Are Closed, But The Libraries Are Open: Wine Road Bringing Together Member Wineries to Give Visitors a Taste Something Special

evebushman3 years ago10 months ago04 mins

HEALDSBURG, Calif., /PRNewswire/ — Wine Road, a destination marketing association of wineries and lodgings in Northern Sonoma County, invites visitors to Wine Country to experience a weekend tasting discovering library wines at participating wineries, March 6 and 7. Along with hard-to-find wines, visitors can enjoy all Sonoma County has to offer: gorgeous scenery, amazing weather and world…

Sokol Blosser Winery Marks 50 Years as a Family-Owned Willamette Valley Original – with a flash sale + more!

evebushman3 years ago3 years ago08 mins

DUNDEE HILLS, Ore. /PRNewswire/ — Sokol Blosser Winery, founded in 1971 by Bill and Susan Sokol Blosser and now under second-generation leadership, will mark 50 years of growing and making signature Willamette Valley wines in 2021 with a year-long celebration. As part of the celebration, Sokol Blosser will revisit its first vintage with a 1970s Flash…

Perlises Pick What Wines We Are Drinking At Home – Part 1

Michael Perlis3 years ago3 years ago06 mins

I’ve seen many wine article titles referencing the pandemic, many with riffs on Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love In The Time of Cholera or even One Hundred Years Of Solitude. I didn’t want to go down that road, but I did want to share what wines Karen and I have been drinking over the last several…

Champagne Magazine’s 100 Best Champagnes for 2021!

evebushman3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

SAN FRANCISCO /PRNewswire/ — For the tenth time, the world’s one and only Champagne Magazine and world’s largest wine information platform Tastingbook.com, put hundreds of champagnes in line and ranked the 100 best champagnes on global markets for 2021. After days of blind-tasting hundreds of champagnes, the final results were tabulated. Any champagne making it into…

Vintage Eve Circa 5/2018: A Trio of 2016 Carmenere

evebushman3 years ago3 years ago06 mins

I became a fan of Carmenere wines when first introduced to them, most likely via Alex Guarachi of Guarachi Wine Partners when his distribution company was formerly known as TGIC – Thank God it’s Chilean – a decade or more ago. The grape is one of the noble Bordeaux grape varieties and made especially well…

Prosecco DOC Rosé Officially Approved To Begin Exporting Worldwide: The Much Anticipated Sparkling Wine To Arrive In The United States Imminently

evebushman3 years ago10 months ago06 mins

NEW YORK (PRWEB) – The Consorzio Tutela Prosecco DOC announces that the Official Journal of the European Union C 362 October 28th, 2020 hearings for the approval of the Prosecco DOC Rosé have successfully concluded. This declaration confirms it is now possible for Prosecco DOC producers to export Prosecco DOC Rosé in foreign markets, including the…

Reviewing DAOU’s Soul of a Lion and GIFTS too!

evebushman3 years ago3 years ago07 mins

My history with DAOU is a long one, so I was thrilled to receive the 2017 Soul of a Lion to review, as well as some gift ideas that I’ve shared below my tasting notes. Let me start with some of my previous notes: I covered the first few annual Cab Collective events, a multi-day…

Chianti Classico Finds the Silver Lining of the 2020 Vintage

evebushman4 years ago4 years ago05 mins

NEW YORK (PRWEB) – As the Covid-19 crisis forced tasting room, tourism, and restaurant closures across Italy and Europe, the winemakers of the Chianti Classico Consortium (Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico) have been able to spend more time than ever in their vineyards and cellars. The result is that in such a challenging and altogether unheralded year,…

Quintessa Introduces Inaugural Decade Release with 2010 Vintage

evebushman4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

ST. HELENA, CALIF. (PRWEB) – Quintessa is honored to announce its inaugural Decade Release, a library release that consists of a limited number of bottles of 2010 Quintessa set aside to evolve for one decade in the caves where it originated. First made exclusively available to Quintessa Vineyard Circle members in 3-packs of 750ml bottles and…

Fun and Informative Virtual Tasting with Bodegas Caro!

evebushman4 years ago2 years ago010 mins

I’m a fan of Malbec wines, and because of that I’m definitely a fan of Argentinian Malbecs. Either a 100% Malbec or a Bordeaux blend – the addition of Cabernet Sauvignon – are among my favorites. In the tasting below I enjoyed Malbec and Malbec Cab blends that ranged in price from $15 to $65,…

Tasted: Masters of Taste 2024

Mike Love’s Club Kokomo Spirits Launches Line of Artisanal Rums

New Riff Distilling Unveils Eight-Year-Old Bourbon Whiskey

Tasting St. Francis Wines with Director of Vineyards Jake Terrell and the Roebucks

The Dalmore and V and A Dundee unveil second installment in magnificent Luminary series

Flying Ace Straight Bourbon Stands in Support of United States Military, First Responders and Their Families

The Cellars Are Closed, But The Libraries Are Open: Wine Road Bringing Together Member Wineries to Give Visitors a Taste Something Special

Sokol Blosser Winery Marks 50 Years as a Family-Owned Willamette Valley Original – with a flash sale + more!

Perlises Pick What Wines We Are Drinking At Home – Part 1

Champagne Magazine’s 100 Best Champagnes for 2021!

Vintage Eve Circa 5/2018: A Trio of 2016 Carmenere

Prosecco DOC Rosé Officially Approved To Begin Exporting Worldwide: The Much Anticipated Sparkling Wine To Arrive In The United States Imminently

Reviewing DAOU’s Soul of a Lion and GIFTS too!

Chianti Classico Finds the Silver Lining of the 2020 Vintage

Quintessa Introduces Inaugural Decade Release with 2010 Vintage

Fun and Informative Virtual Tasting with Bodegas Caro!