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2008 Banfi Chianti Classico Riserva and 2010 Fetzer Shaly Loam Gewürztraminer
Happy New Year! I trust you all made it safely into 2013. We’ve been going through quite a number of wines here up north, but there weren’t many exciting wines among them. There were some that I had...
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“Raindrops on Rotwein” Flight at Crush Wine Bistro in Anchorage
I indicated in my article on the wine bistro Crush in Anchorage, Alaska that we had their Austrian reds flight called “Raindrops on Rotwein”. The flight consisted of three Austrian reds made with...
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A couple of “Goes down well” wines
I once had a South African wine, I cannot remember which one, several years ago that I enjoyed quite a bit for its ease of drinking. It was smooth and uncomplicated, just a good quaffable wine. The...
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Traveling the Old World: A European Red Blind Tasting
Some may remember the Malbec tasting Nina and I hosted last month. We had so much fun that night, that in our drunken state of mind we all agreed to have another tasting soon. And so it was, last week,...
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2008 Feudi di San Marzano Primitivo di Manduria Sessantanni
It was time for a big red sometime two weeks ago. And the Sessantanni was what I had in mind. Let me give you a bit of background on how I found this particular wine. It was during the last weeks of my...
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Tasting with Friends: Strange Fruit
Last Friday, we had the third of our group of friends’ wine tastings. The previous tastings were themed around old world and new world Malbecs and European reds (which we conducted blindly). Not only...
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A Vertical Tasting at Ridge Vineyards
Nina and I are low-key planners when it comes to our trips. Just like our California trip to see family, until we arrived, all we had were the tickets and a place to stay. The rest usually comes...
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Impressions of VinItaly NYC 2014
I apologize in advance that this post is text-heavy, but I don’t like taking a camera to these kind of events. I want to focus on the experience, the wines I try, the personal connections I make. I...
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Meeting the Vintners: Kleine Zalze, Stellenbosch, South Africa
It is hard not to notice the size of Kleine Zalze’s business endeavors as you enter the compound through a security gate: To your left, you find rows of apartments, there is a lodge, and in the...
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