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          Lone Oak Vineyard 2010 CHARDONNAY Fruit fwd.  Light oak.  Good viscosity. Melony.  Stoney.  Subtle pineapple.  Almost banana. None of the tart green apple or deep butter from other ends of the spectrum. Subtle vanillin…but the good kind. Rich, without the buttery depth of too much malo. nice acid.  Warm weather […]

It’s been a while since my last post, so I figured now that I am done licking my wounds from losing my Crushpad contest, that now was as good a time as any to jump back in.   Today is the 3rd Thursday of November marks ‘Beaujolais Nouveau Day” here in the US. While it’s […]

During our trip home over the holidays recently, it was brought to my attention that I don’t really review wines that people can buy everywhere or that they are usually wines that the average person wouldn’t buy.  This is true, but it’s also intentional. There are countless wine blogs out there that will review the […]

Anyone who knows me, knows that there is only one thing that I enjoy more than wine –  my family. However, I also truly love wine. I find everything about wine to be interesting – from growing to winemaking to wine tasting. My wife and two little girls are my whole world, and when combined, […]

Just a quick post about a nice white that I just came across, and I wanted to share. The 2010 Chateau Bonnet ‘Entre Deux Mers’ is a white white Boreaux blend consisting of Sauvignon Blanc 50%, Sémillon 40%, Muscadelle 10%.  Unlike white blends from the new world (CA or Australia), this isn’t sweet as one […]

I like wine.  A lot.  No news there. However, Zinfandel is one varietal which I always have had a difficult time warming up to.  I’m not sure what it is that keeps me from really enjoying it, but the reality is that there are only a few which I truly do. Lucky for me, my […]

I am in the process of relocating to the San Francisco area, and therefore, I have the ‘luxury’ of thinning out my wine cellar.  I’m not happy about this, but as they say – “you can’t take it with you”.  Especially not for $50/case in shipping (and the risk of ruining a $1000/case). Tonight, we […]

After our honeymoon in Napa Valley, my dad asked me something to the effect of “I hope that didn’t ruin wine for you.” At first it caught me off guard, but he explained further that he was a little concerned that the ‘Disneyland effect’ would take away from the foggy-goggled luster that most people have […]

The thing about great wines, I’m finally learning, is that they don’t SCREAM or PREACH greatness at you. They, like many other ‘great’ things in this world, simply do what they do better than all the rest – and without fanfare. I had a conversation with a good friend of mine recently regarding the QPR […]