WINE IN SWEDEN (Free subscription) | yesterday
This wine was imported by Fondberg & Co. Colour : Blackcurrant, red Aroma : Blackcurrant, herbs, cherry, liqourice Taste : Milk chocolate, blackberry, savoury notes, oak, cherry Alcohol : 14% Price : 149 SEK Mark : B- Website : Bodegas Trapiche Website : Fondberg & Co
Technically Overboard (Free subscription) | yesterday
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/11/oh_thank_heavens_7-elevens_mak.php Good wine? Well, maybe - but the price is certainly right.... no word if it'll be in the slurpie machine. Dallas-based 7-Eleven's had a few proprietary wines on shelves for some time, among them Sonoma Crest and Thousand Oaks, but today comes word that the convenience store's actually in the private-label business...
jamie goode's wine blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Some pictures from a truly exciting day spent in Tulbagh, Paardeberg and Paarl. Eben Sadie, who makes some of South Africa's very best red and white wines. Bush-vine Carignan at Vonderling, Paardeberg Flowering Cabernet Sauvignon, Vonderling A Nomblot concrete egg next to a barrel, Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards (TMV) Worm compost, TMV (and Rebecca... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
The Gray Market Report (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Stags Leap District has long been perhaps my favorite Napa Valley subappellation for Cabernet. Made properly, Stags Leap Cabs tend to be more elegant than others from warmer parts of the valley. Stags Leap is in the southern part of the valley, so it gets cool breezes from the Pacific Ocean, allowing grapes to develop ripe flavors with less sugar (and thus less potential alcohol) than a few miles north....
On the Road with the Grape Guy (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It was another fantastic winemaker’s dinner at Bb33, the restaurant within the Delta Chelsea hotel in downtown Toronto, and executive chef Gino Guercio outdid himself once again (c lick here to see my previous Bb33 dinner I attended for Bodegas Norton ). The winery this time was the Chilean self described “boutique” Errazuriz, with guest speaker Michel Coutonlenc, regional director,...
Betty's List (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
ARTiSaNal Wine Tasting - Benefiting New Spirit Community Church - 11/14 Link to online version of announcement: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/87989 - A not to be missed wine tasting experience! ARTiSaNAL Wine Tasting Saturday, November 14th 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Outlook Room Ecumenical Center 2401 Le Conte Avenue Berkeley This is a wonderful occasion to taste handcrafted, hard-to-find, vineyard-designate...
Wine Pictures from BKWine (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
One needs to keep apart Chateau Cantenac Brown and Chateau Brane Cantenac in Bordeaux. Physically, they're not far from each other in Margaux. Architecturally, they're worlds apart. Vineyard. Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Medoc, Bordeaux, France - Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Chateau Cantenac Brown is in the commune of Margaux in the...
Fast Company Now (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Now you can pull off the road, pop into 7-Eleven and grab a chardonnay with stone fruit tones or a plum-like cabernet sauvignon, both of which pair perfectly with Go-Go Taquitos or a 1/4-pound Big Bite. 7-Eleven's new brand of house wines, Yosemite Roads, is cheaper than a 6-pack, too--$3.99 a bottle. The convenience store chain best known for Big Gulps and Slim Jims is following in the footsteps...
yumsugar (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Two Buck Chuck better watch its back - it's about to face some stiff competition. On Tuesday, 7-Eleven announced its plans to release value wines in the United States and Japan. 7-Eleven will launch two proprietary California wines - a Chardonnay and a Cabernet Sauvignon - to roughly 15,000 outlets under the Yosemite Road label. They will each retail for $3.99. The Chardonnay is described as having...
AlaWine.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Award-Winning Wine: DFV Wines 2007 337 Cabernet Sauvignon Reason for Reviewing: DFV Wines 2007 337 Cabernet...
On the Road with the Grape Guy (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Napa Valley vintners came to town on the afternoon of the 26th, 43 producers pouring many Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnays – the grapes that made Napa famous. I, for one, wanted to try something different than the usual; I guess I was in an ABC mood (Anything But Chardonnay / Cabernet), so I went on a one man crusade to locate anything other than ‘the usual’ … here’s...
Two Dogs, a Flamingo and a Bottle of Wine (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
There were several good dinners consumed in California and more than several wines. Pictured above are two wines we drank with an unusual braised pork dinner. On the right is the 2005 Helios Cabernet Franc from Corison winery while on the left was a completely new wine to me, a 2004 Cartuxa, Evora, Tinto Colheita from Portugal. The Helios was young and fresh with tart blueberries and some darker cherries...
The Wine Connoisseur (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
DALLAS–(Press Release)–In its first foray into global merchandising, 7-Eleven, Inc. (SEI) in the U.S. and Seven-Eleven Japan (SEJ) are jointly introducing two proprietary wines – a Chardonnay and a Cabernet Sauvignon – today under the Yosemite Road label. These are California wines produced by The Wine Group exclusively for 7-Eleven® stores and its parent company, [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
KENWOOD, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Kenwood Vineyards announces the release of the 2005 Kenwood Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon. The 31st vintage in America's premier marriage of art and wine, the 2005 Kenwood Artist Series showcases the genius of artist Paul Klee and winemaker Pat Henderson in the inimitable style that has made the Artist Series so coveted.
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
These days, it seems like everybody and their uncle are making their own wines. Even 7-Eleven (yes, that 7-Eleven). Here’s "Yosemite Road," the company’s brand of affordable Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon: And, whoa, Yosemite Road is quite the bargain: Says the press release, both the Chardonnay and a Cabernet Sauvignon will sell for $3.99 a bottle. [...]
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