I love this video put out by Gundlach Bundschu (www.gunbun.com) – it is their very creative way of explaining the life of Merlot.
Sep 092012
Mar 032012
It’s Saturday morning. I’m sitting on my lanai enjoying the peacefulness of birds chirping (a lawn mower :{ ) and a great cup of coffee made by my husband. I’m casually flipping through the March 2012 issue of my “Food & Wine” magazine when I settle on an article called “In Praise of Powerful Cabernets” by Ray Isle. I love what he says toward the end of the article and wanted to share with you….
“It (Cabernet) may be hard to pair with some foods, but it sure goes great with life.”
Enjoy your day….and your next bottle of Cabernet.
Jun 142010
Wow has this wine gotten great reviews from the Wine Access customers! Phrases like: ”…wonderful balance from the first fruit to the long finish.” “…the best cabernet I have ever tasted.” ”This made my dinner party a huge success.” ”…enjoyed by novices as well as experts.”
The Crane Ranch Vineyard Cabernet has had a great track record raising eyebrows and pleasing palates with the 2005 and 2006 vintages and now the best yet, 2007 vintage. The tasting notes make it highly enticing!
The price is almost as enticing as the wine. New release price: $40. Today, just $22.99/bottle on cases. Shipping included on 4 bottles or more.
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2007 Crane Ranch Brodatious for as little as $22.99 on cases with shipping included! You save 43%!
(just click the above link to purchase)
May 182010
I have some good news! I have found a really good wine that does not taste like it was made for every wine drinker on the planet. You may think that is NOT good news, but I say it is. After living in Italy for 3 years, I came home to America to find most of the “everyday drinking” wines tasting the same – all geared toward ease of drinking but lacking in complexity and finish. But alas, I have stumbled on a really great everyday wine that has some depth to it.
I was happy to see a new wine store in my town called Wine Styles. They carry many reasonably priced bottles of wine, have a monthly wine club and offer special events like tastings, pairings, etc. It was about day 3 of being in town that my husband and I walked into this store to purchase some wine (afterall, a hotel room with no wine is not really a hotel room at all). I was signing us up for the wine club, and my husband started talking with one of the employees. Turns out, the employee was professional surfer, Kyle Knox, who just happens to have a passion for wine. So much so, in fact, that he teamed up with Hill Family Estate to make his signature “Barrel Blend” wine (the pun is intended).
I bought a bottle to try and was very impressed. Gone was the overly fruit forward taste that had drained me of all hope in finding reasonably priced, reasonably complex California wine. This wine is really good. It is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Petit Verdot and Malbec. Sounds enticing doesn’t it – a great blending of varietals. This wine is all about balance. Hill Family Estate winemaker Alison Doran puts it best: ”The nose has a great ‘wow’ factor – unmistakably Napa in its elegance, but with an earthy blackberry and vanilla appeal that really makes you want to take a sip. And the palate is lovely, balanced, seductive and interesting, with plushy berry fruit and vanilla scented oak playing backup on tannins.”
Maybe it’s just me, but I also tasted plum. Whatever the case, this wine will be coming home with me often. I may not drink it literally everyday (retails for about $20 a bottle) but as often as I crave a balanced, interesting wine.
*tasting note source: http://business.transworld.net
May 112010
I don’t think I’ve ever given a wine special two days in a row but when this came across my path, I just couldn’t help myself from sharing!
2006 Anselmo Vigne Cabernet Sauvignon Veloce Napa Valley
Steve Simi took great care in planning for this great wine. He chose vineyards that sit on a 5-acre eastern hillside at the southern edge of Stags Leap and trimmed the yields to less than 3 tons per acre. The result is an elegant, deep purple cabernet sauvignon. Only 400 cases were produced from Steve’s pristine hillside so take advantage of this opportunity while it’s still available!
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| Tasting Notes from the WineAccess Travel Log 2006 Anselmo Vigne Cabernet Sauvignon Veloce Napa Valley “Deep purple color to the edge. Bright fresh, lush aromas of currants and violet. Rich on the attack, with fine fruit delineation. Excellent depth of flavor, slowly unfolding (even weightier on Day 2), melting into a finely honed finish. Tannins are present, but ripe, beautifully integrated, helping to balance out all the rich cassis fruit. Drink now for its Stags Leap hedonism or age for up to 7 years.” |
Jan 222010
If you’d like an excuse to buy wine then today is your lucky day! I have a couple great offers for you that are just too good to pass up. Wait until you read the tasting notes from Wine Access. It will make you wish you had a cellar exclusively stocked full of these two beauties.
| Tasting Notes 2007 Goulart The Marshall Malbec Mendoza “The 2007 The Marshall ?M? is 100% Malbec aged for 18 months in 40% new French oak. Opaque purple-colored, it offers up a nose of toasty new oak, cinnamon, allspice, violets, black cherry, and blackberry. On the palate it is rich, savory, and plush bordering on opulent. With excellent depth and grip, this substantial effort will evolve for another 2-3 years and offer prime drinking from 2011 to 2029.” 91 points–Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate “Very juicy, with a lush beam of raspberry and blackberry fruit laced with fruitcake, melted licorice and sweet spice notes. The fruit lingers on the finish. Drink now through 2010. 1,500 cases made.” |
| Tasting Notes 2005 Levendi Cabernet Sauvignon Sweetwater Ranch Napa Valley “Dark purple color. Beautiful aromas of plum and boysenberry. Rich and opulent on the palate with a gorgeous velour-like mouthfeel. Fine and lively on the finish, speaking to the cool climate and the extended hang time. Day 2: While a touch less explosive on the nose, the mid-palate has put on even more weight, now filled with lush, sweet blueberry purity. The finish remains firm, balancing out all that blue-red fruit opulence. Drink now (why not??) or age for up to 7 years.” |