Concannon Limited Release Petite Sirah 2005
Filed under: Petite Sirah, Red Wines, Wine Reviews
8 hours ago at Box Wines by Roger

Price: $14 Maker: Concannon Vineyard, Livermore & San Luis Obispo, California Varietal: Petite Syrah Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.9 out of 10 Concannon Limited ....

Château Cos-d'Estournel Buys Chateau Montelena
Filed under: Wine News & Information VI
8 hours ago at Avenue Vine by fortna

One of Bordeaux's top châteaus has bought one of Napa's most historic estates. The owner of Château Cos-d'Estournel, Michel Reybier, purchased Chateau Montelena in Calistoga this past weekend, pending U.S ....

 2005 Paul Autard Chateauneuf-du-Pape, La Cote Ronde
Filed under: AVIN4185425918362, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Grenache, Paul Autard, store
9 hours ago at domaine547 by d547

We were wondering why this CdP wasn’t selling. Ummm, that would be because we completely forgot to enter it into our inventory. Well, now, after 6 additional months of perfect ....

 Finger Lakes Winery Report - Penguin Bay Winery, July 2008
9 hours ago at Finger Lakes Weekend Wino by Finger Lakes Weekend Wino

As part of the Peterson family’s trio of wineries, Penguin Bay is the young and upcoming star this year, winning a substantial number of Gold and Double Gold medals, including ....

 Viognier Down Argentina Way
Filed under: Argentina, viognier, wine under $10
9 hours ago at Smells Like Grape

Continuing our two-part series Viognier Light and Gay ; tonight we discuss a very affordable Argentine example. Okay, there is no series, and I just ripped the title off from ....

 Live in France? Or Italy?
Filed under: Emotion Recollected in Tranquillity
9 hours ago at mondosapore by Strappo

Which country would you want to live in? Americans and other Anglophones tend to idealize both countries. But it's easy to idealize from afar and almost impossible to do so ....

 What's better than wine? Wine and chocolate!
Filed under: chocolate
11 hours ago at Full Bodied: Two hot fat chicks on wine and other good things in life. by Kelly

The krazy kooks at Zotter in Austria must have a hell of a good time thinking up new and whacky chocolate bar flavours. Yes, these are the guys who meld ....

 The end of the road
Filed under: Podcast
11 hours ago at The Wine for Newbies Podcast™ Blog by William Wilson

Over the last few months I’ve had the opportunity to do some reflecting on various parts of my life. I’ve been impressed by the Zen-like concepts of simplifying things, removing ....

 TasteVine Selections
Filed under: Business, clarity, inertia, tastevine selections
11 hours ago at Grape Thinking by Greg

Image via Wikipedia So we’ve been going through a little bit of a whirlwind lately over here at GT trying to find our path, and it ultimately led up to ....

 Sangiovese: a little bit of history
Filed under: Brunello di Montalcino, Gallesio, Pomona italiana, Sangiogheto, Sangiovese, Soderini, Trinci
12 hours ago at Montalcino Report by Ale

The earliest known reference to Sangiovese grape variety is found in "La coltivazione delle viti", Soderini's treatment of grape growing published in 1590. He makes mention of a grape called ....