All else aside, if we were to judge a wine purely on how fast it disappeared from our glasses, Erben von Beulwitz’s 2006 Kabinett Riesling would be tough to out-do.  Folks, this is simply a beautiful and so very delicious wine that left us feeling sad every time we realized how fast we were drinking […]

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See below for the event that we recommend for this weekend.  Click on its title to visit the official web site.

California

San Carlos (Bay Area)

Domenico Jazz Jam: August 17, 4 - 7 p.m.; $5.  Domenico specializes in Italian wines, and a great many of them have won awards.  We loved, especially, the winery’s Nebbiolo.  Picnicking appears to be […]

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During our trip to the East Coast a couple of weeks ago, we shared a bottle of Adegas Gran Vinum Nessa Albarino 2007 (from the Rias Baixas region of northwest Spain) with family the night before we returned to California.  The wine proved itself to be yet another option for drinking chilled in the hot […]

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Alas, no posting for today, as we were unable to make it up to wine country this past weekend.  Tune in tomorrow for this week’s Weekday Wine.

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This is thirty-six dollars worth of Pinot Noir, pure and simple.  In our minds, to spend that kind of money on a wine demands something wicked good, and this stuff was definitely up to snuff.
The first thing that caught our attention when pouring out glasses of McKenzie-Mueller’s Los Carneros Pinot Noir 2005 was the light […]

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Below are the events that we recommend for this weekend and beyond. Click on an event’s title to visit its official web site.

California

Monterey

Carmel Bach Festival: Saturday, July 19 - Saturday, August 9.  This event is not wine-related. Still, we think that combining an evening concert with a daytime visit to an area […]

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When we purchased our bottle of Domaine des Cassagnoles Reserve Selection 2006 (which consists entirely of the white varietal Gros Manseng and hails from France’s Vin de Pays Côtes de Gascogne) earlier today, it was described to us by our local wine merchant as a fantastic summer wine.  Upon tasting it this evening, we found […]

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