Another white with a notable aroma, this one “grassy” or “musky.” The pure varietal is found mainly in the Loire, at Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, As part of a blend, the grape is all over Bordeaux, in Pessac-Léognan, Graves and the Médoc whites; it also shows up in Sauternes. New Zealand has had striking success with Sauvignon Blanc, producing its own perfumed, fruity style that spread across North America and then back to France.
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Sauvignon blanc White Wine
Monday, December 19th, 2011Sangiovese Red Wine
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Sangiovese is best known for providing the backbone for many superb Italian red wines from Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino, as well as the so-called super-Tuscan blends. Sangiovese is distinctive for its supple texture and medium-to full-bodied spice, raspberry, cherry and anise flavors. When blended with a grape such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese gives the resulting wine a smoother texture and lightens up the tannins.
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Chardonnay Russian River Valley Rochioli Vineyards
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
The response to our 2000 Chardonnays has been incredible. After receiving multiple 90+ scores from the Wine Spectator, Wine & Spirits magazine and the California Grapevine for our Russian River Valley and Westside Farms Chardonnay releases, we now proudly offer one of our most coveted and highly anticipated release of the year … our 2000 Rochioli Vineyard Chardonnay. Clearly, the quality and reputation of the Rochioli Vineyard has been well documented, and those who have experienced wines produced from this vineyard need little convincing. They simply grow some of the finest fruit in the Russian River Valley, and that quality shows in the wines bearing their designation.
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Sonoma county red table wine
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
As winemakers, much of what keeps our motivation high and our creative instincts flowing are the opportunities and challenges to source tremendous new grape sources and craft wines, which accurately reflect the unique micro-regions from which they were grown. As a consumer, you often see such efforts with vineyard specific or vineyard designated wines.
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Grape When
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011Matching wines to food is akin to accessorizing an outfit. You want everything to go together, but that doesn’t mean you have to be obvious. The monochrome look never did look good. Here then, are a few thoughts on food and wine pairings.
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Champagne and wine will be more expensive in 2011 up to 15 percent
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
In 2011 the Austrians for champagne and wine will have to dig deeper into their pocket. “Due to the poor harvest to expect a price increase of five to 15 percent,” Gerhard Wohlmuth of wine and spirits trade of Commerce said on Monday.
“We do have a strong crop failure,” Wohl said on Monday. The producers therefore need to raise prices. Austria Far grape prices have risen by as much as “more than 100 percent.”
Especially in Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland and Styria have been hit by crop failures. “The grape harvest brings in average years, about 2.4 to 2.6 million hectoliters, this year there were only 1.75 million hectoliters,” said Wohl.
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chianti
Monday, November 15th, 2010For many years, “chianti” was the p.c. name used for very ordinary wine more often referred to as “dago red.” Bottled in squat, straw-covered bottles that could be used as candle-holders afterwards, the wine never saw the dirt of an Italian vineyard, being produced in mostly in the U.S. and Argentina. Classic chianti, however (which is not to be confused with Chianti Classico), is a dry, full-bodied red wine that takes its name for the Chianti region of Italy, the best-known red wine production are in the country, which covers most of Tuscany. (Happily, Chianti is delicious with the robust Tuscan cuisine. And movie lovers may remember that lovable cannibal Hannibal Lector washed down a meal of census taker and fava beans with a nice Chianti.)
Traditionally, Chianti was a mixture of four or five grape varieties, including Sangiovese, Canailo and two white wines, Trebbiano and Malvasia. Today, Chianti is more likely to be made entirely from the Sangiovese grape. In the Super Tuscans, Sangiovese grapes are blended with Cabernet or other big red varietals.
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Dessert wines
Sunday, November 14th, 2010Dessert wines are sweet wines (duh!) that are designed to be an accompaniment to dessert or to provide a sweet finish to a meal all by themselves. There are two kinds of dessert wines, those produced naturally by late-harvested moldy grapes that have shriveled (like raisins), concentrating the sugars; and those that are fortified with brandy to increase the alcohol content.
The mold that is the catalyst for the intensely sweet grapes is called botrytis cinerea, poetically called “noble rot.” The mold only develops under certain conditions, and it’s a necessary part of the process for making the unfortifed wines. For some French Sauternes (not to be confused with the California “sauterne,” which is a semi-sweet jug wine), the vines are hand-picked as many as 12 times to make sure that no unripe grapes slip into the mix. Sauternes, which are made from Sauvignon Blanc or Semillon grapes, have a double life. Although lushly sweet, they are also high in acid, and can be successfully paired with such luxurious comestibles as caviar and pate. Many people consider the high end Sauternes “liquid gold in a bottle.”
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Weingut Horst Meurer
Thursday, November 11th, 2010In the 15 Olk
56843 Burg | Mosel
Fon +49 (6541) 6766
Fax +49 (6541) 2335
The winery is located in the Moselle valley Meurer, surrounded by vineyards in the small wine castle and is managed for several generations of the family Meurer.
After Peter Meurer his teaching viticulture at Weingut Dr. Loosen had finished, he graduated to the 2004 student response for Viticulture and Enology at the University of Applied Sciences in Geisenheim. The freshly baked Dipl Ing Peter Meurer then took on in 2005 the estate of his parents. Since then he has tried to preserve the tradition of his parents and to produce wines of high quality.
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Weingut Ewald Neder
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Urbanusweg 5
97 729 Ramsthal | Franks
Fon +49 (9704) 5692
Fax +49 (9704) 7469
Family Vineyard in northern France. Completely durchgegorene wines are their specialty. There are also some fine fruit crops.
Red wine blend “‘aweng red” is enjoying increasing popularity.
Size: 8.00 ha
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