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Laissez Vous le Bon Temps Roulez: Loom Wine Long Yarn Sparkling Shiraz 2005 and Pom Cosmo Made with Home-Infused Vanilla Tito...

Pimenter votre vie. Laissez vous le bon temps roulez. Or, as they say at Pat O'Brien's, Have Fun! Sparkling Shiraz is something not everyone is acquainted with. And not everyone ...

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Posted 1 day 15 hours ago by Jerry Hall
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A Likable Label and Wine for the Holidays: Spanish Quarter Chardonnay Albariño 2007

Like so many wines making the scene these days, The Spanish Quarter Chardonnay Albariño 2007 debuts as a new concept wine, invented by Spanish wine giant Codorniu. Looking to be ...

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Posted 8 days ago by Jerry Hall
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Rated XXX: Rosenblum Vintner's Cuvée XXX Zinfandel
Filed under: Closure: Neocork, USA California Red, Zinfandel

This year, 2008, marks the 30th anniversary of Kent Rosenblum's foray into professional wine making under the Rosenblum Cellars label, hence XXX marks the vintage. The reference to adult cinema ...

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Posted 8 days ago by Jerry Hall
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Alfredo Roca Mendoza Pinot Noir 2007
Filed under: Argentina Reds, Closure: Neocork, Pinot Noir

You might have to walk past this one a few times before you pick it up. The small black and white vineyard scene on the label depicts terroir, but it ...

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Posted 16 days ago by Jerry Hall
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California Chardonnay Never Gets Old: Geode Santa Barbara 2006 and William Hill Napa 2005
Filed under: Chardonnay, Closure: Real Cork, USA California Whites

Leave it to a baby boomer to latch onto this millennial wine label concept. Forgive me; the label goes with the new table we just bought from Pier 1 Imports, ...

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Posted 20 days ago by Jerry Hall
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Ale To The Chief: Obama Defeats McCain!

Based on Winewaves' internal analysis of final tracking polls, exit polls and ongoing monitoring of election results, we declare that Barack Obama is the next President of the United States. ...

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Posted 27 days ago by Jerry Hall
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Old Vines Kindle Young Wine: Bodegas Ateca Garnacha de Fuego 2007

There's still plenty of fire left in the belly of old gnarly Grenache vines in Calatayud, Spain. These old vines manifest their destiny in Garnacha de Fuego 2007, imported by ...

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Posted 4 weeks ago by Jerry Hall
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Can the Circle Be Unbroken? Bogle Phantom 2005
Filed under: Alternative Reds, Closure: Real Cork, Petite Sirah, USA California Red, Zinfandel

In between the last sips of the last glass of this bottle of Bogle Phantom 2005, I pick up my blue guitar and strum a few measures of that old ...

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Posted 5 weeks ago by Jerry Hall
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Red, White and Brews: Tait Ball Buster Shiraz 2006, Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc-Viognier 2007, Duvel Belgian Ale, and Dogfish Hea...
Filed under: Alternative Whites, Australian Reds, Closure: Screw Cap, Syrah Shiraz, USA California Whites

The 2006 edition of Bruno Tait's Ball Buster is true to form. Like Barack Obama, it's a velvet glove on an iron fist. This I verified on the night of ...

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Posted 6 weeks ago by Jerry Hall
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Zins Off the Beaten Path: Girasole Mendocino Zinfandel 2006 and Renwood Sierra Foothills Zinfandel 2005
Filed under: Closure: Real Cork, USA California Red, Zinfandel

Among the reds, Zinfandel is the most primal and comforting. Often seen as outclassed by buttoned-down Cabernet, temperamental Pinot Noir, or blockbuster Shiraz, Zin dispenses with all the formalities, allowing ...

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Posted 7 weeks ago by Jerry Hall
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