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Trials, tribulations and tips about winemaking from a down-home winemaker.

*** Chez Ray Bordeaux Blend, 2004, Lodi, CA
Filed under: 2004, blend, cabernet sauvignon, merlot

Review: The 2004 Chez Ray Bordeaux Blend is a mix of 2004 cabernet sauvignon and merlot grapes from Lodi, CA. In the glass, it is medium/deep red, showing purple and ...

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Posted 2 days 2 hours ago by jorray
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Rating: *** 2005 Chez Ray Pinot Noir (P5), Carneros, Sonoma County CA
Filed under: 2005, blend, pinot noir

Original Review, April 2007: This wine is from the Brehm frozen grape series . Early tasting notes from our tasting party are here . Wine is medium brick in color. ...

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Posted 3 days 23 hours ago by jorray
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***+ Chez Ray Mmmm-Berry 2008: Our Thanksgiving Wine
Filed under: 2008, berry

For our Thanksgiving meal, we chose 2008 vintage Mmmm-Berry , the combined black raspberry and red currant wine, made from home-grown red currants and frozen black raspberries (our home black ...

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Posted 5 days 7 hours ago by jorray
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First Tasting: ** 2008 Chez Ray Riesling, CT
Filed under: 2008, riesling

This is the first tasting of the 2008 Chez Ray Riesling, just out of the fermentation jug. The grapes were harvested from Westport, CT, and fermented cool with ICV-D254 yeast.In ...

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Posted 21 days ago by jorray
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Review and Rating: *** 2006 State Lane Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa, CA
Filed under: 2006, cabernet sauvignon

Review: The 2006 State Lane Cabernet Sauvignon from Yountville, Napa, CA, is from a batch of frozen grapes from Brehm, fermented cool .In the glass, this is medium ruby red. ...

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Posted 21 days ago by jorray
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Pressing 2008 Chez Ray Grapes - Part Two
Filed under: 2008, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, pressing, zinfandel

This weekend I pressed the 2008 Chez Ray merlot, cabernet sauvignon and zinfandel that came from fresh CA grapes. This pressing included several weeks of extended maceration, with the must ...

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Posted 23 days ago by jorray
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*** Chez Ray Meritage, 2003, Cabernet/Merlot/Zinfandel/Syrah, Lodi, CA
Filed under: 2003, cabernet sauvignon, meritage, merlot, syrah, zinfandel

Review: This 2003 Chez Ray Meritage is made from fresh grapes from Lodi, CA - a mix of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, zinfandel and syrah. It was fermented warm with Pasteur ...

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Posted 4 weeks ago by jorray
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***+ Chez Ray Merlot, 2003, Yakima Valley, WA
Filed under: 2003, merlot

Review: This 2003 Chez Ray Merlot is made from frozen grapes from Brehm Vineyards, fermented warm with Pasteur Red yeast, pressed at dryness.Medium dusty red in the glass. No bricking ...

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Posted 4 weeks ago by jorray
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** 2003 Chez Ray Pinot Noir / Cabernet Sauvignon, 2003, Columbia WA, Lodi, CA
Filed under: 2003, cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir

Review: This is a strange combo: pinot noir plus cabernet sauvignon. Somehow, at the time, it seemed like a good mix. The aromatics from the Columbia, WA, pinot noir added ...

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Posted 6 weeks ago by jorray
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Pressing the 2008 Chez Ray Grapes - Part One
Filed under: 2008, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, pressing, zinfandel

For the 2008 fresh grapes from California, I will be crushing in two separate phases as an experiment. For the first phase, I am crushing half of the cabernet, merlot ...

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Posted 7 weeks ago by jorray
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