The $30 price tag affords you some really interesting wines from Oregon. The Pinot Noir grape has thrived in this Pacific North West State and today Gary Vaynerchuk puts 3 of the wines up for battle!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Siduri Shaw Mt Pinot NoirOregon Pinot Noir
2005 Boedecker Stewart Pinot NoirOregon Pinot Noir
2006 Lemelson Thea’s Pinot NoirOregon Pinot Noir

Links mentioned in todays episode.

• Mott Link It Up T-Shirt
• Follow Yonnage (JohnK) on Twitter
• Join Boedecker Cellars mailing list

1. A very nice lady calls in about the Salamander Festival [link] this August 24th in Santa Rosa.We’ll forgive them their web site skills;
2. A very nice call from Domino Amjet [link] pimping the upcoming Wine Industry Technology Symposium (WITS) [link] July 14th and 15th in Napa;
3. ChicagoPinot [link] (a wine blogger on the scene in Chicago, just getting started) calls in wondering if she should go to the Wine Bloggers Conference [link] this October 24-26 in Santa Rosa.
4. A friendly call from William of Wine & Spirits Jobs.com [link], with a new feature: Wine Industry Job Listing Of The Week! Here’s the first one: [link]
   
5. A friend of Kaz’s from Newport Beach calls in briefly with a weather report, and is quickly followed by:
6. A nice fellow named John, who works at a repair shop in eastern Sonoma, but makes wine for himself on the side;
7. And finally, Rick Bakas of Culination [link] calls in to see if he won a prize!

It’s a record for a one-hour call-in talk show in Sonoma! And it’s a top ten Wine Biz Radio episode!

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Gary Vaynerchuk tastes a few wines generously contributed by some Vayniacs who stopped through after visiting wineries in the mid-Atlantic. Gary was excited to try these 3 reds from some of “The Other 46″ states and wants to taste more!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Chaddsford Due Rossi
2005 Linden Petit Verdot
2005 Basignani Cabernet Sauvignon

Pinot Takes a Walk on the Sparkling Side: A Champagne seminar at IPNC? Mais oui! If you dig through the calcium-laden soils of Champagne, more often than not, you will find Pinot Noir roots.

Two Parts. Part One Moderators: Rollin Soles, Argyle Winery, Dundee, Willamette Valley, Oregon and Ghislain de Montgolfier, Champagne Bollinger, led the group through a tasting that explained how sparkling wine is made and included tastings of base wines for sparkling wine and Champagne. Part Two Moderators: Eric Asimov, New Yorks Times and Peter Wasserman of Le Serbet/Selection Becky Wasserman introduced the wines of some of Champagne’s best grower/winemakers who were represented by Paul and Francoise Couvreur (Champagne et Villages), Morgane Fleury (Champagne Fleury), Jose and Corinne Lievens (Champagne Jacques Picard), and Thierry Massin and Sylvie Fricot (Champagne Thierry Massin).

For more info on the 2008 International Pinor Noir Celebration: www.ipnc.org

Sponsor: Pinpoint Technologies, Mailing List: www.pinpoint-tech.com

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We arrived a bit before they opened the tent so we found ourselves in the tasting room of the brewery. You taste beer of micro brews the same way you do wine and they are paired the same way too. I found myself sniffing, sipping and evaluating. I started off tasting Witte Ale. It was very light and a good summertime ale. It had refreshing flavors of orange, and lemon. Next taste was the Hennepin. I enjoyed this too. It was refreshing, but a little heavier than the Witte. Then I tasted a dark beer (unfortunately I didn't write the name of it down) This beer is only available on tap and not sold in bottles. It had an aftertaste of cherry and was on the bitter side. I didn't like it, however, my friend Catherine did and felt it would go well with spicy food.

No trip is complete without a stop at a winery. We came across Bear Pond Winery just before we got on I88. I really liked their logo..a bear claw. I tasted a variety of their wines. Their Cabernet Franc was very nice. They had a cranberry wine which I thought would be a great summer drink if you added some club soda to it.

No matter where you are, you should stop in and visit the local winery. You will be surprised at the regional wines you will find.