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Budget Vino
Posts from Budgetvino.com- Wine reviews and tips for the $10 and under crowd.
Cabernet sauvignon—and particularly the cabernet produced in California's Napa Valley—is the signature American wine. When a Napa cab, the 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, beat out some leading French wines in the Judgment of Paris, it heralded the coming-of-age of American viticulture and gave the phrase Napa cabernet international cachet. Nowadays, however, that phrase is more apt to elicit snickers than praise; in the minds of many consumers...
- Raphael 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (lennthompson.typepad.com)
- Peconic Bay Winery 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (lennthompson.typepad.com)
Five Southern Ohio wineries have teamed up for the "Annual Ohio River Valley Barrel Tasting Tour." The winemakers at Harmony Hill Vineyards & Estate Winery (Bethel), Kinkead Ridge Estate Winery (Ripley), Burnet Ridge Winery (Cincinnati) ...
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Robert Parker, the world's foremost wine taster, tasted a bunch of bottles from Bordeaux 2005 (a great year for Bordeaux) and couldn't tell which one was which and ranked them differently than he had before.
Blind tasting removes preconceptions about wines while maintaining the ability to rate wines in a peer group setting. Wednesday night, Parker upended the order of his published ratings of the wines and, in the process, could not correctly...
From kottke.org
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- Wine of the Week – An Affair to Remember (tasteto.com)
- Winemaker Releases Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd Varietals (hard.br.itlogin.phpw.icqradio.spinner.com)
Waimea’s Chardonnay 2008 and Bolitho SV Pinot Noir 2007 have just been awarded Blue-Gold Medals at the prestigious Sydney International Wine Competition. The Waimea Dry Riesling 2006 was not only also awarded a Blue-Gold Medal, but additionally included ...
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From scoop.co.nz
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House of Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough, New Zealand)
A friend of mine brought this bottle of wine over a few days ago. The empty bottle is still hanging around because I want to find more! We really enjoyed it.
It is a medium bodied Sauv Blanc that isn’t too sweet. Good fruit flavors and a little buttery. Quite lovely in our opinion.
I’m still on the hunt to find it locally (I honestly haven’t checked around yet), but here’s where you...
From mary.nonsociety.com
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- Buy Red Wine White Wine Cabernet Sauvignon Blanc Cabernet Wines (123--wine.com)
- Wired for Wine - Ochagavia Gran Reserva Sauvignon Blanc 2008 (zerodaydeals.com)
Margaret Swaine told you how award-winning wines are selected. Here, then, is a list of the gold-medal winners (which she helped select) from this year's Intervin Awards. Chardonnay Oaked - Over $20Beringer Vineyards Chardonnay 2007, Napa Valley Red Blend Bleasdale Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon / Malbec / Petit Verdot / Merlot Frank Potts, 2005 Late HarvestCattail Creek Estate Winery Select Late Harvest Riesling #1 SWEET, 2007Cabernet...
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Classic quality and bold style have distinguished Beaulieu Vineyard Reserve Wines for more than a century. This 2005 Dulcet is a prime example. The name reflects the harmony that?s created with this unique blend of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Napa Valley Syrah. The Cab is harvested from throughout the valley; Stags Leap District, Rutherford, St. Helena and Calistoga, and brings complexity and strength. The Syrah, from BV?s cooler...
From zerodaydeals.com
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- Wired for Wine - Beringer Napa Valley Vineyards Viognier 2007 (zerodaydeals.com)
- The Top 5 Wineries in California (associatedcontent.com)



