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Wine Review: Starmont Merryvale, 2007 Chardonnay, Napa Valley
What is it? 100% Chardonnay Where from? Napa Valley How much? About $20… as tested $9.97 at Costco Alcohol: 13.5% Production: 25,517 cases How was it made? 50% barrel, 50% stainless steel...
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Wine Review: Rodney Strong, 2007 Estate Chalk Hill Chardonnay, Sonoma County
Price: About $20, as tested $9.97 at Costco How was it made? 97% French oak barrels, 97% malolactic, and aged 9 months. According the company literature, this wine should be enjoyed over the next 1-3...
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2 inexpensive Chardonnays for #Chardonnay, a twitter event
Rick Bakas of St. Supery is at it again with another twitter wine tasting event. Hot off the heals of #calicab, and Josh Wade’s #WAmerlot comes #chardonnay. If you are looking for something...
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Wine Tasting at the Phoenix Public Market
I recently attended a free wine tasting at the Phoenix Public Market in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Every Wednesday starting at 5pm the Public market pours local Arizona wines for the public to sample....
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An Evening with Robert Craig, part 2
This is part 2, to first read part 1 click here After the initial interview Mr Craig went back to his hotel room to get ready for the dinner. During this time I was introduced to Trudy Thomas,...
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Chardonnay Smackdown #1 | J Vineyards | Cupcake Vineyards | Catena
In this review: J Vineyards 2008 Russian River Valley Chardonnay, Cupcake Vineyards 2009 Central Coast Chardonnay, Catena 2008 Chardonnay Mendoza Argentina. I received the J Vineyards and Cupcake...
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Affordable California Cult Wines, part 1 | Robert Young
A while back I attended a wine tasting billed as “5 Affordable California Cult Wines”. Affordable and Cult? This I had to see. Below is the first of a five part article series reviewing these Cult...
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Central Coast Chardonnay roundup #1 | Mer Soleil | Layer Cake | Chalone
Wines reviewed in this article: Mer Soleil Silver 2008|Layer Cake 2009 Virgin Chardonnay|Chalone 2009 Monterey While many parts of North America are still in the grip of winter I have been preparing...
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Wine Review | Robert Mondavi | 2010 Chardonnay | Napa Valley
Robert Mondavi 2010 Chardonnay, Napa Valley Like the vintage in neighboring Carneros, the 2010 Napa Valley vintage was below average in temperature. The cool season allowed the fruit more time to...
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