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We’ve been great fans of white Domaine de la Becassonne from the southern Rhône for ages. We first came across the wine more than two years ago when the 2006 vintage was on the market. We hardly ever drink white but enjoyed this one so much that we ordered a case. The [...]
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We at weirdcombinations love wine. That’s it: we just love it.
So it was marvelous to be at a swanky party in Vitória, ES, Brazil a couple of weeks ago in the height of the tropical summer sipping cabernet from gorgeous stemware talking about whether or not chardonnay would be a good wine to [...]
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Ferrari-Carano is at the northern end of Dry Creek Valley, quite near the dam. We went there after visiting Sbragia on a rainy Sunday afternoon. We wanted to taste their wines and have a picnic lunch. Unfortunately they don’t have covered picnic tables at this majestic chateau-like winery and it was too [...]
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Hurrah! We finally went to Sbragia! I’ve been wanting to go there for a while, as some of you already know. The last time that we went was a failure as the others (you know who you are) didn’t want to taste the wine because they didn’t like the look of the [...]
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We were cold and a bit liquored up after a picnic lunch in the rain in Dry Creek Valley the other day. That’s always a great time to try a new winery! Rued fit the bill for us: it was right across the street from where we had our luncheon and we [...]
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Hegui and I are heading to Brazil next week for a while. Yesterday was our last night by ourselves for the next three weeks! To celebrate I made a simple meal of spaghetti with a sauce of garlic and escarole sautéed in olive oil with salt, black and red pepper and some parmesan cheese. We [...]
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Our good friend, John, is a huge fan of Cline. He’s a member of their wine club too. Located just down the road from Gloria Ferrer, some of the WC crew who hadn’t already been, got a chance to experience the place recently. Actually, we’d had their Ancient Vines Zinfandel and Mourvèdre [...]
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Some of the WC crew went to Gloria Ferrer over the holiday weekend. GF is most well known for their sparkling wines though turns out they have a large selection of still wine too. This place was developed in the 1980’s by the Ferrers of Spain. No strangers to the wine business, [...]
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A couple of weeks ago we went to the Healdsburg part of Sonoma County for wine tasting with friends. We stopped at Stryker Sonoma first, then Nalle; before enjoying our picnic lunch overlooking Lake Sonoma. It was a beautiful sunny day. The picnic spot couldn’t have been more perfect! The only [...]
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I’ve wanted to get to Nalle for ages! I’d read about it in Matt Kramer’s New California Wine. He recommends their Zinfandels and Riesling and concludes a short blurb about the place as “worth pursuing.” I often agree with Mr. Kramer’s tastes in wine so thought that this was a must.
The winery [...]
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