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Papapietro Perry Winery, Sonoma County

September 2, 2010

Some of the WC headed back to our favorite wine stomping-ground last weekend, Dry Creek Valley near Healdsburg. We’d been to Papapietro Perry a few years before and loved their exciting pinot noirs (or is it pinots noirs?) Anyway, this visit, our dear friend, Callie, was here for a spell; and since we’d just been [...]

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Rheingold: the German Wine Renaissance by Owen Bird

August 31, 2010

In Rheingold – The German Wine Renaissance, Owen Bird enthusiastically advocates for German Riesling while simultaneously criticizing the industry’s ability to successfully market it as the preeminent white on the international stage. In this age of red wine consumption, has German Riesling become a fashion casualty? Bird, at one of his funniest moments, writes, “Fashion [...]

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Unti Vineyards, Sonoma County

August 30, 2010

I’ve been wanting to try the wines at Unti for ages now! We finally got our chance the other day while visiting Dry Creek Valley near Healdsburg in Sonoma County. It was worth the wait, as this is a must go-to for fine wine. Turns out, you’re supposed to have an appointment for the tasting. [...]

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Rutherford Hill, Napa County

August 23, 2010

Hegui was familiar with Rutherford Hill from a wine tasting excursion there several years ago with some friends with whom we’ve now lost touch. I was visiting people in New York, so missed out on this delightful wine experience. On our recent trip to Napa, we had just finished a lovely picnic lunch at Pride [...]

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Pride Mountain Vineyards, Napa and Sonoma Counties

August 18, 2010

Some of the crew went to Pride Mountain Vineyards for a tasting appointment last weekend. If you’ve never been, we highly recommend it. Situated on the border of Napa and Sonoma Counties, this stunningly beautiful winery at the top of Spring Mountain in the Mayacamas range produces marvelously complex and succulent wines in a magnificent [...]

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confusing Syrah advice from Wine Spectator

August 3, 2010

I really enjoy Wine Spectator, but maybe I’ve been taking it too seriously lately. I went a little crazy over 2009 Bordeaux futures after WS and everyone else went hog-wild about the vintage. My checkbook is still recovering. The same happened with the 2007 Châteauneuf-du-Pape vintage. WS loved it, and, by extension, I did, too. [...]

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Reflections of a Wine Merchant by Neal Rosenthal

July 28, 2010

Wine is fantastic, though is it possible to ever get too much of a good thing? Well, not if you’re Neal Rosenthal. His exciting book, Reflections of a Wine Merchant, describes his career as an independent wine merchant in New York with a penchant for Old World wines. In the mid-Seventies, Rosenthal was a disillusioned [...]

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A Year of Wine by Tyler Colman, AKA Dr. Vino

July 15, 2010

I read A Year of Wine: Perfect Pairings, Great Buys, and What to Sip for Each Season in hopes of learning more about pairing red wines with spicy, vegetarian and Asian style foods: basically the kinds of things that we eat and blog about all the time. Plus I really like Dr. Vino’s site. Like [...]

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Paraduxx, Napa County

July 6, 2010

We went to Paraduxx on the recommendation of a frequent member of the weirdcombos tasting crew, Carey M. She had gone there a few months prior and remembered it to be an excellent experience. The winery is the “child” of Duckhorn, located further north in Napa. At the “parent,” like much of Napa, they produce [...]

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Je suis desolé avec le 2005 La Bastide Saint-Dominique Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Secrets de Pignan

June 29, 2010

Just to celebrate the middle of the week last Wednesday, we opened a bottle of one of my favorite wines: La Bastide Saint-Dominique Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Secrets de Pignan. We discovered this wine by chance while dining at Chez Papa, a French restaurant here on Potrero Hill in San Francisco. I took Steven there to celebrate [...]

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