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Williams Selyem pick-up weekend, fall 2011

November 15, 2011

Okay, I admit it: I’m a Williams Selyem fan. I first heard of them from a dear friend, Kathleen. She’s a real estate agent to the stars, collects tons of fabulous local art and best of all, buys entire wine cellars off Craig’s List for fun. We love her! I’ll never forget that stunning champagne [...]

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getting emotional with 2007 La Bastide Saint-Dominique Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Secrets de Pignan

October 19, 2011

Les Secrets de Pignan is the first Châteauneuf-du-Pape that Hegui and I tried and really noticed, if you know what I mean. It was the 2004. We were with these lovely friends who grew up in a French speaking part of Africa, so to show off a bit, we went to a little French bistro [...]

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2010 Saint Cosme Côtes du Rhône

September 7, 2011

The 2010 Saint Cosme has arrived! Hurrah! This wine is always such a delightful crowd pleaser. We finished all of our 2009 a few months back, so you can imagine how excited I was to spy the 2010 at K and L recently. I bought a test-bottle which we drank that very night. And you [...]

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2007 Calera Pinot Noir Reed Vineyard

August 17, 2011

I’m all about Calera pinot lately. Their 2008 central coast pinot was a delight, and a real bargain. The 2007 Ryan Vineyard was breathtaking. I’ve heard that 2007 was an especially good year for California pinots in general. It shows here in this Reed Vineyard bottle, also from Mt. Harlan. My fascination with pinot noir [...]

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2010 Hillgate Roussanne Lake County

August 10, 2011

It is not every day that we’re in praise of a white wine here at weirdcombos. But we’ve always had a soft spot for Southern Rhône whites. Hence our annual multi-case purchases of Domaine de la Becassonne. What a surprise, then, to come across this really good and very affordable bottle of Hillgate Roussanne at [...]

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2007 Adelaida Version

March 23, 2011

To me, this is the most special wine that Adelaida produces. It’s a Paso Robles Rhône style blend that we’ve been enjoying for several years over a few vintages. It sells out quickly, according to their web site, so I guess the secret is starting to become common knowledge. Paso Robles is about a four-hour [...]

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2008 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Russian River Valley Eastside Road Neighbors

March 16, 2011

Thus far, we’ve enjoyed this Eastside Road Neighbors best of all the 2008 Williams Selyem wines that we’ve tasted at home. Blended from several vineyards along Eastside Road in the Russian River Valley, this is also our first blended pinot from WS. Their website gives a lot of technical info, their taste impressions and Wine [...]

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1996 J Fritz Winery 80-year old vines Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley Rogers’ Reserve

March 16, 2011

This was another exciting zinfandel find by our BFF, Chris S. He’s already wowed us with an older Hop Kiln zinfandel as well as a late-harvest zin from the same maker. This J Fritz, then, is part of an intriguing series of aged zinfandels. I’ve been trying to learn more about these wines as they [...]

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2008 Tensley OGT Syrah Santa Barbara

March 16, 2011

In January we went to this really interesting panel discussion at the San Francisco Public Library about food and wine blogging. Four bloggers spoke, including the delightful Sabrina from The Tomato Tart, whose food blog I really enjoy (hope that vegan cleanse thing is going o.k., S!) Alder Yarrow from vinography represented wine. Among other [...]

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2007 Calera Mt. Harlan Pinot Noir Ryan Vineyard

March 9, 2011

I’ve written about Calera once before. We loved their 2008 Central Coast pinot. Apparently the name is Spanish for “limekiln.” The vineyards and winery on Mt. Harlan rest on the site of an old limestone quarry. The Calera web page even shows a beautiful image of a recently restored limekiln. Perhaps it is all the [...]

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