malbec

Hanna Winery and Vineyards, Sonoma County

November 30, 2011

Founded by Dr. Elias S. Hanna, a cardiologist, in the 1970’s, Hanna is truly a magnificent wine country experience. Located in Alexander Valley quite near the charming town of Healdsburg, this place has everything: stunning views, great wine, marvelous hospitality and that wow-factor which all combine for an amazing experience. We on the weirdcombos tasting [...]

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Chouinard Vineyards, Castro Valley

March 7, 2011

Hegui and I decided to go to Chouinard as part of our recent Livermore Valley wine tasting meet-up. They got an excellent review on ChowHound and they produce Rhône varieties, which we adore. Even though we’ve been, I still don’t quite know how to situate them on the map. Many of their grapes are grown [...]

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Hop Kiln Winery, Sonoma County

February 2, 2011

We went to Hop Kiln on a quest for more late harvest zinfandel after the thrilling half-bottle that our good friend, Chris, brought to our Dungeness crab massacre, oh, I mean dinner party over the holidays. Then, in January, we saw him at another party. That time he brought a bottle of 1995 Hop Kiln [...]

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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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two 2008 Owen Roe reds

April 20, 2010

I’m always seduced by wine labels from the Pacific Northwest. A few weeks back we tried some Columbia Valley reds that I picked up at Berkeley Bowl West merely because of the price and the attractive labels. Today, I’ll report on two Owen Roe reds that I got at Whole Foods, mainly because of the [...]

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Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery, Sonoma County

February 11, 2010

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 wet to sit [...]

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highly rated malbec home tasting

September 2, 2009

Recently we’ve “re-discovered” malbec. I’d forgotten how wonderful that Argentinean red could be. When I last wrote about this wine, I promised you readers a home tasting of more selections and, after a bit more warm up to this glorious subject, here we go. While we were drinking these wines at home, I also started [...]

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malbec, Malbec, MALBEC!

July 30, 2009

Ah, malbec! Sometimes there can be too much of a good thing. This is what we thought a few years ago while vacationing in Argentina with a few friends. At that time the American dollar was very strong and the Argentine economy was in the dumps. We felt rich! As a result, of course, we [...]

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