The March issue of Sommelier Journal is dedicated to the topic of wine education, and (as always) is well worth a read for wine pros and serious wine geeks alike. It contains a great follow-up article by Master Sommelier Tim Gaiser on the current status of the wine certification landscape, so the issue got me…
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Do You Take Wine Notes? (Giveaway! 33 Bottles of Wine Pocket Notebook Edition)
Well… do ya? We’ve got another nifty giveaway this week (this time courtesy of Scout Books) to help stimulate some stimulating conversation about taking detailed wine tasting notes. The thing is, I don’t do it. I know. I suck. Seriously, though, I don’t take copious notes when it comes to tasting wine. At massive tastings…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2010-04-24
08 Alamos Chardonnay (Mendoza): Things may get too tropical, toasty, or sweet for you, but things will *definitely* get interesting. $13 B- # 05 Snows Lake “Two” (Lake County): CS/CF blend layered w/ berry, spices, cocoa, it’s like the whole pantry. Underpriced (for now) at $45 A # 07 Talus Collection Zinfandel (Lodi): Almost improbably…
A Tale of Three Oh-Fives
As in, three 2005s, or 3 different wines all from the 2005 vintage. Other than their harvest year, they’ve got little in common apart from the fact that I tasted all three as samples over the last week or so, and in a rare case of vinous serendipity found all three to be excellent (a…