Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Nov 3, 2009, 4:09 pm
This wine was formally known as "Director's Cut" but they recently changed the name and the label. Personally I like the new look a bit better than the old spiral style label. I think the previous...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Nov 2, 2009, 5:23 pm
I'm a huge fan of many of the wines made at Freemark. In fact I even had the opportunity to sell the wines a one point in my wine career and visited the winery a couple years ago. It's a wonde...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Oct 29, 2009, 8:54 pm
I actually don't have the magic cure to avoiding wine headaches. However, what works for me is eating a huge Italian dinner and then drinking a boat load of water with a few Advil right before I g...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Oct 27, 2009, 5:51 pm
Geeeez! I love Bordeaux! I tell most my wine geek buddies that it's the region I would choose if I only had one wine to drink for the rest of my life. (Champagne is a close second....then perhaps ...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Oct 27, 2009, 5:20 pm
I think a lot of times we as consumers or "polite" individuals fail to claim what's ours. We think that by returning a flawed or broken item that we are somehow hurting someone or something. We sa...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Oct 22, 2009, 10:36 pm
I've tasted pretty much every wine under this label and as far as I'm concerned the wines are marginal at best. This is their interpretation of a Cotes du Rhone wine made from 100% Syrah sourc...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Oct 11, 2009, 8:13 am
The 2004 Arrowood Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon is composed of Cabernet Sauvignon (89.9%), Merlot (7.2%), Malbec (1.6%), Petit Verdot (1.3%). The fruit is sourced from several vineyard sites throug...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Oct 10, 2009, 8:14 am
I'm never shocked anymore to realize that after a day spent waiting in my refrigerator, the bottle of Cabernet I opened seems to taste better after being exposed to oxygen for a night. I'm not...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Sep 29, 2009, 7:21 pm
I don't review many everyday table wines here on the Blog Wine Cellar, but it's not because I think I'm somehow too good for a bottle of wine under ten dollars. In fact I enjoy drinking qu...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Sep 23, 2009, 4:54 pm
Sauvignon Blanc is usually one of the more uninteresting varietals for myself and my palate. I taste quite a few of them and yet I'm almost always underwhelmed. However, I've tasted this wine ...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Sep 19, 2009, 5:34 pm
The 2006 Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve is made from fruit sourced primarily from estate vineyards grown in the Dundee Hills (59%) and Eola Hills (41%). It's a blend of various Pinot Noir Clones ...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Sep 13, 2009, 6:41 pm
The 2007 Kosta Browne Russian River Pinot Noir is sourced from seven different vineyards located in the central part of the Russian River Valley appellation. Those Seven vineyards are Castaldi, Copain...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Sep 8, 2009, 11:02 pm
This Russian River Chardonnay was hand sorted and gently whole cluster pressed directly into 50% new and 50% once used French oak barrels. Another cool note about the vinification process was that the...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Sep 5, 2009, 9:28 pm
Château Prieuré-Lichine is a winery in the Margaux appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. It currently consists of about 70 hectares planted with 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Petit ...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 30, 2009, 5:17 pm
Cuvaison is a winery that has been around for quite some time and has been producing quality wines from their Carneros and Mount Veeder estate vineyards since 1969. This Merlot is sourced from their ...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 28, 2009, 10:01 pm
I first tasted this Austrian Beerenauslese at a distributor trade show about three years ago. At the time it was one of the better dessert wines I had tasted from Austria and I was quite impressed wit...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 26, 2009, 9:06 pm
Sourced from the "Villa Rosa" vineyard in Mendoza's Lujan del Cuyo appellation, this Malbec is aged in both French and American oak barrels for a total of 12 months. The wine goes through all the ...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 26, 2009, 8:49 pm
The 2007 Viniterra Pinot Noir is made from 100% Pinot Noir sourced from Mendoza's Lujan de Cuyo area in Argentina. From what I gather from the tech data in Spanish, this wine is stainless steel fe...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 24, 2009, 7:45 pm
I really enjoy these clean and crisp wines during the summer and what's even better is that they are often amazingly aromatic and complex white wines. Verdelho is a grape varietal that is indigen...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 24, 2009, 6:46 pm
My buddy who works for the distributor that sells Napa Cellars gave me this bottle and I was quite surprised it was an 01' vintage and he still had access to it. Maybe the sell through on the old...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 24, 2009, 5:51 pm
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 22, 2009, 1:49 am
The 2002 Hawley Merlot is made entirely from estate grown fruit that is sourced from Hawley's vineyards located on Bradford Mountain, overlooking the Dry Creek Valley. The wine is composed of mos...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 20, 2009, 4:55 pm
The 2005 BV Reserve Pinot Noir is a Napa Valley Pinot that is sourced from the Carneros AVA. Beaulieu Vineyard owns 350 acres in the region and sources the fruit to make this Pinot from three estate v...
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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 16, 2009, 1:31 am

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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 15, 2009, 2:06 am

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Thomas K. posted an article on The Blog Wine Cellar - Aug 15, 2009, 1:36 am

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