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Month: August 2010

Crouching Price, Hidden Ridge: When Lowering a Wine’s Price Can Work

Posted on August 9, 2010August 6, 2010 by 1WineDude

Hidden Ridge Vineyard is technically in Sonoma County, though it’s a stone’s throw from Pride Mountain Winery and is pretty close to Napa, as the crow flies. But in order to actually get to Hidden Ridge’s insanely, almost Mosel-esque steep vineyards in any reasonable amount of time, you’d need to travel as the crow flies. …

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Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2010-08-07

Posted on August 7, 2010 by 1WineDude

09 Benziger Sauvignon Blanc (Sonoma/Lake County): Clean & charming. Kind of the Mr. Clean of Cali. SBs, only without the earring. $15 B+ # 08 de Coelo "Terra Neuma" Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast): Challenging vintage births a juicy, mouthwatering fist full of dark cherries. $69 B+ # 08 de Coelo "Quintus" Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast):…

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Harried Diner and The Goblet of Wine

Posted on August 5, 2010September 8, 2015 by 1WineDude

Last night, the Dudelette and I tried out a relatively new family-dining-style BYO Italian bistro in our area.  Just about everything at this new-ish joint was very, very good – from the friendly service right on through to the tasty, looks-like-it-just-came-out-of-grandma’s-kitchen pasta. I say “just about everything” because, as you will see in the inset…

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How To Make Wine Evaluation Even Less Objective? Don’t Spit!

Posted on August 3, 2010September 28, 2010 by 1WineDude

Lately I’ve found myself at (what I’d consider to be) a lot of (what I would call) professional (or, at least, semi-professional) environments in which I am expected (or at least it seems that way) to taste wine in the hopes that I might critically evaluate it (but with fewer parenthetical interruptions if I do)….

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