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Cabernet Franc is a grape that I have always admired, but it seldom is allowed to stand on its own, as it is mostly used to add structure and aroma to Bordeaux wines and blends of this ilk from around the world.
I have been paying close attention to ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2014
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At a tasting earlier this week I shared a few wines with about 40 clients of a popular restaurant in town and so while they are fresh in my mind I would like to tell you about a few of them.
The Boisset family has a long history of winemaking in the ...
DATE: Sep 19, 2014
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I have Canadian wine on my mind for personal and business reasons, firstly because I have just come back from Ontario after settling in a son who feels that four or five years added to his previous seven at a wonderful university is time well worth s...
DATE: Sep 12, 2014
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You had to have been impressed during the World Cup final when the camera focused on the setting sun between the outstretched arms of that statue that dominates Rio de Janeiro from atop Mount Corcovado.
It bought back memories of a hot summer’s day i...
DATE: Jul 18, 2014
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As July 4th is a significant day for our neighbours in the USA this will be a brief grape history of their country.
When the Vikings arrived around the year 1,000 they called the place Vinland as much of the East Coast of North America thrived with v...
DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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Two hundred million years ago a tropical sea covered the region in France that we now know as Chablis, and it is the deep limestone soils, formed by sea shells, that impart unique characteristics to the wines of the same name.
Chardonnay was planted ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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Grape Expectations
It is early in the morning of March 4th and as I venture out from the guest cottage for a walk in this lovely 400 acre estate, the rains have stopped and cooling fog from nearby San Pablo Bay hangs over the neat, but dormant rows o...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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In January of 1920 the United States Government decided that the consumption of beer, wine and spirits would no longer be allowed and this of course resulted in many vineyards being ripped out and replanted with walnut, plum and other such crops. One...
DATE: Mar 21, 2014
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Grape Expectations
The legend that the old fashioned Champagne coup glass was moulded from Marie Antoinette’s breasts is almost certainly not true, but the fact that she deemed Champagne “the wine of coronations” is, and from that day forward it has ...
DATE: Dec 27, 2013
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Grape Expectations
The area above the village of Meursault, in the Burgundy Region of France, was originally settled some 4,500 years ago and some say that the name “mouse leaping” is because the vines are so closely planted that a mouse can leap fro...
DATE: Dec 20, 2013
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