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Kickstarting Block122.com
I have some very exciting news to share with my happy and wine-loving Vinopanions! While I hinted at this news earlier this year, I can now announce the official Kickstarter campaign for the fantastic...
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Twitter Time with Steven Kent Winery: #StevenKentWines 02/15/13
It’s time for another Twitter tasting (2/15 4-6pm PST), and I’m happy to be a part of this one, which features one of the most well-known families in all of American wine. Steven Kent Mirassou (Tw) is...
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#StradaVinoArezzo: Beauty, flavor, & wine along the Strada del Vino Terre di...
My wine travels during the last few years have been nothing short of spectacular. I never want to leave the places in which I am so fortunate to have forged lifelong stories about wine. But it was...
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Longtime Murphys/Calaveras County Winery for sale
A longtime winery just outside of Murphys, CA in Calaveras County is up for sale. Chatom Vineyards (Tw, Fb, WL), established in 1981 by San Franciscan Gay Callan, boasts 13 grape varieties planted on...
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Dark & Delicious 2013 brings the tasty
Two Fridays ago we had the fortunate opportunity, courtesy of Petite Sirah I Love You (FB, Tw, WL), to attend their annual gala: the Dark & Delicious Petite Sirah 2013 tasting event at Rock Wall...
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St. Supéry Winemaker Toutsuite
Napa Valley: St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery (FB, Tw, YT, WL). Located in the Rutherford appellation, dead center for some of the best vineyards in all of Napa, St. Supéry has been producing...
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@PureChablis Bliss at Boulevard
Ahh, Chablis! One of the only French Appellation d’origine contrôlée, AOC (official wine appellation) to sport a single grape variety for its wines, Chablis has had a tremendously long and stupendously...
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Vino infographics for all
So, uh, what the hell are infographics? Wikipedia defines them quite nicely as “graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and...
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#Wine: The Side Gig
You might have noticed that I have been a bit MIA the last couple of months. Now I realize that I said that I would be more devoted to my vino bloggie-blog this year and I was…but then life got in the...
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A #wine return to Spain: Hello #Murcia!
It is with great excitement that I can announce my latest media trip abroad: I am headed back to Spain! Two years ago I had the fantastic pleasure to cover the rich wine, food, and cultural mecca of...
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#Murcia8: Extreme DO’s, beautiful people, & balanced monastrell #wine
Take a listen: monastrell wine is on the rise. Yep, I’m making a call, here in Q4 2013, that the monastrell grape will be a major #wine force across the vinous world in the next few years. Wine tends...
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#Wine Gadget Quick Review: CapaBunga
Sometimes simpler is better. Occam’s Razor, An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything, simple syrup: all things designed around the concept of simplicity, and are proven examples that complexity is...
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Tasty Beauty: Jordan Estate Tour & Tasting
Wine country, almost by definition; is a gorgeous, relaxing, and delicious set of regions to visit. But how does one choose which region to visit and which wineries to whet one’s vinous whistle?...
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#Napa: Back to home and #wine
I’m never one to make big leaps in my life. Yes, about every ten years or so, the lady Beth Fontaine (Tw) and I seem to subconsciously start the process to evaluate our future in the context of our...
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Concha y Toro kicks out a range of great Chilean #wine
Chilean #wine has exploded in the US and around the world over the last decade+. Indeed, during the Lady and my vacation to awesome Belize late last year, we were surrounded by the Wines of Chile,...
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#Napa: Here comes the rain again (finally)
While not everyone pays attention to the crazy going-on’s on the Left Coast in California, you might have heard about the quickly accelerating and unprecedented drought that is beginning to devastate...
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Bubbly: Côté Mas sparkling #wine BrandLive tasting
Tomorrow evening at 4PM PDT (03/18/14), I have the very fun opportunity to taste through some new sparkling #wine releases from France that clearly break the affordable mark. Well-respected Languedoc...
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Ovation TV presents The Art of: #Wine Country
An interesting piece of news crossed my vino desk this week, coming to us from the Ovation (FB, Tw, YT) cable television network. “The Art of“ series, covering the bleeding edge of non-traditional...
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Underground Cellar: new #wine marketplace, win a #winecation!
As mentioned previously on these vinous epages, the Lady and I have happily ensconced ourselves back in the wine country of our roots. Our move to #NapaMode has been just about as cool as anyone might...
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#CabFestNV: An Inaugural Celebration of King Cab
There are plenty of #wine fests these days, celebrating this region or that grape varietal, indeed the Napa Valley has plenty of its own festivals throughout the year. When you think of the Napa...
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