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Big Red Tasting at The Wine Cellar
Sunday night (May 18th) we attended a tasting at the Wine Cellar that featured big red wines at not “everyday drinker” prices–and they were definitely big. The tasting featured 18 wines in the $30 – $40 range, mostly California Cabernet, with a few Zins and Shirazes as well. When we walked in, the WC crew [...]
Colombo wasn’t just a detective on a TV show
… He is also a famous winemaker from Southern France. Wine Review of the 2006 Jean Luc Colombo La Violette Viognier Produced from 20 year old vines in the Languedoc-Roussillon, the La Violette underwent controlled fermentation and maceration at 59ºF, 80% in stainless steel tanks and 20% in barrels. The wine then spent 6 months [...]
This Fridays wines at the Wine Cellar and Live Passionately
This Friday Jeff and the Wine Cellar gang are offering up a mixed bag of new wines for their weekly tasting. Italy, California, Oregon, Portugal and Argentina will be represented in the mix of two white and three red wines. It should be interesting, fun and FREE as usual. This Friday from 5:00 to 8:00 [...]
Pinot Noir Tasting at The Wine Cellar
This Friday at the Wine Cellar Jeff will be focusing on Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir by many accounts is the most difficult grape to care for in the vineyard and to manage in the cellar. The grapes tender skin is highly sensitive to climate variations, and is best suited to cooler climates, where in hotter [...]
Review of Saturday Tasting at The Wine Cellar and WBC #2
Saturday’s tasting and food event featured some good wines and some fabulous foods. Unfortunately since all of the food was meat or seafood related I can’t comment on it, but it did smell quite good. We had 5 wines for tasting, 1 white and 4 reds. The white was a Dry Creek Vineyard Fume Blanc [...]
Special Saturday Tasting at The Wine Cellar
Today at the Wine Cellar Jeff is having a special wine tasting and food show from 1:00 – 4:00. He will sample some high end reds from California and one white. In addition to the wine he will serving prime rib, duck breast, pork rib chops and lamb rack along with sushi tuna, scallops and [...]
All About Merlot
This Friday at the Wine Cellar Jeff is serving up Merlot in his series of educational wine tasting. So, on that note I thought I would write a few wine facts about Merlot. Merlot sadly got a bad wrap a few years ago with the movie Sideways, as a result sales dipped slightly (and Pinot [...]
From 30,000 Feet
Today I left for Keystone Colorado to indulge in one of my other passions, skiing. In search of big mountains and deep powder, I am missing the Richmond Wine Expo happening this weekend at the Convention Center here in town. Don’t worry though, in my true, anal, pre-vacation planning fury I have scouted out the [...]
Chardonnay Tasting at The Wine Cellar
Friday night at the Wine Cellar Jeff will be continuing his education series by sharing the many styles of Chardonnay with us. He will have five up for tasting that will run the Chardonnay gamut from buttery and oaky from California to French Burgundy. FREE as always from 5:00 to 8:00 Cheers
Zinfandel Tasting and A Little History
Tonight at the Wine Cellar, Jeff will be starting his education series as he himself is doing the pouring. He will be showcasing red Zinfandel with 3 in a range from light to full bodied and 2 old vine Zins from 68-100 year old wines. Hailing from Croatia, Zinfandel originally made its way into the [...]
Friday Night Tasting at The Wine Cellar – 1.25.08
Tomorrow nights wines at The Wine Cellar are all from Spain. It looks like Jeff and crew will have some good values and a good mix of some different wines that Spain has offer. Here is the list: 1. CAN FEIXES BLANC SELECCIO PENEDES $15.75 2. BURGANS ALBARINO RIAS BAIXAS $14.95 3. GARNACHA DE [...]
Tonights Tasting at The Wine Cellar
Tonight’s tasting at the Wine Cellar features a good mix of value driven California reds. I am excited about all the wines, as it is always nice to find some good red values for everyday drinking, but I got a chance to check out the Hayman and Hill website so I am extra excited about [...]
Friday and Saturday Night Tastings at The Wine Cellar
This week the Wine Cellar is having two tastings, both with some pretty rocking wines. The first list is the normal Friday 5:00 – 8:00pm tasting. 1. REGIS MINET POUILLY FUME OLD VINES $22.45 2. BERT SIMON RIESLING KABINETT $18.95 3. GROCHAU CELLARS PINOT NOIR WILLAMETTE $30.45 4. HEDGES FAMILY ESTATE RED MOUNTAIN 3 VINEYARDS [...]
Friday Night Wine Tastings Around Town
The Wine Cellar didn’t send out their weekly list of what will be tasted tonight, so I am just posting to remind everyone of their’s and other tastings around the Richmond area. The Wine Cellar – Friday 5:00 – 8:00 River City Cellars – Friday – 5:00-7:00 Corks and Kegs – Friday – 5:30 – [...]
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