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Pinot Noir

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We have often said that the pinot noir grape is so difficult a variety to work with that it has been responsible for some of the world’s most astounding successes and most dismal failures. It is a grape variety that is referred to as a shy grower because of the...

Italian Wines

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It has been a long time since Italian wines were the vogue. Their time was the 1960’s when Chianti was king. Every bistro, pizzeria and college dorm room had the ever present straw covered Chianti bottle as a candle holder, resplendent with multicolored melted wax...

Folie à Deux

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It’s always great when you run into an old friend and if that old friend happens to be a wine it might be even better. Such is the case with us as we recently sampled the latest vintages of the wines of Folie à Deux. If your high school French is not totally...

Quady …. Sweet Wines that make a difference

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Take the obvious and reverse it; an ancient Japanese motto that Andrew Quady of Quady Vineyards seems to have taken to heart. The obvious was to start a winery and make “the usual suspects”, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, chardonnay, etc. Quady headed in the opposite...

Ghost Pines … Strange Name but Great Wnes

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Whats in a name? We havent got the foggiest idea, but we do know when we see the name Martini on a label we know we are going to be in for a treat. The Martini winery has been around for over 100 years and could be considered one of the founders of the California wine...

Lyeth Wines

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It was one of those days you never forget. It was not a great or catastrophic event that shakes history but rather a quiet, mundane but very memorable occurrence; we drank a bottle of wine. It was in the late eighties, we were lunching with a winemaker when a wine on...