2009 Merry Edwards Meredith Estate Pinot Noir
Pinot Revels In Its Roots
Is there anything better than a single-vineyard Pinot Noir?
Is there anything better than a single-vineyard Pinot Noir?
My wife and I spent a weekend in Monterey, California recently. While there, we tasted some local wine, and found several bottles that really impressed us. I’ll be writing about some of those wines in the coming days or weeks…
It’s common for Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon to have a reputation for bombast, for explosive fruitiness. Fruit-bombiness, if you will. With their 2009 Napa Valley Cabernet, Sequoia Grove Winery brings you something less common in Napa: subtlety…
I have decided that, like basically everything Hollywood-related, ever, my post of the Top Ten Movie Quotes About Wine is getting a sequel. Deservedly, or otherwise…
In Los Carneros there sits a bunker atop a hill. Really, it looks like a bunker, but it’s a tasting room. This avant-garde hilltop compound is a sight to behold, and one you shouldn’t miss. Welcome to Artesa…
Congratulations to the King of Bordeaux, the Emperor of Napa, the Champion of Chile—really, the most popular red grape on the planet—Cabernet Sauvignon, for winning the 2013 Meritage Madness Tournament!
Well, folks, it all comes down to this. In the real world, the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has inched its way into April (can it still be called March Madness?) and has its Final Four. Here in fantasy wineblogland, we have our Championship Matchup set in the 2013 Meritage Madness Tournament…
As the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament enters its second weekend (and the fabled “Sweet Sixteen”), our little Tournament of Berries steps ever-closer to naming a winner. Here, then, without (much) further ado, are your Final Four!
The first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is in the books, as is the first round of the Meritage Madness Tournament! How did your favorites do?
Welcome, sports fans! Welcome, wine fans! I wanted to find out what the most popular varietal wine is (at least among people I could get to participate), so I created Meritage Madness! In this inaugural tournament, I’m pitting top seeds Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon against a field of other popular wine grapes in White and Red regions, to see who comes out on top!