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Red Wine of Moldova

July 30, 2014 – 9:24 am

We tasted red wines from eleven of the twelve wine producers at the Wine of Moldova tasting in Washington DC on Monday, July 28th. As with the white wines, the red wines were made from international grapes, indigenous varieties and one Georgian variety. The red wines also expressed the earthiness and minerality associated with the […]

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White Wine of Moldova

July 29, 2014 – 7:52 am

On Monday July 28th, Kathy and I attended a tasting of Wine of Moldova in Washington D.C. Eleven producers were set up at tables pouring 32 wines representative of the four wine regions in the Southeastern European country. My first impression is that the wines, including international varieties, Georgian varieties and native varieties were very […]

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Our Daughter Erin Stars in Vodka Commercial

July 26, 2014 – 7:10 am

Our daughter’s Erin’s interest in wine began in ernest while she spent a semester in Aix-en-Provence during college. Upon returning home she taught us much of what she learned in a wine course she took while in France. Later she worked in New York City doing tasting. Occasionally her tastings included beverages other than wine. […]

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Two SLO Wines

July 25, 2014 – 5:58 am

My California Wine Appellation Specialist course continued this week with the content focusing on the appellations within San Luis Obispo County. For this class I opened a bottle of the 2009 Illuminatus that Kathy and I made with grapes we sourced from Paso Robles. Our first wine for this week was a Grenache from the […]

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Steven Spurrier Blind Wine Tasting in SBC

July 23, 2014 – 8:31 am

We learned about renowned wine expert Steven Spurrier when we researched the 1976 Judgement of Paris wine competition. The competition involved wines from some of the most prestigious wine houses in Burgundy and Bordeaux matched against wines from California. Steven Spurrier was the British wine merchant and wine shop owner in Paris who organized the […]

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Wines from Monterey, California

July 18, 2014 – 5:52 am

My California Wine Appellation Specialist course continued this week with the content focusing on the appellations within Monterey and San Benito counties. One of the advantages of studying appellations is tasting wines from those particular areas. Prior to this class, I have not tasted a wine from either San Benito or Monterey counties. The 2012 […]

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Two Petite Sirahs

July 13, 2014 – 6:01 am

There were less restrictions on the wines we had to taste this week for the California Wine Appellation Specialist course at the San Francisco Wine School, so I choose a wine from Livermore AVA and Lodi AVA. Both contained Petite Sirah. Surprisingly, I purchased two of the wines from a local wine store in Elkridge, […]

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Reflections on the Suisun AVA

July 10, 2014 – 5:55 am

My California Wine Appellation Specialists CWAS course content for this week is the northern Central Coast AVA. The online course is taught through the San Francisco Wine School. This week’s content was broader though, including the Delta. Since Solano County’s proximity to the Delta, our instructor grouped it in this week’s class rather than our […]

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California Wine Appellation Specialist CWAS Course

July 2, 2014 – 8:15 pm

I have had my share of wine classes. The first class I took was a tasting class through the local community college. At the time the class was a bit intimidating. Then I took the intermediate level of the Wine and Spirits Education Trust. These classes I would group in the social sciences. I switched […]

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Reflections on Sonoma

July 1, 2014 – 11:15 am

This week’s class for the California Wine Appellation Specialist program through the San Francisco Wine School has a focus on Sonoma. We made three trips to wineries in the Sonoma region in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Our first impression of the wineries is their laid back attitude. We did not encounter any snobbish people amongst […]

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