Forest Glen Pinot Noir

November 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Pinot Noir, Red Wines

This past weekend I did a blind tasting with about 20 wines. They were grouped according to variety (i.e. all the Cabernet Sauvignon at once, all the Pinot Noir, etc.) There were a few surprises coming out of the tasting and this was one of them.
There are some brands that are seen practically everywhere and [...]

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Cono Sur Vision Pinot Noir

June 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Chilean Wine, Pinot Noir, Red Wines

Continuing my reviews from the Chilean wine tasting, this is the only Pinot Noir from the lineup.

I’ve previously reviewed the Cono Sur Organic Pinot Noir and I liked that one, so I was looking forward to tasting another Pinot from the Cono Sur portfolio.
This Pinot is grown on old vines in a cooler part of [...]

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Harlow Ridge Pinot Noir – Gold Medal Wine?

June 4th, 2009 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Pinot Noir, Red Wines

As a man on a quest to find the best wine bargains out there, I keep an eye out for awards won by inexpensive wines and make a note to check those out for myself. Just a couple months ago, right here in Cincinnati, the 2007 Harlow Ridge Pinot Noir was awarded one of only [...]

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Cono Sur Organic Pinot Noir

February 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Chilean Wine, Pinot Noir, Red Wines

A couple months ago I hosted a Wine Blogging Wednesday about red wines from Chile and wine bloggers all over the world wrote about different Chilean wines. One that caught my eye was an organic Pinot Noir from Cono Sur (Kevin, at Under the Grape Tree wrote that review). Cono Sur made a number of [...]

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Jargon Pinot Noir

January 28th, 2009 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Pinot Noir, Red Wines

At first glance you might think that Jargon Pinot Noir is a small winery just entering the market, but actually Jargon Wines is part of the Trinchero Family Estates—a company that produces several labels of wine, including the ever-present-in-the-supermarket Sutter Home brand.
This wine was recommended to me by a friend as a “flying under the [...]

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Alfredo Roca Pinot Noir

January 24th, 2009 | 2 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Argentine Wine, Pinot Noir, Red Wines

The Alredo Roca winery resides in San Rafael, in the Mendoza province of Argentina. Their vineyards span 114 hectares and their winery was originally built in 1905. And my exceptional math skills tell me that they’ve been producing wine for over 100 years.
This is another Pinot Noir for which I was given a glowing recommendation—the [...]

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Hahn Monterey Pinot Noir 2006

January 22nd, 2009 | 3 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Pinot Noir, Red Wines

We head to the Monterey region in California for the next installment of this Pinot Noir mini-series to try a wine from Hahn Estates. Nicolaus Hahn released his first wine from this winery in 1980 under the Smith & Hook Winery name, and didn’t start producing wine under the Hahn name until 1991. They still [...]

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