Big House Red

August 14th, 2010 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Red Blend, Red Wines

A few months back I decided to fill out an application for the Wine Century Club, a group that you can become a member of after you’ve tasted 100 different grape varieties. I sat down with the application and picked my brain for which varieties I’ve tasted. It was easy to come up with about [...]

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Apothic Red Winemaker’s Blend

August 10th, 2010 | 2 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Red Blend, Red Wines

As the story goes, in 2006 a veteran winemaker worked alongside his protégé Boyd Morrison to explore old world winemaking traditions and in so doing realized a wine with a new world style. Morrison used that inspiration to create Apothic Red. The wine is a blend of zinfandel, Syrah and Merlot. This is a dark [...]

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Montevina Zinfandel

April 7th, 2010 | 2 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Red Blend, Zinfandel

One way that you can save some scratch on your wine is to buy wine produced in regions other than the really popular ones. When most people think of California wine, they think of Napa or Sonoma. But in most cases you’ll end up paying a premium for wines from those regions. Montevina Winery is [...]

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Dievole Fourplay Rosso

March 8th, 2010 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Italian Wine, Red Blend, Red Wines

One of the things that wine geeks like me get geeked out about is tasting wine varieties that we don’t get to taste every day. Here’s a red blend that’s packed with four varieties that are native to Sicily. Those varieties include Frappato Nero, Nerello Cappuccio, Nebello Mascalese and Nero d’Avola, blended at 25% of [...]

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X Winery Red X Blend

September 29th, 2009 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Californian Wine, Red Blend, Red Wines

It seems that every time I taste a wine from X Winery I can’t wait to taste the next one. And with the Red X, that tradition continues. Here’s a double review for you of both the 2006 and 2007 Red X, a red blend they produce that’s definitely worth a try. 2006 Red X [...]

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Les Deux Rives Corbières Rouge

July 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in French Wine, Red Blend, Red Wines

I’m excited to be reviewing another French wine today as so often I’ve found that French wines are stylistically aligned to my taste preferences. This wine comes from the Corbières appellation in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in Southern France. This is along the Mediterranean Coast, south of the Cotes du Rhone region, where I’ve found many [...]

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Mazzoni Toscana Rosso

July 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Italian Wine, Red Blend, Red Wines

At times I’ve heard some wine lovers contemplate their preferences between old world and new world wines. Personally, there are things I like about both. Each style can be enjoyable in its own way. But what if you could get the best of both worlds in one wine? That’s the idea with Mazzoni, a Super [...]

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