This morning I was watching the news and this video came on of a bull in Spain jumping up into the stands and chasing spectators.  When I saw the bull leap into the stands, I immediately thought of the Dancing Bull logo.  So, tonight we review a sauvignon blanc from Dancing Bull. But first, here’s [...]

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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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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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You’ve probably seen this wine on the shelves of your local grocery store — that is, if they sell wine at grocery stores in your area.  Regardless, my point is that this is a mass-produced and widely distributed wine.  It’s made by the Bronco Wine Company, the same folks who are famous for producing Two-Buck [...]

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OK, I’m not going to spend a lot of time belaboring this one.  I’ve expressed my opinions about Barefoot wines in the past.  They aren’t that exciting, but they generally do a good job in cranking out some decent wines.  I haven’t had any Barefoot wine that I’d call “sex in a glass” but I’ve [...]

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This isn’t the first time we’ve reviewed the X Winery Carneros Chardonnay.  We’ve previously reviewed the 2007 vintage, which was exceptional.  And I have to admit that I’m tardy with this review as they’ve already released their 2009 vintage.  But you may still come across a bottle of this in your local shop, so I [...]

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Over the past few months we’ve received a surprising number of boxed wine samples.  I suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise since we are all about cheap wine.  But even though we’re into cheap wine, we’re still finicky and definitely prefer to review good, cheap wine (or call it “inexpensive wine” if you have a [...]

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