Let’s Get Naked Chardonnay!

August 8th, 2007 | 2 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Australian Wine, Californian Wine, Chardonnay, New Zealand Wine, South African Wine, Spanish Wine, White Wines, Wine Blogging Wednesday

Today marks Wine Blogging Wednesday #36, and the theme is Naked Chardonnay. That’s defined as any chardonnay that has never touched oak. These are also typically chardonnays that haven’t gone through malolactic fermentation. Malolactic fermentation is a process that converts malic acid to lactic acid which will reduce the overall acidity and gives typical chardonnays their buttery characteristic.
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Familia Sanchez Tempranillo Blend

July 29th, 2007 | No Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Red Wines, Spanish Wine, Tempranillo

I stopped by Wild Oats after dinner last night to pick up some dessert to go. I found some awesome looking chocolate chunk brownies and on the way home was thinking “I need to open a nice bottle of red to enjoy with these.” So I got home and reviewed the selections on hand – [...]

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Vega Sindoa Tempranillo Blend

July 25th, 2007 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Red Wines, Spanish Wine, Tempranillo

Today it’s a followup to Tasting Tempranillo with a Tempranillo Blend. This one is Vega Sindoa 2005Red Wine, which is 70% Tempranillo and 30% Merlot. It comes from the Navarra region in Spain.
Similar to the Osborne Solaz Tempranillo Blend, I again was pleased with this compared to most pure Tempranillo that I tried. There was a lot [...]

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Osborne Solaz Tempranillo Blend

July 16th, 2007 | 1 Comment | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Red Wines, Spanish Wine, Tempranillo

Today has been an exciting wine day. In part because I tried Osborne Solaz Tempranillo Blend for the first time (yummy). But that’s not all. The Wine Blogging Wednesday #35 roundup was published (with my first appearance) and the topic for WBW #36 was announced — Let’s Get Naked.
No that’s not what you think. The theme is [...]

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Tasting Tempranillo

July 11th, 2007 | 10 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Red Wines, Spanish Wine, Tempranillo, Wine Blogging Wednesday

Although I’m not quite finished with the Chardonnay Challenge, I’m going to interrupt that series to take part in Wine Blogging Wednesday.
I’m so excited to be taking part in Wine Blogging Wednesday (WBW). Although it’s my first, this is WBW #35 and the theme is Spanish Wines for under $10. One month after I started [...]

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Mas Garnacha, Por Favor!

June 15th, 2007 | 3 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Grenache, Red Wines, Spanish Wine

Here’s is a follow up on Project Garnacha. First, a quick summary of all the Grenaches I tasted and how they ranked. In general, I preferred the pure Grenache over the blends. Spanish Grenache also outperformed Australian in this tasting. You’ll also notice that the most expensive bottle is at the bottom of the list as [...]

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Project Garnacha

June 10th, 2007 | 5 Comments | email this | digg it | trackback

Published in Grenache, Red Wines, Spanish Wine

My first tasting series for cheap wine ratings is Grenache (Garnacha en Español). Grenache is a superb everyday wine. It also tends to be a ”drink it now” wine versus an aging wine. At least I don’t know of anyone who’s aging Grenache and the older bottles that I’ve tasted haven’t held up. But bottles in the 2-3 [...]

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