New Texas wine Events Calendar

I think I have fixed some of the blog issues that did not allow me to correctly add blog post and photos from our Flickr photo site.  In addition we have added a Texas Event Calendar.  Any Texas winery that would like to have your events added to the calendar send me a email with […]

Source: http://thegrapesaroundtexas.com/2011/06/26/new-texas-wine-events-calendar/

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Alan Kerr?s Vintage?s June 25 Release ? Tasting Notes

When I realized the focus of June?s latest release is to be wines from Argentina, I was not overly thrilled, not that I don?t like the odd bottle of Argentinean wine now and then mind you, but drinking a flight had little appeal for me. However, much to my delight, I am able to report [...]

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A Little Competition Never Hurts!

That’s right – it’s time. The Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition begins tomorrow. Nearly 100 international judges, more than 3,000 international wines. Who will take the gold? Keep coming back to find out more information about the 3-day event and watch for judges to be blogging and twittering in between judging!

Source: http://blogs.fairplex.com/blog/wine/?p=60

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Ar.Pe.Pe. ? mountain Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo, it’s not just for Piedmont! Well, actually it is just for Piedmont (think: Barolo, Barbaresco) since there are so few examples of the grape outside the region. But consider this example from Valtellina, in the adjacent region of Lombardy, slammed up against the alps and Switzerland. Perched at about 4,200 ft altitude, the vineyards [...]

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