reviews
Wine Review: 2005 Chateau Fontbernard
Saturday, February 28th, 20092005 Chateau Fontbernard
Red Bordeaux Blend
Bordeaux, Montagne-St. Émilion
$18 @ Total Wine
My plan this week is to compare a Bordeaux wine from a similar area and price range to the 2003 Chateau Puy-Guilhem I reviewed last week. I could not find a 2003 but I had a 2005 that fits the bill from Total Wine that I [...]
Wine Review: 2003 Chateau Puy Guilhem
Saturday, February 21st, 20092003 Chateau Puy Guilhem
90% Merlot, 7% Malbec, 3% Cabernet Franc
Fronsac (Bordeaux)
$22 @ Wine Authorities
This is a very special bottle of wine for me. Not only have I met the wine maker, Jean Marc, but I was so impressed with his wine that I bought a case of it with a special purpose in mind. 2003 [...]
Wine Review: 2007 Stag’s Leap Winery Chardonnay
Saturday, February 14th, 20092007 Stag’s Leap Winery Chardonnay
100% Chardonnay
Napa Valley
$28 @ Brandywine Cellars
Note that this wine is not to be confused with Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, who also make a Chardonnay. Regulars and wine club member’s at Brandywine Cellars may recognize this wine, as it was one of Brandy’s estate level options for her January Wine Club. [...]
a local restaurant, Revolution
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009Eric and I dined at Revolution in Durham last week and wrote all about it on our other blog. One of the stars of our meal was a South African sauvignon blanc that we first tasted at the Hope Valley Bottle Shop in December.
One of the nice features of the wine list at Revolution is [...]
Wine Review: 2007 Domaine Le Garrigon Vin de Pays
Saturday, February 7th, 20092007 Domaine Le Garrigon Vin de Pays des Portes de la Méditerranée
Blend- 60% Syrah / 40% Grenache
$9.00 @ Wine Authorities (Durham)
Welcome back to my third installment of wine reviewing here at TriangleVino.com. Today we have a wine from Craig and Seth at Wine Authorities in Durham. They are wonderful guys and very knowledgeable so I [...]
Napa Winemakers Tasting @ Great Grapes
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009Great Grapes in Cary is hosting four Napa winemakers from Miner Family, ZD Vineyards, SP Drummer and Larkin to pour and sign bottles this Friday evening, February 6. This event is free.
Wine Review: Sacred Stone Master’s Red Blend Cask 004
Saturday, January 31st, 2009Sacred Stone Master’s Red Blend Cask 004 from Pietra Santa
A proprietary blend of Merlot, Sangiovese, Zinfandel, and Dolcetto. I am assuming that Merlot is the dominant variety since it gets top billing but this may or may not be the case.
$10 @ Hope Valley Bottle Shop
I first tasted this wine at the artist’s reception for [...]
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