Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
West Coast Holiday Wine-uh-pa-looza… Good readers, I would like to give you a gift: the gift of knowing what I was able to drink this past xmas and new years, share with you my thoughts and then give you a little indication as to what is ahead in 2010 with The Noble Rot. It’s so [...]
West Coast Holiday Wine-uh-pa-looza…
Tags: Bordeaux, Brunello, Cheval Blanc, Holidays, Marcassin, Meursault, Montelena, Napa, Pinot Noir, Sassicaia, sauternes, St. Emilion, Super-tuscan, Williams Selyem
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
Ah yes… it was a Harvest indeed… As predicted the omniscient Weather Men from the Weather Channel to the Doppler Radar Team provided us with sufficiently confusing and contradictory information. At 2pm ET there was a 20% chance of rain, and in NYC 20% means “not at all,” typically. By 6pm (the start of our [...]
the noble rot | October 3rd | Harvest Party
Tags: Bordeaux, Brian Quinn, California, Champagne, event, Girard, Harvest, Jonny Cigar, Music, Napa, Noble Rot, Pinot Noir, Robert Foley, Rombauer, Sparkling Wine, Tasting, USQ, Whisk and Ladle, Wylie Toms
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
We begin this post with a Wine Poem: WinedOWirl I dreamed of a man standing In the hallway with a corkscrew Who was going to open up all the wine I don’t own and I begged him not to do it but he didn’t listen and then there was grape juice all over the kitchen [...]
Ma(i)sonry, Pride Mountain, Cheers! St. Helena
Tags: blackbird, Caves, Cheers! St. Helena, Ma(i)sonry, Napa, pride mountain, Robert Foley, St. Helena
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