Cameron Hughes Lot 321 2010 California Field Blend

Date: Fri, Oct 26, 2012 Wine Tasting

Price: $10 Maker: Cameron Hughes Winery, Geyserville, California Variety: Red Blend Packaging: 750ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 14.5% Our Rating: 9.0 out of 10 Cameron Hughes Lot 321 2010 California Field Blend is a really, really nice wine for a mere ten bucks. It's a blend of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Syrah and Carignane. Its aroma [...]

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Amazon & Online Wine Sales

Date: Fri, Sep 28, 2012 Wine Tasting

Reports today suggest that Amazon is targeting the wine market as ripe for picking. According to the Wall Street Journal, the ecommerce giant held a workshop earlier this week that was attended by 100 wineries. As we've discussed here in the past, a patchwork of laws in the 50 states has made online sales more [...]

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Stackable, Prefilled Wine Glasses

Date: Fri, Aug 31, 2012 Wine Tasting

Wine merchants are always trying to come up with novel and convenient packages, and Stacked Wines has done just that: a 187ml container that is shaped like a stemless wine glass. The containers stack securely, and four of them are equivalent to a standard 750 ml bottle of wine. That's a slightly larger pour than [...]

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Vendi Pinot Grigio 2009

Date: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 Wine Tasting

Price: $6 Maker: CL Dolo, Italy Variety: Pinot Grigio Packaging: Bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 12% Our Rating: 8.2 out of 10 Vendi Pinot Grigio 2009 Delle Venezie isn't typical of the varietal. It's pale straw color doesn't lead you to expect an overwhelmingly fruity taste. Its flavors are pear and tropical fruit, and this wine [...]

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Barefoot Zinfandel (Update)

Date: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 Wine Tasting

Price: $5 Maker: Barefoot Cellars, Modesto, California Variety: Zinfandel Packaging: Bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 It's been five years since we looked at Barefoot Zinfandel (non-vintage), and it's good to know that not much has changed with this very inexpensive wine. In fact, although it's nominally a $10 wine, [...]

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Buying Wine at Sam’s Club

Date: Wed, Dec 14, 2011 Wine Tasting

I've always found Sam's Club to be a good place to buy wine. They have an interesting, if limited, selection ranging from inexpensive, mass-market wines to pricier fare. Some of their best offerings are inexpensive wines that are hard to find elsewhere. For example, after trying one bottle of the rather amazing Cameron Hughes Lot [...]

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Wine Gift Ideas

Date: Wed, Dec 7, 2011 Wine Tasting

I love this season, because all sorts of wonderful wine accessories pop up in stores.  Plus, it's a time of year when you can get something a little odd or extravagant.  I searched my own accessories plus a variety of sites to come up with some clever ideas for a few wine-lover oriented gifts! Wine [...]

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Tilia Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2011 Wine Tasting

Price: $9 Winery: Tilia, Mendoza, Argentina Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon Packaging: 750 ml bottle, screw cap Alcohol: 13.9% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Perhaps the strongest appeal of Tilia Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 is the ripe berry and licorice nose. On the palate, it combines cherry, red berry, and woody notes with an reasonably long finish. [...]

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How Long is Boxed Wine Good?

Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2011 Wine Tasting

How long does box wine last? One of the huge advantages of boxed wine is that it lasts for a month or even more after being opened. This makes it very practical for glass-a-day drinkers who would find storing partially opened bottle wine problematic or wasteful. But, box wines aren't perfect - it turns out [...]

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Cameron Hughes Lot 250 Meritage 2009

Date: Tue, Nov 29, 2011 Wine Tasting

Price: $8 Winery: Cameron Hughes Wine, Geyserville, California Varietal: Meritage Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 14.6% Our Rating: 9.0 out of 10 Cameron Hughes Lot 250 Meritage 2009 is a big, tasty red wine! It is fruity up front, with cherry and blueberry flavors, but maintains some complexity as it eases into a [...]

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Bodega Elena de Mendoza Malbec 2010

Date: Sat, Nov 26, 2011 Wine Tasting

Price: $8 Winery: BEDM Wines, Argentina Varietal: Malbec Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13.6% Our Rating: 8.6 out of 10 Is there a varietal that offers as good a value as Malbec? Bodega Elena de Mendoza Malbec 2010 is yet another very inexpensive but totally drinkable red wine from Argentina. It's very juicy [...]

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Banrock Station Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Date: Fri, Nov 25, 2011 Wine Tasting

Price: $18 Maker: Banrock Station, Kingston on Murray, South Australia, Australia Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon Packaging: 3-liter box Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.7 out of 10 Banrock Station Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 is a very pleasant wine, one of the nicer boxed Cabs in mass distribution in the U.S. It's a fruit-forward Cab, with blueberry and plum [...]

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Electronic Tongue Analyzes Wine

Date: Fri, Oct 28, 2011 Wine Tasting

Sommeliers don't need to worry about their jobs yet, but researchers at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona have developed a device that is capable of identifying types of cava, a sparkling wine from Spain. The device "combines chemical measurement systems and advanced mathematical procedures, including an "artificial neural network," that mimics the human tongue and [...]

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Tempra Tantrum 2008 Tempranillo/Cabernet

Date: Wed, May 26, 2010 Wine Tasting

Price: $9 Maker: Osborne Seleccion SA, Toledo, Spain Varietal: Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon Blend Packaging: 750 ml bottle, screw cap Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 In an age when wine names are often cute or funny, Tempra Tantrum 2008 Tempranillo/Cabernet scores big on the cuteness scale. The wine itself isn’t bad either. This blend of Tempranillo and [...]

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