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Vistalba Corte B 2005 Mendoza

Date: Thu, Jun 3, 2010 Wine Tasting

This wine was another Costco pick-up. The 92-point review from Wine Spectator and the $17 price tag grabbed my attention. (I know, I know, points don’t matter…) Then the all-Spanish label added some intrigue (I couldn’t even tell what the grape varieties were). So I pulled the trigger just to see what this wine was [...]

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Mourvèdre Monday #16: Sierra Salinas ‘Mo’ 2006

Date: Mon, May 31, 2010 Wine Tasting

It’s been a little while since a Spanish Monastrell has made an appearance on Mourvèdre Monday. This one comes from Sierra Salinas in the Alicante region focused on the Monastrell grape. Producer: Bodegas Sierra Salinas Grapes: Primarily Monastrell (the Spanish name for Mourvèdre), with Garnacha Tintorera (which is not Garnacha/Grenache, but the same as Alicante Bouchet), Syrah [...]

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Recap of Wine Blogging Wednesday #69: Mourvèdre

Date: Mon, May 24, 2010 Wine Tasting

I don’t have a new review post for you this week. But those of you who need a Monday Mourvèdre fix, please take a look at the recap post for last week’s Wine Blogging Wednesday #69, over at the host Richard Auffrey’s Passionate Foodie blog. There was very light participation this month, but there were [...]

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Mourvèdre Monday #15 (for WBW #69) – Anglim

Date: Wed, May 19, 2010 Wine Tasting

This is a special Wednesday edition of my yearlong Mourvèdre Monday series. I was very excited to see that this month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday #69 theme was the Mourvèdre grape, chosen and hosted by The Passionate Foodie (click through to learn why the sub-title is “Animal Cruelty”). So I decided to delay my regularly scheduled [...]

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8 Sauvignon Blancs from Chile (#SBChile Roundup)

Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 Wine Tasting

I had the good fortune to participate in last Wednesday night’s Wines of Chile #SBChile online tasting, along with 50 other wine bloggers. The event brought together eight examples of 2009 Sauvignon Blanc from eight Chilean wineries. The host, Fred Dexheimer (@FredDexMS), led the tasting via video conference with the eight winemakers also on video. [...]

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Mourvèdre Monday moving to Wednesday (this week only)

Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 Wine Tasting

I’m moving my Mourvèdre Monday post to Wednesday this week for Wine Blogging Wednesday #69 which is featuring the grape this month. I’ll be back to Mondays thereafter. Look for wrapup posts for last week’s #SBChile and #TasteTexas events soonl

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Mourvèdre Monday #14: Calcareous Estate Reserve 2007

Date: Mon, May 10, 2010 Wine Tasting

This wine was shared with me by Mike Castleman, whom I met via Twitter. He heard about my Mourvèdre Monday series and recommended this wine to me. When we realized we were both in Austin, we planned to meet up and taste it together. Thanks, Mike!  I’ll have to return the favor soon. (Mike makes [...]

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Mourvèdre Monday #13: The Pict

Date: Mon, May 3, 2010 Wine Tasting

Mourvèdre Monday is back after a few weeks off around the birth of my baby girl, Lucy. I’m easing back into regular blogging. Let’s get things restarted with a bang… This is one of the priciest varietal Mourvèdres on the planet. So I’m glad to be able to include it in the Mourvèdre Monday series. (Thanks [...]

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No Mourvèdre Monday Today

Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 Wine Tasting

Sorry, folks – no Mourvèdre Monday post today (or last week, I know). Things are going to be a bit sporadic on the blog for a while with baby girl due very soon. In the meantime, here’s an episode Gary V. did last year on Mourvèdre:

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What Would LOST Characters Drink?

Date: Tue, Apr 6, 2010 Wine Tasting

This is the first of what may become a series (irregularly published) called What Would They Drink? where I’ll pick characters from a movie, TV show, book, etc. and say what kind of wine they’d drink if they were wine drinkers. Hilarity will surely ensue.* * Actually, this is almost certainly only interesting to me. LOST Characters Jack: [...]

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Mourvèdre Monday #12: Trio Vintners 2006 Yakima Valley

Date: Mon, Apr 5, 2010 Wine Tasting

Trio Vintners, a collaboration between winemakers Tim Boushey, Denise Slattery and Steve Michener, is one of the “incubator wineries” set up at the Walla Walla Regional Airport. They are a small lot producer and one look at their lineup lets you know they’re doing some interesting things: Zinfandel, Sangiovese, Syrah, Carménère and this Mourvèdre. Nary [...]

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Chasing Venus Sauvignon Blanc 2008

Date: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 Wine Tasting

A few days before the big #SauvBlanc twitter tasting a few weeks back, I found myself without any Sauv Blanc in the house (a pretty rare occurrence). I didn’t have time to make a run to one a proper wine shop, so I picked up something on my weekly grocery shopping trip. I don’t recall [...]

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Slurpin’ USA – Texas Edition

Date: Tue, Mar 30, 2010 Wine Tasting

I had the pleasure of participating in Swirl Smell Slurp’s United Slurps of America: Texas. Each week they taste some wine from one of the 50 states and invite a blogger or two from that state to taste the same wine and share their thoughts. My blogger-pal Ben from Vinotology was the other Texan to [...]

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Mourvèdre Monday #11: Cline Ancient Vines 2008

Date: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 Wine Tasting

If memory serves, Cline’s was the very first varietal Mourvèdre I ever tasted, way back in the mid-90s in the tasting room. If it wasn’t the first, it was certainly the one that made me take notice of the grape. It’s been an old favorite ever since. Producer: Cline Cellars Grapes: 100% Mourvèdre Appellation: Contra Costa County (AVA, [...]

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