If it’s April it must be Navarra. Yes, our Wine Pairing Weekend group of bloggers is traveling to Navarra this month to explore the region, its wine and, of course, the food. The inspiration for this trip came from Gwendolyn Alley who blogs with great enthusiasm (and skill) at Wine Predator. Gwendolyn also managed to wrangle tasting samples for us […]
The Thursday night tasting at Fine Wines of Stockton featured Bokisch Vineyards of Lodi. Liz and Marcus Bokisch poured their wines and gave us all kinds of information about their winery, their growing practices and about the origin of their vines.
So, in our quest for the next Bordeaux to place in the cellar, we tasted a 2009 Chateau Bernadotte, a Cru Bourgeois from Haut-Medoc, over this past weekend.
After lunch we had the Saturday keynote address and discussion with author Rex Picket of Sideways and more, moderated by Alana Gentry (Girl With a Glass).
I had hoped to update this every day but it just wasn’t possible. We were busy all day long and then there were the after parties … So much wine, so little time!
#winechat Wednesday – Value Wines
Today on #winechat the theme was \”Value wines, $10 or less\” and it was hosted by Dezel Quillen (@myvinespot).
Wines of Ribera Del Duero tasting notes
Our last stop and lunch destination was Metate Hill Vineyards tasting room in downtown Murphys.
Calaveras County Wines for the Thursday night tasting.
Cabernet Sauvignon from around the world was the subject of our Thursday night tasting this week.
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