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Cupcake Vineyards Is Loaded With Value
What happens when a naval aviator for the Royal Australian Navy turns his sights to winemaking? You get wines that take off in the mouth with well-grounded prices. You get Cupcake Vineyard wines. Click here to read about the international … Continue reading
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Oktoberfest is for Beer!
People are always amazed when I tell them that I really like beer. I know that my moniker, The Vine Guy, suggests otherwise, but my first love before wine was beer. I even brewed my own for several years – … Continue reading
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WTOP Radio Wine of the Week – Falling for Oregon Pinot Noir
Fall is the perfect time to enjoy the beautifully fruit-centric pinot noir wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Blessed with a diversity of soil composition, and a temperate climate with maritime influences, the Willamette Valley is about as ideal a place … Continue reading
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Oregon Pinot Noir for the Fall
There is just something about the onset of the Autumnal Equinox that resets my palate, sliding the meter on my taste buds from white wines to reds. But I don’t want to just jump into the deep end of the red … Continue reading
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WTOP Radio Wine of the Week – Champagne Houses
What defines a Champagne may surprise you. This week on Wine of the Week, I talk about three disctict Champagnes from three very different type of Champagne Houses. One relies on blending to maintain a traditional “House” style. One House uses grapes from … Continue reading
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Raving About Elvis Costello and The Imposters
Elvis Costello very well could be the best know rocker in horned-rimmed glasses since Buddy Holly – and for good reason… he ROCKS! Costello blew in to town last night (September 29, 2011) on his Wheel of Songs Tour with … Continue reading
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Champagne – Part Four: The Houses
In Champagne region, the Growers own over 90 percent of the 84,000 acres of vineyards in the appellation but it is the Champagne “Houses” that produce the majority of the wine. The Houses need to buy grapes from the growers, … Continue reading
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Champagne – Part Three: Growers and Co-ops
For being such a relatively small agricultural region, Champagne may just be the most regulated wine region on the planet. Overseeing all of the rules and regulations is the Committee for Viticulture of Champagne (CIVC), whose professional staff is directed … Continue reading
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Hail To The Red Skins Of Washington…. State, That Is!
Washington State is often described as combing New World fruit with Old World style where complex structure melds with lush, ripe fuit – sort of France Meets California… So, when you sit down this weekend to watch the Washington Redskins game, enjoy it … Continue reading
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Champagne – More Than a Wine… A Method – Part Two
Have you ever wondered how all of those marvelous bubbles actually get into a glass of Champagne? Having just spent five days in the heart of the Champagne region of France, I can assure you it is by very precise … Continue reading
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