Tag Archives: Wines & Vines

Decanter screws up its courage

By winecase | Published: June 21, 2008
Decanter magazine made quite a bold statement this week – and a bit of a marketing move for their August issue. “Screwcaps are best: Decanter Verdict“, says the title, as if the pronouncement was the definite word on the issue. Many of the big guns are on deck to affirm the position. Steven Spurrier calls the [...]
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A North American Harvest

By winecase | Published: January 5, 2008
Wines & Vines magazine is a very thorough and interesting professional source of information about the wine world, especially about the North American wine industry. That is quite clear when you look at the details of their 2007 harvest report on just about every single wine producing region in the US and Canada. From the [...]
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Tasting Note: La Crema Sonoma Coast 2005 Chardonnay

By winecase | Published: December 11, 2007
So here I was, trying to decide if there was a slight hint of green in the dominantly pale-straw color of that chardonnay from the reputedly-cool Sonoma Coast (in terms of climate, I mean). Very slight, I decided, as I got whiffs of citrus peel, almonds, toasted bread and vanilla. Not terribly intense, but pleasant. [...]
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