2010

2010 Francois Pinon “Les Trois Argiles” Vouvray

 The 2010 Francois Pinon “Les Trois Argiles” Vouvray is a freaky good 100% Chenin Blanc from the Loire Valley’s François Pinon, who sourced the grapes from three different clay-soiled areas of his vineyards. A sniff of the 2010 Les Trois Argiles (French for “the three clays”) gives up sweet spice and bushels of juicy citrus and pear….

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2010 Cameron Hughes Lot 313 California Field Blend

The Cameron Hughes Lot 313 California Field Blend is composed of 71% Zinfandel, 10% Petite Sirah, 10% Syrah and 9% Carignane, along with very small amounts of indigenous Italian grape varietals grown the Lodi AVA inside the Central Coast AVA in California. The label shows California as the origin of the grapes, which means the grapes…

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2010 Spanish Demon Rioja Tempranillo

The 2010 Spanish Demon Rioja Tempranillo is 100% Tempranillo sourced from the family owned Estate vineyards of Bodegas Vallobera Winery in the Alavesa region of Rioja, Spain.  Alavesa is the leading grape growing region of Rioja. The wine is called Spanish Demon and not some formal typical Rioja wine name, because they were looking to…

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2010 Beck Zweigelt

The 2010 Beck Zweigelt is sourced from 4 Biodynamic vineyards each in one of the main grape growing areas/communes (Gols, Halbturn, Winden and Apetlon) in Burgenland, eastern Austria. This region is the warmest in Austria and the vineyards are located on the eastern side of Lake Neusiedl. The  Zweigelt grape was created by Fritz Zweigelt…

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2010 Alfredo Roca Pinot Noir

The light red, see-through color on this pinot from Mendoza (Argentina) tricks you into thinking it’s going to be one of those wimpy, light-and-breezy pinots that do have their time and place, but you tend to avoid when you’re in the mood for a nice full body. It smells of a barrel full of cherries…

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2010 Dynamic White Table WIne

The 2010 Dynamic White Table Wine is 51% Sauvignon Blanc and 49% Chardonnay in certified organic and bio-dynamic Estate vineyards in Lake County, California. Dynamic Vineyards are part of the Ceago VineGarden Group, which is in turn owned by Jim Fetzer of Fetzer Vineyard fame. The Lake County AVA is north of Napa Valley, east…

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2010 Flying Nymph White Blend

If you were a cool breeze (my nickname in high school), you’d love blowing through the “Templeton Gap” – a series of mountain passes near Paso Robles – just to get to the rolling hills of Cass Vineyards. Your job is to cool their 100% estate-grown Rhone varietals so they can ripen into majesty. In…

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2010 Vini Ciccariello Pinot Grigio

Their Merlot is an awesome value and has been selling out everywhere. Now here’s their Pinot Grigio and it’s just as wonderful a deal as the Merlot. Hints of lemon grass and apricot with a small amount of acidity. Not watery like other examples out there at the same price. Easy drinking and yummy. This…

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2010 Chamisal Vineyards Chardonnay

I love this wine!  Usually unoaked Chardonnay is not my thing, but this is as good as any I’ve had! It explodes with fresh crisp fruit, mango, pineapple, melon and even a little banana flavors with citrus notes too. It finishes with more mango and apple flavors.  It has so many different fruit flavors that…

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