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Birth Year Wine Thoughts

Now that my oldest approaches his 20th birthday my thoughts on birth year wines have taken on a little more clarity. Back in 2005 and 2006 I bought enough wine from 2003 that I knew as 2024 approached I would have enough bottles in the cellar to take care of my oldest. For the most part I stuck to Cabernet…

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Russian River Brewing Company Returns to Seattle

As you all know this blog focuses on wine but if I had to pick a single brewery to blog about it would undoubtedly be the Russian River Brewing Company. Russian River Brewing Company was founded by Korbel Champagne Cellars in Guerneville, CA, in 1997. Pliny The Elder was first brewed in 1999 and 20 years later is still their…

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Top 10 Zinfandels Tasted in 2022

It is the time of the year where every wine blogger publishes their lists of Wines of the Year or Values of the Year, etc. Although I try to blog about all the wines I taste it is clear that Zinfandel is definitely my grape of choice. The link for each wine will take you to the detailed Bottle Note…

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