Cellar Management

Pick My Next Bottle – 2010 Old Vine Zinfandel

The April Installment of Pick My Next Bottle focuses on 2010 Old Vine Zinfandel. As I mentioned in the first installment, the purpose of this series is to provide insight into specific wines or producers you may currently have in your cellar. The winning bottle will be opened this Saturday and a Bottle Note will be published shortly thereafter. 2010…

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The Week in Zinfandel (3/28/16)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! Hogshead writes California Wines for Easter. Randy Caparoso writes about Lange Twin Family’s Kendra Altnow. Terroirist interviews Megan Bell, assistant winemaker at Beauregard Vineyards. Miquel Hudin writes…

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Have I Lost my Wine Buying Mojo?

What’s happening to me? When the mailer for the 2013 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon arrived I found myself wondering If I needed more QC given I have roughly 70 bottles in the cellar. When the 2013 Dalla Valle mailer arrived I asked myself if I wanted to continue to support a winery that is raising prices again. Despite the fact…

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The Week in Zinfandel (2/1/16)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! The Wine Write writes Learning More About Limerick Lane. Gizmodo writes The Best Wine Pairings for Girl Scout Cookies, Tested. Last Bottle Wines writes The Older the…

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The Week in Zinfandel (1/11/16)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! Wine Tasting Bliss writes Zinfandel: A History of Mystery. Purple Tongue Press writes Old Ghosts and Old Vines: An Interview with Steve Felten of Klinker Brick Winery.…

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The Week in Zinfandel (12/14/15)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! Tasting Room Confidential writes BC Zinfandels Prove to be More Friendly than Californians. Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine writes Thoughts While Shaving. The Wines of Lodi, CA…

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The Week in Zinfandel (12/7/15)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! Wine with SLHousman writes about Paradise Ridge Winery. Mama Maggies Kitchen reviews the 2012 Rodney Strong Knotty Vines Zinfandel. Wines of Lodi, CA writes Oak Ridge Winery…

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Bottle Notes, Zinfandel

Top 10 Zinfandels Tasted in 2015

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. With that in mind here are my top 10 Zinfandels of 2015. The…

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The Week in Zinfandel (9/28/15)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! Reverse Wine Snob reviews the 2011 Murphy-Goode Liars Dice Zinfandel. Food & Wine writes William Shatner’s New Wine Enterprise. Jetsetting Fashionista writes about St. Francis Winery &…

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The Week in Zinfandel (8/3/15)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! Cliff’s Wine Picks reviews the 2009 Turley Zinfandel Ueberroth Vineyard. The Napa Valley Register writes The Changing Palate. The Wines of Lodi, CA writes What Makes Lodi…

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