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CAWG Foundation Awards $30,000 in Student Scholarships

NEWS RELEASE   SACRAMENTO, June 1, 2020 – The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) Foundation has awarded $30,000 in college scholarships to six students. The scholarships are awarded annually to students whose parent or legal guardian is employed by a California winegrape grower.   “All of the amazing scholarship recipients are inspirational because of […]

June 2, 2020 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Meghan Rech Joins Castle Rock Winery

Castle Rock Winery is pleased to announce the appointment of Meghan Rech as Director of Winemaking with immediate effect. In this role, she succeeds Eric Laumann, who has elected to retire. A graduate of U.C. Davis in Viticulture and Enology, Meghan has fourteen years of wine-making experience, most recently at Francis Ford Coppola Winery in […]

June 2, 2020 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Château La Gaffelière 1979 – Memory from 1991 VinExpo

June 21, 1991, marvelous lunch in St. Emilion overlooking the ruins…side trip from VinExpo. Megan kept a wonderful label diary. Priceless. (No record of price paid). This was the year I founded Wine Business Monthly. -LP

June 2, 2020 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

2017 Peirano Illusion (Lodi, CA)

2017 Peirano Illusion (Lodi, CA) A blend of old vine zin, merlot, petite sirah, and cab sauv. Toasty nose, violet, hint of cocoa. lots of juicy berries and maybe a little mild pepper. Super smooth. Enjoyable! Purchased on sale for $12.99 from Great Grapes in Cary, NC. -B

May 31, 2020 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

St. Anne’s Crossing, 2017 Los Chamizal Petit Verdot

Intense embrace of black cherries, cinnamon, cocoa, and pomegranate bonded with bold tannins and a leavening of oak. Perfect for my taste. $42 at the winery in Kenwood. -lp

May 28, 2020 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

Bullish Chinese imported wine drinkers up purchase volume and spend on wine in wake of coronavirus

NEWS RELEASE   Bullish Chinese imported wine drinkers up purchase volume and spend on wine in wake of coronavirus   China’s 50 million drinkers of imported wine found more occasions to drink wine during the Covid-19 restrictions, and bought more wine using online retailers, according to a new report published this week by Wine Intelligence. […]

May 27, 2020 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

2018 Poderi Dal Nespoli Famoso (Rubicone IGT, Italy)

  2018 Poderi Dal Nespoli Famoso (Rubicone IGT, Italy) Big floral notes (honeysuckle, etc) jumping right out of the glass. Floral as well on the palate, plus some citrus and a clean, crisp finish. YUM! Purchased on sale for $9.99 (originally $12.99) from Great Grapes in Cary, NC. -B

May 26, 2020 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

J California Cuvée – Over-priced for unremarkable bubbly

A basic, but not exceptional, sparking wine. $24.99, Whole Foods –lp

May 26, 2020 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

2017 Teruta La Meridiana Le Quattro Terre Barbera d’Asti (Italy)

2017 Teruta La Meridiana Le Quattro Terre Barbera d’Asti (Italy) Kind of an earthy, smoky, cherry nose. Very similar palate. A little tart on the finish. Decent! Purchased on sale for $14.99 (originally $18.99) from Great Grapes in Cary, NC. -B

May 21, 2020 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More

JaM Cellars California Butter Chardonnay. Non-vintage

Retrospective (Aug 27, 2018) tasting before all the lawsuits. Says what it is, is what it says. This is a revival of the round, mellow, slightly oaky but not über-fruity California style of the 1990s. This retro-Chard has been very popular in the last couple of years, pushing the brand to the top of a […]

May 21, 2020 | Filed under Uncategorized | Read More