• East Valley Winery Association's “Fifty Miles of Vines” Festival
  We'll be out at the East Valley Winery Association's “Fifty Miles of Vines” Festival on Saturday, June 26th. We've been invited to judge wines at the event. Fun! View Larger Map Here's the press release with all the details: EAST VALLEY ...
• Willamette Valley Vineyards, Elton Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2007
  If you like French Burgundy, you'll love this bottle of wine. This is another bottle from Willamette Valley Vineyards, that ironically, has a style more akin to France than Oregon. Oregon is typically known for "bigger" Pinots: full, dark ...
• Beaux Freres, Willamette Valley, Pinot Noir, 2006
  Apparently 2009 was difficult for just about everybody if you read all those end-of-year editorials and remembrances. 2009 was especially hard on our family. So what did we drink New Years Eve? We decided on carpe diem, and broke open one of our Beaux ...
• Willamette Valley Vineyard, Pinot Gris, 2008
  Here's another wine we got from Willamette Valley Vineyards. And while we review a lot of Pinot Noir, we also like the Gris and Blanc cousins. This one smells like pear, and lime ... and peach! This was a well balanced and tasty Pinot Gris and was not ...

• Re: Tertre de Moulin, Grand Cru, St Emilion, 2004
  I think you are doing a great job promoting wines and I enjoyed reading your site. Keep up the good work! I wanted to share this wine store that has hard-to-find organic, biodynamic, and foreign wines, as well as 90+ Wines Under $30. I love it!
• Re: Dr Loosen and J Christopher, 'Two Worlds' Pinot Noir, 2007
  Great review, I am sitting with the bottle right now and was intrigued to see what the buzz was. Excellent call on the cayenne/chemical---w...
• Re: Rosso di Montalcino DOC, 'Mocali', 2006
  If you like earthy, you might like Brunello by Palazzo Desti, imported by Terranova. It's medium-bodied, with lots of dark berry flavors and hints of chocolate. A very good wine.

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