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Bott Wine: Excellence of a Tokaj Hungary Wine Producer – James Meléndez 27 Aug 2013 | 04:46 am
I wanted to release this article sooner but a large part of this year I was studying cultivars and since I couldn’t download a table of all wine grape cultivars I had to create my own. This endeavor ...
Jordan Winery…’Through the Trees, Vines, Gardens, and Lake’ Estate Tour – James Meléndez 26 Aug 2013 | 10:25 pm
Jordan Winery in the heart of Alexander Valley known for bottling Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay and known for it’s beautiful Chateau tasting room and winery–in fact that is what the majority of vi...
Thomas Fogarty Lexington Santa Cruz Mountains Meritage – 2007 – 9.2 (92/100 Pts) 20 Aug 2013 | 09:29 am
A lovely wine: Scent characteristics: Sanded cedar, well seasoned leather, pine forest floor, and plum orchard. Flavour notes: Blackberry, Acai, Tayberry, violets, rose petals, sage, white mushroom ...
Red 7 North Coast Proprietary Red Wine – 9.0 (90/100 Pts) – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy 20 Aug 2013 | 09:15 am
This is a fun wine – a blend that is known only to the wine maker. I did take 7 guesses as to each of the seven varieties in this wine: 1. Merlot 2. Grenache 3 Syraj 4 Cabernet Sauvignon 5 Zinfandel...
Wine & Social Media…It’s What We Have Been Waiting For – James Melendez / James the Wine Guy 13 Aug 2013 | 11:29 am
http://www.slideshare.net/jamesthewineguy/wine-social-media I recently posted this presentation I gave in Rioja, Spain a couple of years ago. And with the advent of Slideshare.com it is easier to sh...
Nino Franco Rustico Prosecco – 9.2 (92/100 Pts) – James Melendez / James the Wine Guy 13 Aug 2013 | 09:37 am
A gorgeous sparkling wine; definitiveness in structure – notes of d’Anjou pear, blood orange citrus zest, green fig, sesame, hint of fennel and pine nut ¡Salud! http://www.jamesthewineguy.com *** ...
Rocca Grigsby Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon – 2008 – 9.2 (92/100 Pts) – James Melendez 12 Aug 2013 | 12:35 am
I have not had a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon in some time. A welcome relief to taste this beautiful wine. This wine is integrated, luxuriant texture, and complex. Scent notes of bramble patch in...
Hawks View Chehalem Mountains Oregon Pinot Noir – 2010 – 9.4 (94/100 Pts) – James Melendez 10 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
This is all estate fruit. This wine spends 12 months in 33% new french oak, 40% once filled french oak and 27% neutral french oak. A signature of Hanzel, Wadensvil, and Dijon Clones. Scent of a Doug...
Wine and The Power of Brand – James Melendez / James the Wine Guy 9 Aug 2013 | 11:16 am
Wine is a great way of understanding the concept and practice of brand. Modern producers of wine have had to differentiate themselves by firstly label or more precisely total packaging programme. Thi...
Morlanda Criança Priorat – 2009 – 9.3 (93/100 Pts) – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy 8 Aug 2013 | 09:10 am
Rare for me to taste Priorat wines–always a pleasure. This wine is 50% Garnacha and 50% Cariñena Scent notes of Marionberry confit, cedar wood pile, stone fruit orchard in autumn Flavour characteri...
