Tag: Winery
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Pride Mountain Vineyards
Andrea and I have been visiting Pride for more than 20+ years ever since I read about a very positive review of their wines in Wine Spectator back in the late ’90s. We’ve had many other wine club subscriptions come and go, but Pride has been the one consistent one. Kristine and I have been…
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Bella Union
After our tasting at Nickel & Nickel, we had a little time to kill before dinner, so some of us went looking for another tasting. Nancy at N&N told use we could just walk-in at Bella Union, one of their sister wineries in the Far Niente family. It seemed quite crowded and the facilities at…
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Nickel & Nickel
As part of Kristine’s b-day weekend, we were tasting at Nickel & Nickel where Dave was a member. We were members about 10 years ago and hadn’t been here since an event in 2013 having enjoyed their wines in the past (I saw we still have one bottle of N&N left, a 2009 Tench Vineyard.…
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Chateau Meursault
Morning was tour and tasting at Chateau Meursault (located in Mersault of course). We tasted 8 wines (3 whites and 5 reds) four of which were premier cru and one grand cru). I liked the Pommard the best since it was so full bodied and tasted of dark fruit and Andrea’s favorite was the Corton…
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Domaine Faively
We did just a little bit of touring stone Romanee-Conti and Clos Veugeot and then headed to our tasting at Domain Faiveley. Since there was a bit of rain, everyone was sent home except for our hosts so again we were literally the only ones there at the entire property, which admittedly gave a more…
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Vosne Tasting Club
Another great day of tasting. First we had an appointment at the Vosne Tasting Club where we were literally the only ones there. They have this beautiful tasting room in a cellar where they serve and sell wines that we’ll not easily find back home. We enjoyed all five of the wines we tasted I’m…
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Wine tasting in Côte de Nuits
The wine tour was very informative even though we’ve certainly consumed a fair amount of Burgundy, we didn’t quite grok the sub-regions and the numerous vineyards as well as the AOCs all interrelate for a given wine. It was of course interesting to contrast this with the domestic Pinots we drink, there Burgundy that we’ve…
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Pride Mountain Vineyards
Our first wine tasting at Pride since before the pandemic started. We decided to do the Reserve tasting this time around which is a newer offering. Always a fantastic job by Andy to take care of us. The other couples were a lot of fun, both of whom were newbies at Pride. Turns out we…
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Croix Estate Winery
We’re chilling up in Guerneville. It’s Sunday. We’re wine tasting at one of our favorite wineries (social distancing appropriately of course).
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Château Fonplegade
Another great private tasting experience at Chateau Fonplegade (“fountain of plenty”), a beautiful estate and winery in St. Emilion. The tour including a ride up into the vineyards. I asked a lot of questions all of which or gracious hostess Fanny thoroughly answered. A lot of classy in the soil which is ideal for Merlot.…