Tuesday, June 28, 2011

I am falling for Fall

The first few weeks of fall are always interesting.� To start, you get teased by the weather, especially in Northern California.� In the same week you can have rain one day and a few days later be hanging out in the backyard with shorts, t-shirt, and flip-flops on.� Playoff baseball can be seen in the [...]

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Ice Wine

Ice Wine Yesterday I saw a picture of snow on the ground in Bordeaux and added it to the Uncorked Ventures Facebook Page, we received a few comments about the post which is customary now, but one of those comments came from the Great White North and one of our favorite SEO experts, Jim Rudnick. [...]

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Resolved Question: Gift for reenactment 'wedding'?

...white dress, church vows and country club reception.) I do not want to bring cash since... that for the couples "no gift only money" shower (OMG does the...as my being against HER. Any gift of wine or wine-related items...

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A tasting of one of California?s top sparkling wine producers

Sonoma county is relatively well known for a number of reputable sparkling wine producers, who make bubblies in the traditional Champagne method (i.e. second fermentation in the bottle). In my mind, with all due respect to all other methods of getting CO2 into a wine, the method of Champagne is the only way to go for any serious drinkin'! And while nothing touches Champagne itself (with the exception of perhaps Italy's Franciacorta and Trento DOC), our traditional method domestics from Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino counties, such as Roederer Estate, Domaine Chandon, Mumm, Domaine Carneros, Schramsberg and Gloria Ferrer, are not bad at all, and offer really delicious and cheaper alternatives, and a sense of patriotism...

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Resolved Question: drank illegally at a wedding?

...budweiser, and a thing called havana club...and i read before drinking it...home, our house usually has wine that people gave to us as gifts and drank that too along with...

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Welcome to the Future

I won’t have a chance to get everyone an update on wider life for a few more days at the least (things are busy both professionally and personally, well definitely personally) but I was sad to see that social media darling Gary V has chosen to close Cork’d. Cork’d To Close It’s Doors It’s an [...]

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Resolved Question: planning a chocolate fest?

... for placing and maybe gift cards. They would be ..., executive chefs at country clubs and hotels and restaurants...if we are going to have wine served, it might be a soda/water...

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Resolved Question: Gift for reenactment 'wedding'?

...white dress, church vows and country club reception.) I do not want to bring cash since... that for the couples "no gift only money" shower (OMG does the...as my being against HER. Any gift of wine or wine-related items...

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Ice Wine

Ice Wine Yesterday I saw a picture of snow on the ground in Bordeaux and added it to the Uncorked Ventures Facebook Page, we received a few comments about the post which is customary now, but one of those comments came from the Great White North and one of our favorite SEO experts, Jim Rudnick. [...]

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A Tough Reminder

As I sit in the middle of what has to be referred to as the holiday rush, there are still signs that the wine industry as a whole has some issues. Outside of the standard complaints about big distributors and their affect on smaller production wineries, the direct shipping assault led by wholesalers through HR [...]

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The Promiscuous Pinot Noir: the family tree of Austria?s red grapes

Rumor has is that one day, a long, long time ago, the ancient grapes Traminer and Pinot Meunier got together for some fun. Well, one thing led to another and they ended up crossing. Not long after, Pinot Noir showed up.

Pinot Noir had a good enough relationship with one of its parents, Pinot Meunier, spending a great deal in Champagne together, but something was missing. Pinot Noir feeling rejected and ignored by Traminer, the parent it rarely, if ever, saw, the spicy Pinot Noir took off in its see-through red dress to ensure its own lineage.

Well, Pinot Noir traveled far and wide, finding grapes to cross with wherever it went ? sometimes it didn?t even know the other grape?s name. Ultimately, its travels spawned all sorts of offspring, though none could ever be as fickle as the neurotic Pinot Noir...

Source: http://content.corkd.com/2010/11/30/the-promiscuous-pinot-noir-the-family-tree-of-austria%e2%80%99s-red-grapes/

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First trip of the summer (part 1)

I just got back from my first trip of the summer.� My family and I spent a week in Mammoth Lakes (Eastern Sierra) with my parents, sister, and my brother and his family.� Needless to say it was a full house, but thankfully a spacious house. From the Bay area, the drive was around 7 [...]

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