I just found a great site that may be the beginning of this venture. It is: www.winetwo.com
Great insights and a bit of logic while building toward an Online wine world. Who knows??? Maybe 2nd life will become a ground to "virtually" explore wine regions, making and thinking Online one day.
Cheers,
Derek
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Thursday, August 2, 2007
More Musings and Fun Stuff
It has been a couple of weeks since I last wrote, but here are some random thoughts and tastings that I have been involved in recently.
NALLE
They are open to the public on Sundays and make some damn good wine. Not the overblown high-alchohol stuff that gets ripped by the press...Doug makes very honest and balanced wines that claim to age for years. I really liked his reserve Dry Creek Zin and his regular Zin. He is a super nice guy to boot. http://www.nallewinery.com/
PRESTON
Lou's wines get better every time I visit the winery. I tried a killer Viognier and a very jammy Mourvedre. The 05 Zin is fantastic too. I went on a Sunday, which is the day that they taste and sell the 1 gallon Guidagni jugs out of the barrell. Lot's of people and a decent $30 jug. Best at Preston are the olive oil, fresh produce and bread! The grounds are very pretty and a great spot for a picnic. http://www.prestonofdrycreek.com/
TURNING 40
We had my big 4-0 at my brother Fritter's house and everyone had a blast. We drank a ton of wine and there were some real standouts:
White: Quivira SB, Montenovo Godello, Schug Chard
Red: Mauro Sebaste Centobricche, Chateau St. Jean "Durell" Syrah and Forchini "Papa Nonno"
GREAT BUY AT TRADER JOES
For 5 bucks you can buy a really good SB named Diogenes from Lake County. Not super grassy, more a balanced and under-stated wine. Try it...You'll like it!
NALLE
They are open to the public on Sundays and make some damn good wine. Not the overblown high-alchohol stuff that gets ripped by the press...Doug makes very honest and balanced wines that claim to age for years. I really liked his reserve Dry Creek Zin and his regular Zin. He is a super nice guy to boot. http://www.nallewinery.com/
PRESTON
Lou's wines get better every time I visit the winery. I tried a killer Viognier and a very jammy Mourvedre. The 05 Zin is fantastic too. I went on a Sunday, which is the day that they taste and sell the 1 gallon Guidagni jugs out of the barrell. Lot's of people and a decent $30 jug. Best at Preston are the olive oil, fresh produce and bread! The grounds are very pretty and a great spot for a picnic. http://www.prestonofdrycreek.com/
TURNING 40
We had my big 4-0 at my brother Fritter's house and everyone had a blast. We drank a ton of wine and there were some real standouts:
White: Quivira SB, Montenovo Godello, Schug Chard
Red: Mauro Sebaste Centobricche, Chateau St. Jean "Durell" Syrah and Forchini "Papa Nonno"
GREAT BUY AT TRADER JOES
For 5 bucks you can buy a really good SB named Diogenes from Lake County. Not super grassy, more a balanced and under-stated wine. Try it...You'll like it!
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