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July 20, 2012 Ramblings and Rants

Vote for Vinography in the 2012 Wine Blog Awards

and voting is now open to members of the public. The Wine Blog Awards are the longest running set of

May 5, 2011 Ramblings and Rants

Read Some Good Wine Blogging

The fact that you’re here, reading this, means I don’t have much convincing to do when it comes to turning

February 11, 2009 Ramblings and Rants

Winners of the DWR Champagne Chair Contest Announced

Some of you may remember my little piece about one of my favorite holiday traditions, the DWR Champagne Chair contest,

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What smells like strawberry and sumac, and tastes

What smells like strawberry and sumac, and tastes like strawberry, chopped green herbs and a whiff of dusty roads? Why, @jolielaidewines of course! Drinking beautifully still after a few years. Mganel Pganel! 2017 Jolie-Laide “Provisor Vineyard” Grenache, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma, CA. ⁣
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I tend to like everything that @duncanarnot and @m

I tend to like everything that @duncanarnot and @make but I don’t buy every wine they make, mostly because I don’t have an unlimited budget and there are some of their wines I really, really love. But recently I decided to get a bottle of their Kirschemannn Zinfandel, and it’s glorious. At 12.6% alcohol it’s this wonderfully easy-to-drink balance between boysenberry fruit and lovelely fresh herbal essence. Fabulous acidity and wonderfully floral finish. Zinfandel made like a Pinot Noir, if you will. Ethereal even. And how can you go wrong with vines farmed by @ownrooted? 2017 Arnot-Roberts “Kirschenmann Vineyard” Zinfandel, Mokelumne River, Lodi, CA. ⁣
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#crunchywine #heritagevines #lodizinfandel #lodizinfandels #crunchywines #heritagevineszinfandel

Some truly great wines sneak up on you, sip after

Some truly great wines sneak up on you, sip after sip, taste after taste—deepening, resonating, and ultimately resolving into your own realization that you are experiencing something profound. More commonly in my experience, however, great wines hit you like a lightning bolt, with a silent detonation that snaps every iota of your attention to the wine itself. That’s what it felt like the first time I tasted the wines of Domaine des Ardoisières, perhaps more than 10 years ago, thanks to Martine of @martineswines, who brought some to a dinner I attended. In July I had a chance to visit the domaine and I have just written “When Stones Speak: The Wines of Domaine des Ardoisières.” The story includes some cool drone footage of their amazing Cevins vineyard site. Link in my bio. ⁣
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Intriguing surfaces.

Intriguing surfaces.

I only spent a few hours in Vancouver yesterday bu

I only spent a few hours in Vancouver yesterday but through sheer happenstance, I managed to pull something of a #foodie coup. Thanks to the generosity of a friend I got to eat half of this. Something people lined up for hours to get and many walked away empty handed. It’s a collaboration between Vancouver’s best French bakery @beaucoupbakery and the venerable Chinatown BBQ @chinatownbbq. It’s the (now pretty famous, limited edition) Peking Duck Croissant. Dusted with silver and costing $8.88 of course. And just like Pulp Fiction, I don’t know if it was worth eight bucks, but it was pretty damn good. As part of the #lightupchinatown Festival in Vancouver.

Bangtown Beauty and Barber. Vancouver, BC.

Bangtown Beauty and Barber. Vancouver, BC.

This is honestly one of the more impressive dishes

This is honestly one of the more impressive dishes I’ve had in a long while. It’s called “Duck, Duck, Ganoush” and it’s sous vide duck breast pan seared and served over smoky baba ghanoush with sautéed Swiss chard, fresh chanterelles, and black garlic sauce. OMFG delicious. Bravo chef! @themackenzieroom

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