Wineries

Cameron Hughes Wine – Supreme Value in a Bottle

August 17, 2011
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If you have a Costco membership, you’ve no doubt passed a giant section of Cameron Hughes Wine.  After you read this, you’re going to want to pay more attention to it.  You can’t tell by the label, but these wines are an unbelievable value for what they are. Basically, Cameron Hughes is a négociant. He buys overstock wine from prestigious wineries, bottles them under the Cameron Hughes label, and resells them at a steep discount.  [...]

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Gilgal Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon: Kosher Wines

June 15, 2011
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I‘ve been intrigued by Israeli wines for a while as I have picked up a few at Costco that have been pretty good.  I was sent a bottle of Gilgal Chardonnay and a bottle of Gilgal Cabernet Sauvignon to try, so obviously, I did. Gilgal wines are produced and bottled by the Golan Heights Winery, Israel’s most prestigious winery. These wines are named after Gilgal Refaim, which is a massive set of ancient concentric circles [...]

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The Pros and Cons of Joining Wine Lists

March 16, 2011
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We belong to several wine clubs or as some say “lists” that you can join via visiting a winery in person or online.  As my spring deliveries are starting to roll in, I need to reevaluate which ones to keep, as there are a few others on my radar that I would like to join.   So here is a general list of pros and cons, in case you are considering joining a wine list.  If [...]

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An Animal Friendly Winery Needs Your Help

October 13, 2010
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We are about to get a dog.  I am unsure what breed, though La Jolla Girl has decided if it’s a boy his name will be Scooby and if it’s a girl her name will be Belle (as in Princess Belle).  Either way, the dog will be a rescue so I wanted to share this information.  What’s better than an animal loving winery that happens to make great wines? Clos Du Val has always welcomed [...]

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Oasis Winery: Owned by Michaele & Tariq Salahi (RHODC)

September 8, 2010
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I just finished watching the The Grape Stomp of Wrath – The Real Housewives of D.C., Season 1.  Wow.  Cast members Michaele and Tariq Salahi (otherwise known as the White House Crashers) “own” a Virginia winery called Oasis.   In this episode, they invited cast members to visit the winery. This was filmed some months ago, but the footage of the winery shows ailing, bare vines. When the cast members are asked to stomp the grapes [...]

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What SD Wine Bloggers Get Up To On a Saturday – Syrah Smackdown!

September 1, 2010
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Round two of the San Diego Wine Mafia’s ( #SDWM on Twitter) tasting events definitely stepped it up a notch.  It was lovingly dubbed the “Syrah Smackdown” and though I’m not sure who was more smacked down (me or the wines), it certainly was fun and another learning experience for me, the novice of the group. We celebrated at Brain Wines house, which luckily is near mine. Anyway, we tasted 5 Red Mountain Syrahs (paper [...]

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