Herman Story

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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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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Wordless Wine Wednesday…

May 26, 2010
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Kind of.  I’ve been laughing about this for a few weeks now.  As you know, I’m in the Herman Story wine club and love the sense of humor of the winemaker, Russell From. Not to mention the wines are amazing. This what I saw when I opened the box.  Since you can’t see it, here’s what it says: “Many people don’t know that one of the hardest parts of being a winemaker is how difficult it [...]

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Wine Wednesday – 2007 Herman Story 239 Days Syrah

November 18, 2009
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Herman Story wines are some of my favorites at the moment. The wines are excellent and the emails from the wine maker, Russell From, make me laugh out loud. We recently received our fall shipment of wines and this was in the box. Russell only made 50 cases of the 239 days. He sent the bottles to his wine club members and here are his special notes: “Making the 239 was super risky. In fact, [...]

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Herman Story Wines – Follow Up and Robert Parker Scoring

September 16, 2009
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A few days after I published my Herman Story Roussane post, I received an email from Russell From, the Herman Story one man show. He starts the email by hysterically illustrating how nervous (vented by dressing up his dog and running his tractor into hay bails) he gets on the day Robert Parker scoring for his wines is going to be released.  Here’s a clip from the email: “…First, here’s what he (Robert Parker) said [...]

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Wine Wednesday – Herman Story Roussanne 2006

September 2, 2009
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Almost a month ago, we had a friend over that knows a thing or two about wine.  We spent an afternoon and evening sampling wines that he had graciously brought over (see photo).  This Herman Story Roussanne (far left) was the first wine we opened and it was my favorite.  It also happened to be a gorgeous sunny Saturday so it certainly fit our moods and the environment. A bit about Roussannes: It will probably [...]

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