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Newer posts →The American Cancer Society’s Cattle Barons’ Ball of Amelia Island
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Posted in Events | Leave a comment //This May Be The Wine Talking…
March 12, 2012.
Posted in Funny | Leave a comment //A Guide to Wine Faults – Tartrate Crystals
March 11, 2012Tartrate Crystals [Tar-trate] I’ve worked in restaurants my whole life and have encountered tartrates quite a bit. Before a wine is bottled to be sold, wineries usually employ a procedure called cold stabilization (which brings the wine down to … Continue reading
Posted in Facts | Tagged A Guide to Wine Faults, cold stabilization, tartrate, tartrates, tartrates in wine, wine diamonds | Leave a comment //Renowned Wine Dealer Could Do Hard Time for Alleged Wine Counterfeits.
March 11, 2012Rudy Kurniawan was known as much for his palate as for his keen eye, fixed often on the highest of high-end wine bottles. His presence at wine auctions was constant, at events in Beverly Hills, and offerings at Sotheby’s in … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Burgundy, Counterfeit wine, fake wine, France | Leave a comment //Sweet 16 Pinot Noir Tournament Tasting Package at Omni Amelia Island.
March 10, 2012A unique twist on a traditional wine tasting, this first annual Sweet 16 Pinot Noir Tournament takes on a blind tasting bracket format with pinot noirs from Chile, California, Oregon, France, New Zealand and Germany. The Sweet 16 tasting will … Continue reading
Posted in Events | Tagged Omni Amelia Island, Pinot Noir | Leave a comment //Is California Being Faced with a Grape Shortage?
March 9, 2012Grape growers in California finally have something to cheer about—grape prices are going up. But what do those higher prices mean for consumers? Winery owners are trying to cut costs so they can keep prices low at a time when … Continue reading
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