Cercius, Cotes du Rhone, France.
May 17, 2012
Grapes
85% Grenache, 15% Syrah
Facts
- You’ve probably read countless times that “…you should never choose a wine based on the label!” Well, I call BS on that! If anything, France needs to step-up their wine label game (as is beautifully demonstrated here) and start getting more creative if they plan on rising from the ashes!
To me, a great label and overall good packaging are sometimes the only way a producer is going to get recognized. I have no problem point out that the label was the main reason I picked up this bottle.
- The importer details on a wine label are most-often ignored by consumers, and for good reason! They’re boring! However, once you start recognizing a few of the big names, I won’t go so far as to say a trusted importer is a guarantee that you’ll personally enjoy a wine, but it’s a very good indicator of quality!
- When dealing with European wine importers, there’s three that I’d like to throw your way as they’ve never let me down: Kermit Lynch, Jorge Ordonez, and Eric Solomon –which the Cercius is part of. Just look for their information of the back label.
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Grenache is a key component to the reds from the Cotes du Rhone region of France, usually blended with Syrah for wines such as Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Cotes du Ventoux, Cotes du Rhone Villages and Gigondas.
Passive-Aggressive Wine Store Owner Helps a Customer Choose a Wine.
May 16, 2012 Posted in Funny | Tagged Passive-Aggressive Wine Store Owner | Leave a comment //170 Year Old Shipwrecked Champagne up for Auction.
May 16, 2012
Paris auction firm Artcurial Briest–Poulain–F.Tajan has been selected to sell-off Champagne bottles that have spent the last 170 years in a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic sea.
The shipwreck and its cargo are the property of the Åland Islands (NB: don’t worry, I had to Google them as well). The origin and name of the schooner remains a mystery, although the Åland government is carrying out extensive research in order to piece together its final voyage.
Whereas a number of the bottles are being kept for museum purposes, the rest will be auctioned off over the next few years, with all proceeds going towards Baltic marine conservation.
Jacksonville King Street Farmers Market – Every Wednesday.
May 15, 2012The Jacksonville King Street Farmers Market is a great addition to Riverside! Definitely worth checking out!
Study Finds that Great Wine Tasters are Born that Way!
May 14, 2012
Is an ability to taste wine come from our DNA? A new study has concluded that certain individuals are born with a heightened sensitivity that gives them the edge when it comes to tasting wine.
“Wine Expertise Predicts Taste Phenotype,” by Profs. John Hayes and Gary Pickering separated over 300 participants into two groups—”wine experts,” (professionals in the wine industry), and regular consumers—and gave them a paper disk treated with drops of the chemical 6-n-propylrhioueacil (PROP). They were then asked to taste it.
Some people find PROP tasteless, and others mildly or extremely bitter. The Professors wrote that PROP testing “…has been widely adopted as a marker of genetic variation in taste” and that some recent studies showed “…those who experience PROP as being intensely bitter not only experience heightened overall oral sensation, but also may be more acute tasters, with the ability to discriminate smaller differences between oral stimuli.”
Posted in News | Leave a comment //Wine On A Plane!
May 14, 2012
Thinking about taking wine on a plane? Here’s a few things to consider…
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