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Spirit of Wine: Reviews: Champagne and Sparkling Wine Best Bets
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Wine tastings, reviews, ratings and commentary from around the world. More than a million visitors. over 1,500 wines reviewed. Uses distinctive five star rating system, from "1) Yuck - I can't finish the glass". to. "5) Wow! Get between me and this wine bottle at your own risk! Thursday, December 22, 2011. Reviews: Champagne and Sparkling Wine Best Bets. Here are a few of our more popular Champagne and sparkling wines reviewed, with hotlinks to pricing and retail availability:. When price is no object:.
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Chez Ray Winemaking: Assmanshausen does Cabernet Sauvignon
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Trials, tribulations and tips. Sunday, December 10, 2006. Assmanshausen does Cabernet Sauvignon. Sounds like a strange couple indeed. In this context, Assmanshausen. I reconstituted the Assmanshausen yeast with Go-Ferm, built up a starter including must from the pails of crushed grapes. And here is the wonderful sight of yeast taking root in one of the pails (this one is the Suscol Ranch Napa Merlot). Shiraz). Following an extended cool maceration, I will press the grapes; after two days rack the jui...
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Chez Ray Winemaking: Yeast schedule for 2007 Chez Ray vintage
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Trials, tribulations and tips. Friday, December 28, 2007. Yeast schedule for 2007 Chez Ray vintage. There's some kinda method to this madness. Yeast is arrayed by type of grape, so as I punch the caps. Moving across buckets, I stay within one type of yeast. This year, for some of the buckets, I'm starting two different yeasts, but on separate sides of the same bucket. They will mix of course, at some point. Eventually one yeast will dominate. But some complexity may be achieved. Qty 1 - 2005 Pinot Gris/C...
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Chez Ray Winemaking: Updated Review: **** Chez Ray Sangiacomo Vineyards Merlot, 2006, Carneros, Sonoma, CA
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Trials, tribulations and tips. Thursday, May 15, 2014. Updated Review: * * Chez Ray Sangiacomo Vineyards Merlot, 2006, Carneros, Sonoma, CA. December, 2008: The Chez Ray Sangiacomo Vineyards Merlot of 2006 is from Brehm Vineyards frozen grapes. From Carneros, Sonoma, CA. The vintage was fermented cool, with Assmanshausen yeast. This merlot is light/medium ruby red - looking more like a pinot noir than a merlot. Updated review, over three years later. Updated review, another two and a half years later.
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Chez Ray Winemaking: Review: ***+ Chez Ray Zinfandel, Lodi, California, 2006 (destemmed)
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Trials, tribulations and tips. Friday, January 31, 2014. Review: * * Chez Ray Zinfandel, Lodi, California, 2006 (destemmed). Review: Chez Ray Zinfandel, Lodi, California, 2006 (destemmed). The version fermented with stems is described here. It is first being sampled eight years from vintage date, January, 2014. In the glass: Medium red with pink highlights. On the nose: At room temperature, shows a shy, light clean purple nose. Seems like it will be bright and fresh. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Chez Ray Winemaking: Review: *** Chez Ray Merlot, Lodi, California, extended maceration, 2008 (code M8e)
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Trials, tribulations and tips. Friday, January 31, 2014. Review: * * Chez Ray Merlot, Lodi, California, extended maceration, 2008 (code M8e). Review: Chez Ray Merlot, Lodi, California, extended maceration, 2008 (code M8e): First grape pressing described here. And now being reviewed at six years from vintage date, January, 2014. In the glass, this is medium deep red with some brick. The nose shows a deep muddled red fruit, with some oxidation and leather. Three stars on the five-star Spirit of Wine scale.
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Spirit of Wine: Rating: ***- 2002 "Two Buck Chuck" Charles Shaw Cabernet Sauvignon, CA
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Wine tastings, reviews, ratings and commentary from around the world. More than a million visitors. over 1,500 wines reviewed. Uses distinctive five star rating system, from "1) Yuck - I can't finish the glass". to. "5) Wow! Get between me and this wine bottle at your own risk! Friday, March 23, 2007. Rating: * *- 2002 "Two Buck Chuck" Charles Shaw Cabernet Sauvignon, CA. Find Cheap California Cabernet. Pricing and retail availability. Taste bad wines here, I'll give that one a try. I hope lightning does...
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Spirit of Wine: Five-star ***** wines - the best we've ever tasted!
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Wine tastings, reviews, ratings and commentary from around the world. More than a million visitors. over 1,500 wines reviewed. Uses distinctive five star rating system, from "1) Yuck - I can't finish the glass". to. "5) Wow! Get between me and this wine bottle at your own risk! Saturday, May 21, 2011. Five-star * * * wines - the best we've ever tasted! Mollydooker The Boxer Shiraz, McLaren Vale, Australia. Erhill Jimmy Section Shiraz, McLaren Vale, Australia. On the palate, furry, creamy, sweet-cherry is...
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Spirit of Wine: The Spirit of Wine Scale
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Wine tastings, reviews, ratings and commentary from around the world. More than a million visitors. over 1,500 wines reviewed. Uses distinctive five star rating system, from "1) Yuck - I can't finish the glass". to. "5) Wow! Get between me and this wine bottle at your own risk! Thursday, October 29, 2009. The Spirit of Wine Scale. Spirit of Wine uses two scales: one for rating (quality) and one for price. Both are quite simple and intuitive. Here they are:. Ratings are 1 to 5 stars. From $2 to $200:.
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Spirit of Wine: Spirit of Wine review policy
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Wine tastings, reviews, ratings and commentary from around the world. More than a million visitors. over 1,500 wines reviewed. Uses distinctive five star rating system, from "1) Yuck - I can't finish the glass". to. "5) Wow! Get between me and this wine bottle at your own risk! Saturday, April 25, 2015. Spirit of Wine review policy. Consider providing sample wines for review to. One of the most highly rated, dedicated online wine review publications. Our editorial review policy follows:. From $2 to $200:.
