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Freestone Vineyards 2009 Fogdog Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

by jamesknight3 weeks ago in Wine, Wine of the Week.2 Comments

I was several miles along the Kortum Trail, passing by fog-scraped spires of rock, when, for no reason, I looked to my left. It wasn’t that I sensed something, although I’d been walking on the right hand side of a double-track worn in the grass, the width of two swinging arms apart, musing on who it was that was not {…}

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Vote Now on Cline Pinot pairing

by jamesknight2 months ago in Wine of the Week.0 Comments

Many a shopper has prowled the wine isle, frowning and furrowed of brow, trying to find the right wine for dinner. White with fish, right? What about seared Red Snapper? And isn’t that red-listed by Seafood Watch, anyway? So, what if the wine is certified Fish Friendly Farming, does that help? Why not just start with the wine? It’s much {…}

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Open a Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Riesling for Thanksgiving

by jamesknight6 months ago in Wine of the Week.0 Comments

You know the holidays have arrived when San Francisco’s public radio station KQED announces that “This hour of news has been sponsored by Martinelli’s sparkling cider (no relation to Sonoma County’s makers of fine wine, Martinelli Winery).” The plug promises all the bubbles of champagne, but without the alcohol. That’s a fine, sweet and refreshing non-alcoholic compliment to the traditional {…}

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Wine Guerrilla 2009 Adel’s Vineyard Zinfandel

by jamesknight7 months ago in Wine of the Week.0 Comments

Why not Zin Guerrilla? Good question, because winemaker Bruce Patch created this brand with a single-minded focus on Zinfandel grown in Sonoma County. But when this label first appeared on local shelves, it was hard to know what to make of it. Each release bears novel artwork, at first depicting a cadre of lithe and wan revolutionaries, vaguely in the {…}