Winexpression

Decanter picked up the story Monday on the top ten Winery Websites in California, as chosen by the Winery Website Report. I just have one thing to say, are you kidding me?
Here’s the list:

Lynmar Winery (83) www.lynmarwinery.com Valid HTML? (no)
Clos Du Val Wine Co. (82) www.closduval.com Valid HTML? (no)
EOS Estate Winery (81) www.eosvintage.com Valid HTML […]

Screwcaps are continuing to win the praise of industry professionals. The University of Aukland studied the fruit factors in Sauvignon Blanc from both screw capped bottles and bottles sealed with natural cork. The study found that two fruity elements common in the varietal were 23% higher in the Screw Capped bottles.
“In all cases, the opinions […]

Peets Coffee and Tea, the Bay Area’s best coffee chain, has a new slogan for the holiday season: “A Cup is Worth a Thousand Words”. I personally feel that statement has more truth when applied to a glass of wine however. Yes people like to chat in the morning over a cup of coffee, but […]

I visited a New Zealand Pinot Noir in a previous installment of Wine Blog Wednesday, so it looks like I get to travel there again with the first installment of the popular virtual tasting event in 2006. The Cork Dork asks us to try some of the delicious reds coming from an area that has […]

It’s amazing what can be accomplished with a blog. Trader Joe’s has pulled Chiaro del Bastardo Italian white wine from it’s shelves based on a tip from a newspaper columnist who blogged about the experience (Sidenote: I was going to call this blog “uncorked” when I registered it, but the Chronicle, and a magazine, and […]

Eric Asimov of the New York Times sat down with a small panel of tasters to pick a few good bottles of Champagne out of a tough group. The under $30 category falls short sometimes because these bottles don’t always get the respect of their big (more expensive) brothers. Tainted with two much Sulfur, […]

Here it is! Now I know why it took so long. Breaking the posts up by category must have taken forever, as well as having 40 + participants. My hats off to Derrick at An Obsession with Food, nice job.
With links to multiple photos on Flickr, this Wine Blogging Wednesday turned into a little art […]

As Summer in New Zealand quickly approaches, rain levels leading up to the season have been off by 50% in Marlborough on the South Island. This has led to decreased water levels in the lakes and reservoirs, causing hydro power plants to raise electricity prices.
Canterbury’s Rangitata and Waimakariri rivers haven’t been this low this early […]

I received this email today revealing some cheap pricing on case orders of wine from Concannon. I’ve bought a few cases from them in the past, and these make great tweaner / bring to a gathering bottles. I’m pretty sure these discounts apply to anyone (US only maybe), as I’m not a club member.
“Sale” Pricing
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After a few days rubbing elbows with hoards of people at Disneyland this weekend, I was excited to get back to the solitude of my desk this morning. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of wine related emails that had accumalated in my inbox over the past 4 days. Tom at Fermentations announcing a […]