Archive for December, 2008

Reviews – Cameron Hughes Lot 74 and Lot 92

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Disclosure: The following wines were received as press samples.
Lot 92 – 2004 Margaret River Chardonnay
Price: $14
Alcohol by volume: 14.1%
Production: 350 cases
Cam’s back! This delicious wine (sealed with a screw cap) is very well balanced and delivers a nose of pineapple, pear and apple with a light mouth feel that is crisp with a bit [...]

Value Wines From Rutherford Wine Company

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

I don’t know about you, but one of my thrills in life is finding a great wine at a reasonable price that I can recommend to friends or just hoard for myself. I was pleasantly surprised when a few press samples from Rutherford Wine Company arrived and all of them turned out to be pleasing [...]

Copia Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

The American Center for Food, Wine, and the Arts, a.k.a. Copia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday while negotiating a $2 Million dollar emergency investment from an unnamed source to continue pay of employee salaries.
The center closed its doors Friday, Nov. 21, and its web site noted at the time that “COPIA is temporarily [...]

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