tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72575041620069524092024-11-05T20:49:16.014-06:00So many wines, so little time...Chanell D Gautreauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847866717792316027noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257504162006952409.post-52531318914972624942017-06-06T13:07:00.000-05:002017-06-06T13:07:01.793-05:00

Here's another previously published post from that now defunct web site... Planning a Wine and Cheese Tasting Party at Home Wine and cheese are natural companions and planning a party around a wine tasting theme is a great way to learn how certain foods compliment certain wines. It is also a good excuse for gathering a group of people together to uncork a few of your favorite bottles or

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Have you ever had a really good glass or bottle of wine and then when you wanted to have it again, you couldn't couldn't remember the name? One way to combat that bit of winesia is to collect the labels from bottles that you like. These days you can easily take a photo of the wine label with your mobile phone, but let's face it, what are the chances you will even remember that you have the

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'Tis the season to be sipping! Okay, so that's pretty much every season when you're a wine lover, but when it's also the season of giving, wine lovers may feel even more compelled to share the pleasure of a good vintage with friends and family. After all, what's better than a gift of a good bottle of wine? Wine is a great choice for a last minute gift when you've run out of time to shop, or have

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Wine tasting is by far one of my favorite pastimes. When I started contributing articles to Helium, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to be able to write about wine. I am far from an expert on the subject, but in the fall after hurricane Katrina (the following fall - 2006) I started attending tastings around town on a regular basis, and after the first year of sampling and note taking, I

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The first part of April found me at Swirl Sensational Wines for the Friday night tasting, followed by Hopper’s Carte Des Vins and the monthly Wine and Cheese 101 at Whole Foods. All of which is chronicled in Spring Tasting part one.  The second part of April started with a return trip to Swirl after I realized I was already on that side of town and tasting time was only a

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The month of April has brought some lovely wines my way this year; some have been unfamiliar, and some I’ve had the pleasure of sipping in the past. In the last few weeks I’ve done more tasting than I have in many months, mainly because I’ve been keeping kind of a low profile for a while. 2012 was a difficult year with a few significant setbacks, and I just haven’t been getting out as much.

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The moment I first saw the web site for Bodegas Comenge I knew I definitely wanted to visit there during my time in Ribeira Del Duero. Situated in the province of Valladolid between the sloping terrains of Curiel de Duero and Pesquera de duero, the winery and vineyards encompass a total area of thirty-four hectares (eighty-four acres).I arrived in Curiel in early April and even though it was a

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It was one of those weekends that was almost non-stop wine tasting. I started out on Thursday at Cork and Bottle for the Rodney Strong meet the winemaker tasting and then the next day I was at Swirl for the return of Free Fridays. Saturday afternoon I met some of the members of the wine meetup at Bacchanal for the first annual Rosé Festival.What a weekend! Though, actually, I guess I could say I

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Last night the Meetup crew got together at Clever for what turned into an impromptu tasting of six wines hand selected by John (Owner of Cork and Bottle). Every single bottle was delicious!We had:Huber Grunder Veltliner 2008Alberice Friulano 2008Eve Chardonnay 2007Quintale Aglianico Sannio 2007Santa Duc Cotes Du Rhone 2007Joel Gott Zinfandel 2007I especially enjoyed the Friulano, the Aglianico

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It has been a ridiculously long time since I have posted anything and while I am not generally a New Year's resolution person I resolve to be more active with this blog. I recently did a helium article on How to choose the perfect white wine and I thought about all the wine tastings I had attended where people immediately dismissed the white varietals with "I don't drink white wine." My

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Wow, I just realized it has been over a month since my last post! The good news is I have been to several wine tastings all over town at Swirl, Bacchanal, WINO and Cork and Bottle and once I get caught up on my notes I will have a lot to share here on the blog. Of course if I keep tasting the backlog will get just worse but I suppose I will just have to tough it out! Recently a member of my

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Due to Jazz Fest time and teaching and tasting and everything else that keeps me away from the computer, posting may be delayed for a bit as I am running from here to there from now until about mid May. I will have some good information to share very soon though so stay tuned!

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I finally made it back over to Bacchanal last Saturday for the afternoon tasting. We tasted five French wines with George Brown of Vino Wholesale which are listed below:Domaine Fournier Sauvignon Blanc (2007)With this first wine I needed no introduction; one whiff of my glass told me exactly what it contained and what to expect. The sharp, bright vegetal quality could belong to nothing but

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Welcome to my blog! I spend a lot of time at wine tasting, one of my favorite pasttimes, and people are always asking my opinion about wine so I thought I would start posting my tasting notes online.Please check back soon for updates.

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