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Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:38:54 -0600

I know I responded to this post before, don't know what happened. Of necessity and attitude this response will be shorter.

As noted elsewhere, there are wineries in each of the 50 United States. Where there is a healthy wine industry, as there is in several states including not only CA, but WA, OR, NY, NJ, PA, VA, OH and others, there are various 'wine routes' through clustered wine growing regions.

I am afraid I am the only Francoenophile you will find in these environs.

As such, I feel comfortable in denying that it is terroir that would cause Merlot (and to a lesser extent Cab Franc) to be produce "masculine leathery tannin laden wines of the north" in St. Emilion and "sumptuous feminine berry wines of the south" of that commune.

In fact, I deny that there are such distinct separate styles demarcated geographically in St Emilion. Could you support your statement? Bear in mind that I am not saying that are not producers of earthy wines in the north and producers of fruity wines in the south, but I am saying this is not exclusively nor even predominantly the situation, and I am asserting further that these variations in style have more to do with winemaking than grape growing.

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Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:21:53 -0600

Hi. This is my first post. I am English, and a wine lover though not by any means an expert. My question is, why is the section on French wine virtually empty?. I love to visit Bordeaux and do the wine route, and you can find small vineyards with truly lovely reds for sale for only a few pounds a bottle, or you can drive up to grand chateau and buy a few keepers. You can experiment with terriour, by sampling wines from adjacent vineyards, especially somewhere like St Emillion. Where the difference between the masculine leathery tannin laden wines of the north of this tiny region are starkly juxtaposed with the sumptuous feminine berry wines of the south, and you can throw stones from one chateau to the next. Phew, sorry about that, I got myself quite excited. But seriously though, although there are many fantastic new world whites. It seems to me that weather its a inexpensive bottle of red with a good steak. Or an expensive grand or premier cru, France is not a bad place to start your search. Yes, also, as I am talking to a mainly American audience, what are the wine routes like out there?. (California etc). And is testing the terriour experiment as valid in the US?. Thanks for reading. Please be gentle with me. It is my first time.

A good Pinot Noir

Fri, 19 May 2006 22:59:16 -0600

I highly recommend the 1999 Lorca "Garys Vineyard" Pinot Noir Monterey County (Santa Lucia Highlands now)

Pinotage

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:09:09 -0600

I totally agree with BromBordoo. I had a Cathedral Cellar Pinotage 2003 a month ago and it was very pedestrian. Tasted like cardboard and had an almost vegetal bouquet. And it was not off, that's just the way Pinotage is. Better to stick with the South African Syrahs or look to some other country for a wine. Pinotage is to South Africa what Malbec is to Argentina although I much prefer the Malbec.

Pinotage

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:43:50 -0600

The Pinotage is a South African cross of Pinot Noir and Cinsault. Kind of like Passetoutgrains in the Burgundy (Pinot Noir and Gamay) it is not so much that the noble grape improve s the lesser, but that the lesser drags the greater down to its level. Fruitier and more berry like than PN.

Pinotage

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:03:47 -0600

The host at a party last week offered me a choice between a Pinot Noir and a Pinotage. I had never heard of a Pinotage, so playing it safe, I chose the Pinot Noir. What is the Pinotage, a relative of the Pinot Noir? What qualities does this grape possess?

A good Pinot Noir

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:00:22 -0600

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Originally posted by: WineStock
I found a great bottle for under $15.00. It is a McMurray Pino Noir. This wine is an excellent value pino. Fruit forward yet smoky and clean on the finish.

Yes, the MacMurray Ranch Pinots are good. Sounds like you had the Sonoma Coast version. They also make a Russian River Pinot Noir that is a little more expensive. It's a bigger, denser wine using fruit from the hillsides. They also make a very nice Pinot Gris.

A good Pinot Noir

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:26:05 -0600

I found a great bottle for under $15.00. It is a McMurray Pino Noir. This wine is an excellent value pino. Fruit forward yet smoky and clean on the finish.

A good Pinot Noir

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:00:18 -0600

My wife and I recently attended a wine tasting and one of the offerings was the 2003 Van Duzer pinot Noir. We liked it so much that we bought a bottle at the shop for $42. We've only been enjoying wine for about a year and had never spent over $20 for a bottle before this. Much to our suprise and pleasure, we found the same bottle at a local liquor store for just $24. We've purchased three bottles since. The $24 bottles taste much better than the $42!