Tag Archives: wine tasting notes

The Label Project: Contest Clues for Wine 3

This week Another Wine Blog is participating in The Label Project, a global initiative to go beyond the label, uncover the true character of the wine inside the bottle, and the uniqueness of the region behind it. We, as well ...

Thirsty Girl hosts You Bet Shiraz!

Join us as we taste Peter Lehmann 2008 Barossa Shiraz at 7 p.m. CENTRAL (5:00 p.m. PACIFIC, 8 p.m. EASTERN) on Wednesday, May 18th with our favorite Thirsty Girl Leslie Sbrocco's and winemaker Ian Hongell. Ian is the Senior Winemaker at ...

Of fans and fanboys: Cornerstone Cellars

I get a kick out of fanboys (and fangirls). There is a certain phone that seems to generate some of the funniest ones around. No matter the facts, no matter the specs, no matter how often they look at other ...

Wineries help raise $300k for Scholarships, Education

The Houston CPA Society raised $300,000 in funds for accounting scholarships and CPAs Helping in Schools programs at their 2011 Scholarship Extravaganza held this year at the Junior League of Houston. Co-chaired this year by Mark Lee and Susan Sample, Houston ...

Pourquoi Syrah? Get Ready for International Syrah Day!

Happy Wine Wednesday! Next Wednesday, February 16th, Hospice du Rhône will be celebrating International Syrah Day in preparation for their 19th Annual Hospice du Rhône celebration in Paso Robles, California USA April 28-30, 2011. HdR wants wine drinkers everywhere to ...

Wineries Invited to Donate Wine for Scholarships

How can you get your wines in front of 8,000 potential wine lovers with significant discretionary income? By donating wine for a Wine Pull as part of The Houston CPA Society's 2011 Scholarship Extravaganza set for Friday, February 18, ...

Wine for the Holidays: America’s Most-Visited Winery

There are plenty of people who do exactly what they're told. Who follow all of the rules. Who "know their place" from birth to death. The type of people who do not see a bullfighter's red cape when someone tells ...

Maryhill: Such a Thrill In Washington Whites

We got a note from the nice people at Maryhill Winery asking us if we'd like to try their wines before we visit Washington this summer.  Something about the name was familiar. Then Friday night after we sampled two of their ...

New Sauvignon Blanc on the Block: Cornerstone Cellars

There is a fondness in our hearts for Cornerstone Cellars.  Last July we crashed a private tasting and dinner with some of our blogger friends at Bistro Jeanty (blame it on our friend Lisa who said, of course, we should ...

Sonoma Coast Jewels: Freeman Vineyard & Winery

Ever since I was a little girl I've had a fascination with all things Japanese. In later years this led me to Chiba University for Japanese Business and Society Study Abroad program.  There I missed the class on language because ...