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Wine2Duel

Wine2Duel was started to help people enjoy wine tasting and give back to the people that made it enjoyable!

Wine2Duel

2 years ago

Some time has passed since the last post. We are working on a different approach so stand by... ... See MoreSee Less

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Wine2Duel

3 years ago

Just incase you didn't know, I follow a few wineries and a few wine makers. I also see that there are two kinds; those that do things for show or marketing and those that do what they think is the right thing to do period.I am going to share a link with you. At first you might think it's a joke but then you read on...tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2022/02/why-we-believe-the-time-is-right-for-a-95-box-of-wine.html ... See MoreSee Less

Why we believe the time is right for a $95 box of wine

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Last summer, I wrote a blog I called A Winery Carbon Footprint Self-Assessment: Why I Can't Give Us an "A" Despite All Our Progress in which I broke down how we stacked up against the baseline Califor...

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Wine2Duel

3 years ago

I've been asked to recommend some wines from Costco. I stopped by there today and think that's a GREAT idea. But, what do you think? Do you have a Costco favorite? ... See MoreSee Less

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3 years ago

It gets better with age is a lie!#wine, #oldwine, #agedwine, #wine2duelWhat do you mean it’s a lie?You may have heard that things get better with age. It has been said about many things but I’m referring to wine. It turns out that it doesn’t really get better with age, it changes. Whether you like how it changed depends on many things.Some of the best things are learned by accident.I am writing this as a result of accidentally opening a bottle of 13 year old Claret when I thought I was opening a 3 year old bottle of the same wine. I started to wonder when I poured some in my glass and the color was not exactly as expected. I lifted the glass and the aroma was not exactly the fruit driven style I was expecting.What do I know you may be asking. Accidental learning started back in the early 80s with gifts of wine. I started collecting them under my stairs because I wasn’t yet interested in wine. Luckily the person that gave them to me came back and suggested we taste them before they had an opportunity to go bad. We were lucky that I live in a cool weather beach community so the temperatures under the stairs turned out to be rather good for storage. After those tastes I was hooked and spent the years since looking for the perfect wine.Is aging wine worth it?That might just be the million dollar question. Let’s take a look at my most recent experience. The bottle aged was a less than $20 grocery store available blend. What did it taste like? Not fresh that’s for sure. If you open a modern less than $20 California red blend from the grocery store you will more than likely get what many experts describe as a fruit bomb. This wasn’t that! Instead the smell of bright fruit was replaced by dark and broudy fruit. To me it was like the difference between fresh meat and beef jerky. Things had definitely changed in the bottle. Would you like it? Should you age your wine? I think that the best way to answer that is to quote a Master Sommelier and a teacher of mine, Peter Neptune. “The best way to experience what happens when you age wine is to buy a case and pull out a bottle once a year or every other year to see.” Unfortunately I never seem to have enough storage space to put away cases but I sure wish I had another bottle of old stuff! ... See MoreSee Less

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3 years ago

Yes I work at a winery, yes we have some great new wines that are must try, for example Picpoul - www.orangecoastwinery.com/product/Picpoul-2020.But, for those of you that shop at Costco and Trader Joe's I found a site for you to check out - vinopointer.com/ ... See MoreSee Less

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vinopointer.com

Sniffing out exceptional wine values from Trader Joe's and Costco. Our goals are to help wine consumers sniff out good wines, alert you to their presence.

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