WARNING: If you are a redneck you may be offended by this episode!
In this episode of Vintuba TV ChrisO reviews the 2007 Stuhlmuller Vineyards Estate Zinfandel from Alexander Valley aka “The Naomi Campbell of Zinfandels”. If you like Zinfandel you are going to want to watch this episode. Stuhlmuller Vineyards is a small family winery located just past Healdsburg in Sonoma County.
So here I sit on the 11th of November thinking of my wine pairing suggestions for Thanksgiving. I swore to myself that I would not succumb to the holiday sirens that beg anyone who writes about wine to do the obligatory post about holiday food and wine pairings. But alas, I have surrendered!
ChrisO goes it alone in this podcast and introduces one of his favorite small wineries in north Sonoma County, Leo Steen Wines. These fantastically crafted wines (Chenin Blanc and Syrah) are the work of Danish winemaker Leo Hansen, who also happens to be the winemaker for Stuhlmuller Vineyards.
In Episode 13 ChrisO and JonM have successfully returned from the desert, yes we were fools enough to try and do a video wine review from Death Valley! Unfortunately the copious amounts of sand got the better of our camera and we were not able complete our mission.
So in its place we bring you a [...]
ChrisO, “Everyman’s Wine Snob” and JonM, the self professed “Beer drinking idiot from St. Louis” discuss value wines from South Africa as well as ChrisO’s recent appearance on WineBizRadio.
2007 Thorn Clark Terra Barossa Shiraz
This is a great value wine from a great producer in Australia!
This wine has an opaque core with a beautiful purple rim. On the nose the wine is medium in intensity and showing some developing aromas of licorice, medicinal notes, cassis, mint, bramble with hints of black cherry.
On the [...]
In episode #10 ChrisO in Napa, JonM in Snowmass, and Windy City Wine Guy in Chicago discus almost everything sparkling.
We wish you a very happy beginning to 2009.
Cheers,
ChrisO, JonM and the Windy City Wine Guy!
Show #10 m4a format
(42:00min 17.6MB)
Some of the wines we discussed in this episode:
1999 Champagner Dom Pérignon
NV Champagner Bollinger Spevial [...]
PODCAST #5 Tempranillo
In Episode #5 ChrisO and JonM explore the Tempranillo grape from Spain and it’s two most prominent growing regions; Rioja and Ribera del Duero.
The wines we tried from Rioja:
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The wine we tried from Ribera del Duero:
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The Story:
Domaine George Vernay was founded by (as the name would imply) George Vernay. Today the winery and
vineyards are run by his children, Luc and Christine Vernay and the estate extends over 16 hectares. Seven (17.3 acres) of the 16 hectares (39.5 acres) are in the appellation Condrieu, of which three hectares (7.5 acres) are [...]
