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Tag Archives: Carignan
August 2022 Wine Club Selections
I got to my local wine shop, The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan almost at the tail end of the month. Considering all that my Bride and I have been going through, I am glad that we got there. … Continue reading
Chateau de Calavon
While I was doing a tasting at my local wine shop The Fine Wine Shop in Livonia, Michigan, I had a chance to try three wines from the same estate in a region that I have only written about four … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Chateau de Calavon, Coteaux D'Aix-en-Provence, France, Grenache, La Reserve, Syrah, Tradition de Calavon
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Wine Club Selections – December 2021
With everything going on in the month of December, I went to my local wine shop The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan to pick up our monthly wine club selections and I was going also for another wine tasting … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Aude IGP, Brut, Carignan, Corbieres, Coteaux de Miramont, Domaine de Fontenelles, France, Le Poete, Mari Vineyards, Merlot, Michigan, Old Mission Peninsula, Riesling, Simplicissimus, Syrah
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Two Summer Wines
There are days when I walk into my local wine shop The Fine Wine Source and every wine is a winner. Actually, that is every time I stop in, because they don’t carry the usual run-of-the-mill wines that are found … Continue reading
Chateau Musar 2013
The two Raconteurs thought we were done, but we had a lucky thirteenth unlisted wine to taste at the Fine Wine Source. Neither one of us complained and this was a wine that both of us had heard of, but … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Bekkaa Valley, Beqaa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Chateau Musar, Cinsault, Gaston Hochar, Lebanon
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Christmas Eve 2019
I still find the Christmas Season wonderful and I am the type of person to wish people “Merry Christmas,” unless I know that they celebrate a different holiday; and I don’t do it for spite, but because I so enjoy … Continue reading
Tresor de la Riviere
I guess I had a rather busy and hectic month and maybe a bit verbose, but I am behind in telling you about one of the wines that I received from my wine club, the Fine Wine Source Wine Club … Continue reading
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Tagged Carignan, Cotes du Rhone, France, Grenache, Syrah, Tresor de la Riviere
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Le Provencal 2018
This is the second bottle of wine for the month of June from my local wine club Fine Wine Source of Livonia, Michigan. The official name of this wine is Les Maîtres Vignerons de la Vidaubanaise, Le Provencal Rosé, Cotes … Continue reading
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Tagged Carignan, Cinsault, Cotes de Provence, France, Grenache, Le Provencal, Les Maîtres Vignerons de la Vidaubanaise, Mourvedre, Syrah
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Prie Carignane and Michael David Inkblot
All good things must come to an end, and we were down to the last two samples for the virtual wine tasting courtesy of snooth.com. There were two themes that were running through this wine tasting. One theme was grape … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Vine (1900), Block 4 Spenker Vineyards, Cabernet Franc, California, Carignan, Carignane, Inkblot, Lodi, Michael David Winery, Prie Vineyards
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Start With Syrah
One of the most popular questions that I receive is “what do you do?” I respond that I am a retired clothier of some forty plus year at least, and in today’s lifestyle that word requires an explanation. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Can Blau, Carignan, Catalonia, Cellars Can Blau, Domaine Eric et Joel Durand, France, Grenache, IGP Collines Rhodaniennes, Juan Gil Family Estates, Montsant, Spain, Syrah
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