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Tag Archives: Grenache
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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Another Graduation Party
Here we are attending another graduation party and it was way out in the country, well at least it was the country when I was young. With the Orange Cone Season underway in Michigan, Federal projects, not the promised State … Continue reading
Diving into Hampton Water
Some friends of ours just came back from a cruise and they brought us a bottle of Rosé wine, and they were very excited about it when they physically handed it to my Bride. They were sure that I would … Continue reading
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Tagged Cinsault, Diving into Hampton Water, France, Gerard Bertrand, Grenache, Languedoc, Mouvedre, Syrah
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El Diablo and Smoke & Mirrors
The Jeff Cohn Cellars’ wines that I was tasting at Fine Wine Source were getting better and better with each tasting. There is just something so gratifying when one is tasting wines with people that know what they are talking … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Carignane, El Diablo Vineyard, Grenache, Jeff Cohn Cellars, Petite Sirah, Russian River Valley, Smoke & Mirrors, Syrah, Zinfandel
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A Zin and #Pure Yum
I am sure that a lot of the bloggers are more aware of Jeff Cohn than I am, but after a tasting of his wines at the Fine Wine Source, I have a much better appreciation of his work. The … Continue reading
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Tagged #Pure Yum, California, Grenache, Jeff Cohn Cellars, Moon Valley District AVA, Nun's Canyon Vineyard, Sonoma Valley, Syrah, Zinfandel
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Two Impostors by Jeff Cohn
I was once again alone at the Fine Wine Source and I was a day late for the special Jeff Cohn Cellars wine tasting. Though through the wonders of the Coravin system, I may not have heard about the wines … Continue reading
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Tagged Alicante Bouschet, California, Carignane, Grenache, JC Cellars, Jeff Cohn Cellars, Mourvedre, Petite Sirah, Syrah, The Impostor, Viognier, Zinfandel
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Marrow
After seeing An Armenian Trilogy, we had reservations at a new restaurant that had opened up called Marrow. It is located in an area now known in Detroit as West Village, to me it is just outside of Indian Village, … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged Burgundy, Chardonnay, Cote Roannaise, Cotes du Rhone, Cotes du Rhone Villages Saint-Maurice, Cremant de Bourgogne, Domaine du L'Echevin, Domaine Gouffier, Domaine Serol, Extra Brut, France, Gamay, Grenache, Loire Valley, Rose Turbullent, Syrah, Tradition Methode Dioise Ancestrale
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