Enobytes

A few days ago, I attended the 2nd Annual New Zealand Wine Day virtual wine tasting. Did I say virtual? Yes, I did.  Through social media channels, wine lovers and wine industry folks taste, share and engage through various online software platforms. Technology has come a long way, baby! And if you haven’t participated in this [...]

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This is our first 2011 wine to review and it is encouraging to see a wine this young taste so good. Well it is not really all that young in the life span of a Sauvignon Blanc because when wines come from the Southern hemisphere they are harvested in April or May at the latest. [...]

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This is a summer quaffer that is a workhorse of a wine. I recommend this for restaurant “by the glass” (BTG) programs and any social occasion that calls for clean flavors. Both those duties would be easy work for this white wine, which is 100% Sauvignon Blanc. A lemon-lime passion fruit palate that will please [...]

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Clean, clear refreshing wine with a pedigree most people do not know about when they see the Wente label. The namesake for this wine, Louis Mel, bought Murrieta’s Well in the 1880’s. The Wente’s had been growing grapes right next door—they started in 1883. Louis Mel purchased the Murrieta’s Well Estate because it’s gravely soil [...]

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Today on Wine Bytes, my wine blog on OregonLive, I talk about a great sauvignon blanc find from Dry Creek Vineyards, the “Taylor’s Vineyard Musque”. I also talk about the restaurant scene here in Portland. I know times are tight but please try to consider dining out more often and keep our restaurant scene in [...]

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If you’ve tried past vintages of Quivira’s Sauvignon Blanc, I’d highly recommend trying their ’07 vintage because it’s a different style from previous years. The winemaker, Steven Canter went to great lengths to attain a more vibrant style that is quite likeable, pure and vivacious, sourced from a single (Fig Tree) vineyard that is both [...]

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