Summer Time


» No comments   |   Friday, May 28, 2010 at 2:00 pm

This is the time of year when all of us who think and write about wine start advising which wines we should consider when summer comes and the weather turns hot. Most of us think cool and refreshing, dry white and roses or light reds such as Beaujolais or Provence, both of which like a bit [...]

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Glass in for Cork


» 2 Comments   |   Monday, May 24, 2010 at 4:16 pm

I had heard about glass corks, but I had never seen one till last week. It sealed a 2007 Valkenberg Estate Dry Riesling from the real Liebfrauenstift Single Vineyard in Kirchenstuck in the Rheinhessen. I emphasize real because there is so much wine produced in Germany bearing the name Liebfraumilch, that one’s first inclination is to dismiss any [...]

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A Touch of Spain


» 1 Comment   |   Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 9:29 am

Here in Bloomington we are privileged to have Manolo and his wines. Manolo is an importer-wholesaler-retailer, and he offers us wines he brings in directly from his home village and villages he knows well from his growing up in Spain.  It is difficult to get any closer to the men and women who produce wine in [...]

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