Anyone who really gets into wine has an “ah-ha!” moment — otherwise known as an epiphany wine. It’s the first time you take a sip from a wine glass and think, “Wow, this is really good. I’m going to have…
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Duckhorn Purchases the Vineyard It Made Famous
This blog should perhaps be archived under “Vineyards of Distinction,” rather than “Wineries of Distinction.” But the vineyard and the winery have been intertwined for decades — and, now, their relationship has become even closer. In May, Duckhorn Wine Company…
Tagged with: California, Dan Duckhorn, Duckhorn Vineyards, Duckhorn Wine Company, John Upton, Lillie Coit, Merlot, Sloan Upton, Three Palms Vineyard
Posted in Wineries of Distinction
Posted in Wineries of Distinction
My ‘Epiphany Wine’: Duckhorn’s ‘Three Palms’ Merlot
I have told the story before, but it’s worth telling again — especially because today’s Cyber Circle offering focuses on the wine variety involved: Merlot. Return with me now to my clueless twenties. Newly divorced and raising my daughter alone,…
Tagged with: California, Chablis, Duckhorn Vineyards, Merlot, Napa Valley, Three Palms Vineyard
Posted in Wine in the Glass
Posted in Wine in the Glass
A Decade After ‘Sideways,’ Merlot Survives and Thrives
“If anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am not drinking any (bleeping) Merlot!” When movie-goers heard Paul Giamatti’s Miles make that proclamation in the movie “Sideways,” and in another scene heard him wax poetic about Pinot Noir, it changed the…
Tagged with: California wine industry, Duckhorn Vineyards, Merlot, Paul Giamatti, Pinot Noir, Sideways, Sonoma
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Posted in Wine in the Glass
