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Category Archives: Blended Wine
Roanoke Vineyards 2008 Blend One
2008 marks the last vintage of Roanoke Vineyards Blend One and Blend 2 series. Starting with the 2009 vintage and moving forward you will find one main blend or prime blend now know as Prime Number. Blend 2 is known as the … Continue reading
Posted in 2008, Blended Wine, Long Island, Red Wine, Roanoke Vineyards
Tagged Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cassis, Long Island, Merlot, Roanoke Vineyards, Wine
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Shinn Estate Vineyards 2008 Wild Boar Doe
Year in and year out this is one, if not my favorite offering’s from Shinn Estate Vineyards in Mattituck. A play on words, it pays homage to the Bordeaux varieties. In this offering it brings 40% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, … Continue reading
Posted in Blended Wine, Long Island, Red Wine, Shinn Estate Vieyard
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Bedell Cellars 2009 First Crush (White)
Bedell Cellers in Cutchogue, one of Long Islands oldest vineyards, is one year into it tenure with one of Long Island’s most experienced winemakers, Rich Olsen Harbich. His first offering at Bedell was the 2010 Taste Rose. It was such … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Bedell, Blended Wine, White Wine
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Martha Clara Vineyards 2009 “66:34” Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc Blend
Martha Clara Vineyards does really cool things for their wine club members. Sure they get a discount, sure they get invited to release parties, but the wines they offer to their wine club members is what makes it all the … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Blended Wine, Long Island, Martha Clara, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, White Wine
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Waters Crest Winery 2009 Campania Bianco
If you are looking for a fun summer white wine to go with your picnic lunch, this is a wine that I would suggest you look for. If you are looking for a white wine that will go with fresh … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Blended Wine, Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Waters Crest Winery, White Wine
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A Long Overdue Visit to Peconic Bay Winery
It has happened to us all before. We go out to eat at a restaurant and the experience was not up to par. You come home underwhelmed and say to yourself, “not going back there”. Could have it have been … Continue reading
Posted in Blended Wine, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Long Island, Merlot, Peconic Bay Winery, Riesling, Rose, Tasting, Winery Visit
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Shinn Estate Vineyards NV Red (2010)
This is Shinn Estate Vineyards NV Red ($14) everyday table wine – and a great value. The NV on the label is for Non Vintage. This happens to be one of my favorite releases of this wine. It was released on … Continue reading
Posted in Blended Wine, Long Island, Red Wine, Shinn Estate Vieyard, Short Sip
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Macari Vineyards 2007 Dos Aguas
It’s good to do inventory in your wine cellar. You may find something you forgot about or you may find something that you did not know you had. Well, this is a little of both. I received this bottle as … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, Blended Wine, Macari Vineyards, Red Wine
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Roanoke Vineyards 2006 Blend One
One of Roanoke Vineyards many blends is perfectly called Blend One. This could almost be Cabernet Sauvignon, but it has 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, It would have needed at least 85% to be bottled and labeled as Cabernet Sauvignon. What is that … Continue reading
Roanoke Vineyards 2006 Blend 2
The last time I had off from work, I really wanted to spend my 4 day weekend in wine country. Visiting vineyards, popping in to tasting rooms, meeting with tasting room personalities and catching up with some new friends. Between … Continue reading
Posted in 2006, Blended Wine, Roanoke Vineyards
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Raphael Vineyards 2007 La Tavola
La Tavola = The table; when translated to English. This is nothing like you have seen from Raphael Vineyards before. It is a very simple bottle, with a very simple label, nothing old world about this label, just shot of two … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, Blended Wine, Raphael
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Bedell Cellars 2008 First Crush Red
The other day while walking around a wine shop near my office, I noticed this bottle and I had to look twice. Did it really say 2008? Was that a typo? How could a 2008 Red wine be out … Continue reading
Posted in 2008, Bedell, Blended Wine, Long Island, Wine Store
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Roanoke Vineyards 203 Blend One Short Sip
On Monday here on Long Island, it was rainy and windy; A perfect day off. My day off consisted of doing laundry. Around 11:30 I noticed a Tweet from Roanoke Vineyards about them having a bottle of their 2003 Blend … Continue reading
Posted in 2003, Blended Wine, Long Island, Roanoke Vineyards
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Macari Vineyards Sette Short Sip
Macari Vineyards, located on both Sound Avenue and Route 25. The Sound Avenue location is in Mattituck and the Route 25 is located in Cutchogue. Macari was established as a vineyard back in 1995, by the Macari family. The location in Mattituck has been in the Macari family for … Continue reading
Posted in Blended Wine, Cabernet Franc, Long Island, Macari Vineyards, Merlot, Notes, Short Sip, Table Wine, Wine Store
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Find your Muse – Wine Blogging Wednesday #63
This is only my 3rd Wine Blogging Wednesday and to say that I found this edition a breeze; that would be a lie. To say that this edition was a challenging; well that would also be a lie. The wine … Continue reading
Diliberto Winery 2004 Cantina “Music Under the Stars”
On our Anniversary weekend, Melissa and I were looking to do something on Friday night. I knew that Diliberto Winery in Jamesport had “Music under the Stars”. Diliberto Winery pours the wine, you bring the food. So, Melissa packed a … Continue reading
Posted in Blended Wine, Diliberto Winery, Long Island, Red Wine, Winery Visit
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