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If you love wine and the culture of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Sangiovese than perhaps a wine country vacation would be the perfect holiday. No matter whether you’re looking to attend a wine class at a winery or simply to browse vineyards at your own leisure, there are so many areas which are very well suited for this type of vacation.

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Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:15:24 PDT
Last week, the entire in-house staff at Yucatan Living took the occasion of Beatriz’s birthday to get out of the office and enjoy a little Yucatan themselves. After a morning of work, we all piled in the car and headed down to Hacienda Temozon for a lovely lunch in the amazing Beatriz’s honor. Beatriz and Joseph have spent their entire lives in Merida, with a few months elsewhere in the world, but neither one had ever been to Hacienda Temozon or Hacienda Ochil. We parked in the parking lo

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The World's Largest Liquor Store is in Colorado

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:28:17 PST
Liquor store makes biggest splash. Guinness backs owner's claim that Daveco Liquors is world's largest. The 102,000-square-foot Daveco is the size of most supermarkets in the metro area. $3 million in inventory including 9,000 types of wine, 2,400 brands of liquor and 800 different beers at the store. Good location for DIGG Town Hall meetings?

Home Wine Making Experiment A Success

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:47:46 PST
This is an article I wrote on my current experiments making wine on a low budget. It gives guerrilla lifestyle types the basics on how to get started. An enlightening read for anybody who loves to make their own stuff or live inexpensively!


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California Cult Wine Prices Are Going Crazy!

For those of you who have had the good fortune to get on the mailing lists of the "cult" wineries from California years ago you may be shaking your head in agreement as you read this note about wine prices. Those readers who have just started collecting top California wines may not have the same perspective due to current market prices in recent years.

This time of year some of the best boutique wineries are sending out to their mailing list customers wine allocations notices and pricing for the upcoming vintage. The list of top California wineries has been growing due to improved financial backing, better winemaking technology and sustainable agriculture practices; all of this is fueled by a very hot wine market. From my personal tastings, California's top "red" winemakers and ones you should get on their waiting list include: Harlan, Abreu, Colgin Cellars, Bryant Family, Dalla Valle, Shafer Hillside, Screaming Eagle, Sine Qua Non, Hundred Acre and Pride Mountain.

Consumers who have been on these winery mailing lists from the beginning have seen a steady rise in wine prices. For some wineries the price increases are staggering. The 2004 Screaming Eagle came out at $500 per bottle. Their first release in 1992 was selling for $50 per bottle. The 2004 Harlan came out at $350 per bottle. Their first release in 1990 came out at $75 per bottle.

The free market system tells us that "goods" sell at prices that the current market will bear. Today many cult wineries are having no problem selling their wines because of the small quantities they produce. But at what point do long time patrons of these wineries have to stop buying because they are either priced out of the market or find more compelling wines at lower prices?

Top California wines are approaching the bottle prices of the First Growth Bordeaux wines. I think this will be a critical intersection to watch since the French have established 100+ years of bottle aging data whereas the California newcomers have at best at 10-15 year track record.

I wonder if we are approaching some critical mass where the wine buying public starts to seriously look and purchase wines from other upcoming areas that reflect pricing of California wines from 10-15 years ago.

It is clear to me that one of the reasons Americans have fell in love with Australian wines in the past 5 years is that the quality to price ratio is often 1/3 that of similar California wines. Will the same hold true for wine from Chile, Argentina and Spain? Only time will tell.

One of the wine world's best stories in 2006 is the 95 points Robert Parker awarded to a $19.95 wine from Australia. The Mollydooker "Boxer" Shiraz has one of the highest price to points ratio in the history of Mr. Parker's notes. The wine made by veteran winemakers Sarah and Sparky Marquis defies gravity with a screw cap enclosure and a rip-off wine label "tab" that allows wine lovers to keep the name of the wine close to their hearts. So much for the snooty tissue paper wrapped bottles from the Napa Valley!

I would say that since this wine sold out in a matter of days post his review, American's appetites for $150+ California Cabernet's may be waning. In closing, one of the best wines produced in California is the Phelps Insignia which sells for around $130 per bottle. This is widely available at wine retailers and every vintage is a great value. Some of the best vintages can compare to the top cult wines at 1/3 the price. I'm still amazed why this wine does not sell off the retail shelves in the first few weeks of sale! I commend the Joseph Phelps winery for keeping this great wine priced for all to enjoy. I wish more wines of this caliber and aging potential were priced this reasonably! I just recently tasted the 1994 Insignia and it was superb!!!! This wine has a well establish aging profile so give it a try.

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