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Varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon Grape Wines

June 2, 2011 By mwshutup Leave a Comment

Article by Nikolas Veddkish

Buy Cabernet Sauvignon Online: At Nick’s wine corner you will be amazed at the sheer variety of quality wines to choose from. Here you will find all kinds of wines, and with an impressive choice of over one thousand labels, you can be sure to find exactly what you are looking for. Nick’s wine corner is ideal for you if you happen to be interested in checking out a variety of Cabernet Sauvignon grape wines. Here are some of the many wonderful options of wines to choose from.

You have to know where to find the best quality and it should fall within a reasonable price range, there is absolutely no point in spending more than you should be on a wine, when you can easily get a wide variety at online stores like Nick’s wine corner. Not only providing you with quality but also making sure you have an exceptional variety of labels to choose from. Another popular Cabernet Sauvignon wine you will come across at nick’s wine corner is the all new 2004 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley.

Created by a steady hand, allowing for flow and continuity, this Cabernet has a dash of espresso, overwhelmed by tobacco leaf, coconut husk, subtle spice, black cherry fruit and finally a smoke lending finish. This Silver Oak comes with a classic look, and is well priced for a wine with such a wonderful history as one of the more strong wines in the 1980′s. And interestingly enough, back then there were only as few as three thousand cases in production, which of course has gone up now, to about thirty two thousand cases.

One of the most highly recommended Cabernet Sauvignon grape wines has to be the 2004 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Napa Valley. This is a true Cabernet Sauvignon classic, and has picked up a world famous reputation. This particular Shafer Select comes in from a limited production of about two thousand cases. It is defiantly one of the most profound Napa wines available, and is strongly recommended to Cabernet Sauvignon enthusiasts. One of the definitive characteristics in this particular Cabernet Sauvignon’s production process is that, it is made to spend close to three years in a pure one hundred percent new oak, and is made from Shafer’s premium parcels in Stags Leap itself.

A classic wine that has a capability of aging for approximately twenty to thirty years, and it is also necessary to mention that the Shafer has always delivered with consistency, and is know for their great reputation, and this Cabernet Sauvignon is no exception. When shopping for wines online, do make sure you have planned out how much you are looking to spend regarding each type of wine, it makes micro-management of finances easier, and especially when you are doing it online, with so many wines, types, qualities, labels etc available to you at your finger tips. You do not want to go over board, and buy something that you may not really be looking for, so be sure in knowing what it is that you want.

Chose form the thousands of wines, buy cabernet sauvignon online only at http://www.nickswinecorner.com/

Cabernet sauvignon is the most popular type of red wine. Get tips on cabernet sauvignon tasting and aroma in this free wine video. Expert: Jane Nickles Bio: Jane Nickles is the author of “Wine Speak 101″, and wine writer for “The Texas Wine and Food Gourmet”, and “Eat and Drink Magazine”. Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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A Wine Lover’s Weekly Guide to $10 Wines – An Organic Canadian Riesling

June 2, 2011 By mwshutup Leave a Comment

I am starting to taste a lot of organic wines. But you won’t see many of them in this column for one very good (actually very bad) reason. Organic wines tend to cost more than other wines. So when I saw this bottle I snapped it up. Actually, I’m sort of cheating. The bottle cost under but it’s only 500 milliliters, 2/3 the size of a regular wine bottle. So I took smaller sips.

FrogPond Farm is Ontario, Canada’s only certified organic winery. They don’t use insecticides, herbicides, synthetic fungicides or chemical fertilizers and even their electricity is green. So I thought that it was only fair to give them a chance. And I’m usually happy to taste Rieslings.

OUR WINE REVIEW POLICY All wines that we taste and review are purchased at the full retail price.

Wine Reviewed:

Frogpond Farm Organic Riesling, 2006 12.2% alcohol about .50

Let’s start with the marketing materials.

Description: Our Quality Assurance Laboratory has determined that this wine contains 6 mg/L of free sulphur. Tasting Note: Made in an almost Alsatian style, this is a racy/fresh version of Riesling. Nose is of orange marmalade, green apple, mineral and lime. Dry, very clean and fresh, with good fruit/mineral replays on the mid-palate. Needs 2-4+ years, or try it tonight with a Cajun catfish, or, if you eschew spice, grilled salmon steaks. (VINTAGES panel, Feb. 2009). And now for my review.

The cork crumbled as I was opening the bottle. I wasn’t impressed, I can’t remember the last time that happened. I started by sipping this wine alone. The first sips were long, moderately sweet with balanced acidity. I started with schmalz herring (a fat herring) in oil.

The wine was appley with good acidity. The meal itself was a hot-weather, don’t turn on the oven ensemble of reheated sweet and sour barbecued chicken wings, potatoes, and a good helping of salsa. The wine picked up strength with the wings. It had a lot of body for a white wine. But it couldn’t quite keep up with a spicy tomato, garlic, pepper, and lime salsa. It weakly, or semi-weakly able to put out the moderate fire. And there was no lime in the Riesling to accompany the salsa’s lime.

The second meal was fried liver and onions. This time I tasted lime in the wine and there were apple notes as well. The wine managed to remove some of the livery taste of the liver. It was more forceful with green beans in tomato sauce.

The final meal consisted of a roasted Atlantic salmon steak in soy and maple sauce accompanied by rice. The Riesling displayed bright acidity but was somewhat thin and not a lot of fruit came through. Dessert was better. With a high-quality vanilla ice cream bar covered in dark chocolate the wine showed nice acidity and sweetness with some fruit.

I finished the tasting with two cheeses. With a Havarti the wine was too acidic. With an Emmenthaler (Swiss) the wine’s acidity was balanced and the nuttiness of the cheese came through.

Final verdict. I’m just not sure. I usually liked this wine but given the small bottle, it isn’t really a bargain wine. Honestly, I never would have guessed that it’s organic but I think that’s the way organic wines are supposed to be.

Levi Reiss has authored or co-authored ten books on computers and the Internet, but to be honest, he would rather just drink fine Italian, French, or other wine, accompanied by the right foods and spend time with his wife and family. He teaches classes in computers at an Ontario French-language community college. Among his many web sites he is particularly proud of his new love and relationships site celebrating mostly spiritual and on occasion physical love at http://www.loveamourlove.com. You will find a wide range of articles devoted to various aspects of love, and a special collection of love quotes in both English and French (with translations.) Check out his global wine website at http://www.theworldwidewine.com with his weekly column reviewing wines and his new sections writing about (theory) and tasting (practice) organic and kosher wines.

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French Wines – Gigondas

June 2, 2011 By mwshutup Leave a Comment

If you are familiar with my writings on wine, you know that for me the taste of a wine tops my agenda in criticizing that wine. It is not what the experts think and base their opinions on, it is basically the taste of the wine.

Not being a fan of tannic, oaky and heavy wines, I tend to recommend smooth, settling, and delightful wines that have a clean finish and lack aftertaste. So if you are a die hard California wine drinker that enjoy heavy Cabs and Merlots that have been vinified and developed in relatively new French oak barrels, and carry this conspicuous woody flavor and tannin that linger in your mouth, then you probably do not appreciate my articles as much.

However, if you are a wine drinker that enjoys and even prefers a certain smoothness in a wine that provides a sense of delight in your mouth, my next recommendation in these types of wines is an impressively enjoyable wine from the Rhone region of France called Gigondas.

Gigondas vineyards are located in the Dentelle de Montmirail region of Cote du Rhone in France. They profit from the red clay soil and Mediterranean like weather. Gigondas is a well-balanced and aromatic wine. It is very smooth and settles wonderfully in the mouth. It is a very inviting wine that has such an impressive effect on the consumer, that he or she would have a very difficult time not to completely finish the bottle.

The savvy wine makers of this region develop this wine so impeccably in most chateaus, that in my opinion need to be rewarded by constant recognition and commendations.

The grapes used to make this wine are, Syrah, Grenache, and Mouvedre. Gigondas is available in red and rose’.

Make your next purchase a Gigondas at your local wine shop and find out for yourself what jewel you have discovered. Although most chateaus produce decent wines in the region, I would go with a medium range bottle costing approximately . You can also consult with the wine clerk at the wine shop. 2004 and 2005 vintages are particularly very good.

Well, here is another wine by which you can impress your friends and family. Enjoy.

Cheers,

Mike Samii,

Cordon Bleu Chef/Author

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