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Can quality wine come in a bag? Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 7:35AMConsumers like cheap wines —but they don’t like bad wines. And that’s the problem: How do you know that wine with a$10 price tag is actually going to taste good?
Other wines Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:53AMBlackstone California Merlot 2008 ($11). This continues to be one of the best values on the market, especially in a category that is awash in cheap, undeserving plonk. How Blackstone can make a quality merlot for this price is a testament to its talented winemaker Gary Sitton.
Merlot regains its moxie Sunday, May 30, 2010 @ 6:04AMI promise this is the last time I will begin a column about merlot with a reference to the 2004 movie "Sideways," in which Miles, the wine snob, speaks disparagingly about the wine.
Award-Winning Black Box Wines Adds Argentine Malbec to Portfolio Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 8:00AMSAN FRANCISCO , March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Box Wines ( www.blackboxwines.com ), America's first premium and now best-selling 3L box wine, is excited to announce the addition of the 2008 Mendoza Argentina Malbec to its portfolio. Â Malbec has seen tremendous growth in the U.S. and this new offering continues the Black Box mission of bringing consumers the best ...
Value-priced wines for the holidays Tuesday, November 10, 2009 @ 11:26PMIt is hard to believe that the holiday season is coming up so quickly and it’s already time to start planning for parties and other festivities.
Wine Wise: Gold-medal values from Long Beach-Grand Cru Wednesday, September 30, 2009 @ 3:44PMHere are selected good-value gold medal winners from the 2009 Long Beach-Grand Cru Wine competition, a major California competition conducted earlier in the season. As usual, wines have a California appellation if no other is listed.
Hard times for grape growers Sunday, September 27, 2009 @ 5:57AMAs you are reading this, Tom is touring Napa and Sonoma counties in his perpetual search for good wines. Pat just returned from Burgundy. We hope to have some reports of the 2009 harvest, but the odds are that they will be better for consumers than grape growers.
Should we celebrate California Wine Month? Tuesday, September 8, 2009 @ 11:25AMBy Taylor Eason In case you've missed the underwhelming publicity, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared September "California Wine Month." You might consider it a ploy to redirect the beleaguered state's economic woes away from the public eye, but this is the fifth year of the event so my cynical side can't blame it on that. Legit, maybe, but echoes of Austrian-accented "pump you up" ring in my ...
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‘In Wine We Trust,’ Ads Suggest Monday, August 10, 2009 @ 11:01AMA new ad campaign for the Blackstone Winery boasts fine wine, reasonable prices and a money back guarantee.
Try 23 good wines for $10 or less Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:09PMI recently received a letter from a longtime reader who said I've lost touch with my readership.