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Tasting Highlights
These fruit-forward reds show that the variety can flourish almost anywhere grapes are grown around the state
Posted: September 21, 2009 By Tim Fish
Learn Wine
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Ask Dr. Vinny
Posted: August 14, 2009
Blogs
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Harvey Steiman At Large
Posted: July 24, 2009 By Harvey Steiman
My friend Margaret emailed me after receiving the June 30, 2009, Wine Spectator , excited about Josh Silvers’ Zinfandel menu , which I had written up. She and her husband, Mike, live in Basalt, just 20 minutes down the valley from Aspen, and they wanted to invite us to lunch.
Blogs
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Posted: July 1, 2009 By James Laube
I’m Freedom-bound for the Fourth of July weekend, as in Freedom, Calif. I’m not sure Freedom is even a town (it’s in Amador County, in the Sierra foothills), but it has a post office (and boxes) and my friends have a home there where we're spending the holiday.
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Video Index
Harvey Steiman has fired up his grill and is looking for a great wine pairing with lamb, chicken and veggies so he grabs a Zinfandel and explains why it works. (Warning! You may want to bring your own hot mitt.)
Posted: June 30, 2009
June 30, 2009 Issue
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Tasting Reports
Dave Phinney of Orin Swift Cellars
Posted: June 30, 2009 By Tim Fish
June 30, 2009 Issue
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Tasting Reports
Posted: June 30, 2009 By Tim Fish
June 30, 2009 Issue
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Tasting Reports
Surging quality marks the 2007 vintage, and values abound
Posted: June 30, 2009 By Tim Fish
June 30, 2009 Issue
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Tasting Reports
A Sonoma chef cooks to three facets of this celebrated grape
Posted: June 30, 2009 By Harvey Steiman
June 30, 2009 Issue
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Alphabetical Listing
Posted: June 30, 2009
News & Features
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Tasting Highlights
10 noteworthy wines from the best and most consistent Zinfandel vintage since 1994
Posted: June 29, 2009 By Tim Fish
News & Features
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Seasonal
A rib recipe from New York's Blue Smoke restaurant, plus nine great Zinfandels to pour alongside
Posted: May 15, 2009 By Laurie Woolever
News & Features
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Tasting Highlights
17 wines show that these grapes can still offer good value in the Golden State
Posted: March 30, 2009 By Tim Fish
News & Features
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What We're Drinking Now
Maretima Primitivo Puglia IGT 2006
Posted: March 30, 2009 By Thomas Matthews
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Video Index
Kevin Buckler is fast. As an owner of The Racer's Group, he's been the Porsche World Cup Champion. As an owner of Adobe Road, Kevin hit the trifecta--90+pts with his '05 Cab, Zin and Syrah--in his 6th vintage. Here, Kevin talks car racing and Syrah.
Posted: March 24, 2009
Blogs
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Posted: February 24, 2009 By James Laube
We had a killer bonus round this past week in our Napa office tasting room. The bonus round is our editors' version of show-and-tell. Once we’re done with our respective blind tastings, we like to gather around the table, talk about the wines we tried, what we liked and what troubled us, why certain wines have that "wow" factor and others come up short.
News & Features
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Tasting Highlights
11 exciting new California Zinfandels in a range of styles
Posted: February 23, 2009 By Tim Fish
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Columns
The 2007 vintage is looking even better than the previous two, based on samples poured at the annual ZAP tasting
Posted: February 6, 2009 By Tim Fish
News & Features
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What We're Drinking Now
Ridge Geyserville California 2005
Posted: January 13, 2009 By Dana Nigro
News & Features
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Tasting Highlights
These 11 exceptional 2006 Zinfandels show that the Golden State's Zins are worth laying down for a spell
Posted: January 12, 2009 By Tim Fish
