Sauvignon and Slurpees? 7-Eleven launches in-house brand of wine
Daily Finance
The chain's new line, Yosemite Roads, will open with two basic offerings : a "fresh and zesty" chardonnay "with notes of apricot, peach and honey," and a "full-bodied cabernet sauvignon with juicy plum overtones." The 750-milliliter bottles...
Chateau De Maison Neuve 2005 Review: A Classic Bordeaux Red Wine
Associated Content
Merlot is the most extensive grape variety grown in the area along with Cabernet Franc, while Cabernet Sauvignon grapes usually never mature in Montagne-Saint-Emilion region but some vineyards have learned how to cultivate them successfully...
"Spectator" ranks California Cabs
Examiner
“The Wine Spectator” unveiled its top 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon wines from California this month with some surprises. Schrader, from Napa Valley, scored an awesome 99 points (out of 100) for two Kalon vineyard selections. Calling the wine “an...
Cape of good grapes
Irish Times
In recent years, he has developed a second estate, Southern Right, again making only two wines, a Sauvignon Blanc and a Pinotage, and once more in Walker Bay. The Pinotage is setting new standards for that variety, and the Sauvignon joins a...
Wine choices to go with turkey for Thanksgiving
Newsday
The 2007 Pacific Rim Vin de Glaciere Riesling ($14, 375 ml): a light, just-sweet-enough dessert wine. Clif Family Winery comes through with two satisfying blends. 2008 The Climber White ($14), mostly sauvignon blanc, is a balanced, slightly...
Long Island Vines
New York Times
To demonstrate that East End sauvignon blancs, chardonnays (oaked and unoaked), merlots and cabernet francs are the equals of other domestic and foreign versions of those wines, the Long Island Wine Council , a trade group, staged a seminar...
Second-label cabs capped off by Hess
Daily News Journal
Glass Mountain, whose chardonnay made by Markam won last week's tasting at $6.99 as bottle, came in second in this tasting with its $6.99 cabernet sauvignon. Hess's second label, though costing more, won our tasting. All five presented good...
Viva Vestavia
Everything Alabama Blog
on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 6:30- 9 p.m. The Wine Cellar and Rush Wines will be pouring wines that include Windmill (Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah and Old Vine Zinfandel), Peirano Estate (The Other White, Viognier, The Other Re...
Heinen's/WVIZ World Series of Wine starts today
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mondavi will also lead a seminar that afternoon, discussing several of Folio's cabernet sauvignon selections. Among other highlights: Winery Dinners will be held at Sokolowski's University Inn (7 tonight, pairing some of the restaurant's mo...
Word is it pairs nicely with corn dogs or nachos
MSNBC
Sold under the Yosemite Road label, the California wines, a chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon, will retail for about $3.99, a price-point that has been doing well despite — or perhaps because of — the economic doldrums. "The consumer is rea...
Wine of the week: Geyser Peak Sauvignon Blanc 2008
Zimbio
The Wine Curmudgeon has been drinking this wine for about as long as he has been drinking wine professionally. About the only thing that has changed in the past couple of decades is that the cork has been replaced by a screwcap (and regular...
Follow the sommelier
Examiner
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot Noir [and Shiraz/Syrah]; Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. Personally, I believe any wine bar should have an eclectic mix that is progressive, but if you served nothing more than these varietals ...
7-Eleven Launches Low-Priced Wine Brand
NPR News
The wines will be sold under the Yosemite Road label and will be available in the U.S. and Japan. A chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon will retail for about $3.99. The wines are being made by The Wine Group in California, which is the world'...
U.S. restaurants turn to wines for sustenance
Reuters
MINING WINE AUCTIONS Morton's has teamed up with California vintner Charles Krug to offer a Cabernet Sauvignon, Krug 1881, by the glass for about $13. It has had similar deals with other top name California wineries such as Gundlach Bundsch...
