Don't Fear the Grape

I picked this bottle of Edmeades Zinfandel up a couple of years ago at a wine sale. It had been sitting in my wine cooler until on a whim I decided to open it up. Boy, was I ever surprised.

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Topic: Tips on where to buy wine, reading a wine label and storing wine.

Tasting: 2007 Echelon Vineyards Pinot Noir

Price: $8.49 on sale
Varietal: 87% Pinot Noir 13% Other Rhône Varietals
Region: France > Vin de Pays de I’Île de Beauté
Website: www.echelonvineyards.com

Tad’s Rating: Like It
Patrick’s Rating: Like It

Tip: Always store your wine on its side to prevent the cork from drying out

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Several years ago I had the privilege of meeting Stephen Ross Dooley at I wine tasting I was attending. Stephen, a winemaker from California, also happened to be from my hometown in Minnesota. At the time, I was just getting in to wines, and was fascinated by listening to Stephen talk about his career in the wine industry and about establishing his own wine label in 1994, Stephen Ross.

Stephen presented a few of his wines that night, and I fell in love with his Pinot Noir, which seems to be something Stephen Ross specializes in. That night I bought a bottle of his Pinot Noir and, just for the heck of it, a bottle of his Petite Sirah. I quickly drank the Pinot Noir, while the Petite Sirah languished in the back of my wine cooler, that is until last night.

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