The Dallas Best Cellars Wine Dinner, Thursday May 9, 2013, salutes the city’s top sommeliers with a special night of world‐class wines, hand-picked from their portfolio and poured in your glass. The dinner is an intimate gathering of influential business and community leaders who help fund the Promise for a Cure. This inaugural event will showcase a four‐course gourmet dinner crafted by James Beard Award nominee and the “Father of Southwestern Cuisine,” Dean Fearing of Fearings at the Ritz-Carlton, Dallas. Continue reading
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A Good Value Chardonnay
California’s Central Coast might be described as ‘antifragile’. Its soils seem to adapt to a large range of grape varieties so as tastes change, so can the varietal mix. A case in point is the 2011 Edna Valley Vineyard Chardonnay from California’s Central Coast AVA (American Viticultural Area). It is a fairly large production wine (a quarter of a million cases) that nonetheless manages to express the characteristics of New World fruit and a light touch of oak that will assure it a large audience. It is widely available in Dallas and has a suggested retail price of $15.
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A Pleasant Pinot
Russian River Valley Pinot Noirs are characterized by intense, ripe, forward fruit. Soft tannins. Raspberry flavors and a lusciousness imparted by generous use of French oak. This wine fits the template perfectly but sells for somewhat less than you may be used to paying for Pinot Noir ($37 SRP) and it should be in wide distribution,
Enjoy this wine with pork, veal or duck.
My bottle was a sample provided by the winery.
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An Everyday Red… 2011 Bridlewood Blend 175, Central Coast, California
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Côtes du Coeur Gala Featured Spectacular Auction Lots, Wines and Food
The main ballroom of the Hilton Anatole in Dallas was the setting for the 2013 Côtes du Coeur Gala on Saturday night. The gala is the high point of Côtes du Coeur , the American Heart Association’s, wine-centric event which raises funds for research aimed at eradicating heart disease.
The event features a live and silent auction and a sumptuous Continue reading
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Winemakers Flood Into Town for 2013 Côtes du Coeur
Friday night was the “Grand Tasting” part of the 22nd annual Côtes du Coeur, the premiere wine charity event of the season in Dallas. The event supports the work of the American Heart Association in eradicating heart disease.
Ramey 2009 Chardonnay, Ritchie Vineyard, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County is representative of the quality level of the wines donated to the Côtes du Coeur Grand tasting which is always on the Friday before the Saturday Auction. Continue reading
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Meet Clive Coates At A Very Special Wine Dinner
Coquerel Family Wine Estates of Dallas and Calistoga, California, in conjunction with Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Balliage de Dallas, Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin and Pogo’s Wine & Spirits, will host a special Burgundy wine dinner featuring world-renowned master of wine and author Clive Coates at Lakewood Country Club, located at 6430 Gaston Ave., on Sunday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m.
Coates is one of the leading authorities on wine and an award-winning author of numerous books including “The Wines of Burgundy,” “The Wines of Bordeaux” and “The Great Wines of France.” He published “THE VINE,” an independent wine magazine, for 241 issues. Continue reading
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