I had a surprise in my inbox the other day, stating that there would be a special wine tasting this evening at HV Bottle Shop. Generally the tastings are on Saturdays–and there will still be one tomorrow–but this week, they also had a tribute to wines from Bennett Valley. Bennett Valley is a very small …
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Aug 11 2012
Wine tasting review – 11 August 2012
Today at the weekly wine tasting at Hope Valley Bottle Shop centred around the wines of Laurent Miquel. Laurent left his engineering background in 1996 in order to pursue his father’s passion for winemaking. His vineyards are all located in the Languedoc region of southern France. The first pour of the day was the 2011 …
Aug 04 2012
Wine tasting review – 04 August 2012
At the Saturday tasting today, the wines were all in the 90+ point category, so it made for some great choices! Four of the wines were from the West Coast of the United States (three from California and one from Washington), and one was from Argentina. I didn’t leave with any of them today, but …
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