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Roogle Shiraz

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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Roogle Shiraz

2007 R Wines Roogle Shiraz, SE Australia This wine was a big hit at the last Diamond Ridge Wine Club meeting. It got a lot of thumbs up from the folks. The wine aged for 12 months in seasoned French and American oak. It is purple-colored and offers up a big whiff of cedar, blueberry, blackberry, [...]

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2005 Boarding Pass Shiraz

Monday, March 9, 2009

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2005 Boarding Pass Shiraz

This wine is rated 92 points by Robert Parker. According to Wine.com, the wine was aged in French and American oak for 12 months. Purple-colored, it is very expressive, with a nose of smoke, spice box, blackberry, and blueberry jam. Layered, supple-textured, sweet, and full-bodied, this seamless, crowd-pleasing wine offers a remarkably long finish for its [...]

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Layer Cake Wines

Monday, February 2, 2009

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Layer Cake Wines

The Layer Cake wines represent countries, people and traditions of craftsmanship. The wines are all rich, lush and complex expressions of a unique varietal from a place like no other. The three Layer Cakes we sampled were: Layer Cake Malbec, Layer Cake Cotes du Rhone, Layer Cake Primitivo aka Zinfandel All were big winners at [...]

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Torbreck’s Woodcutter’s Shiraz 2006

Friday, September 26, 2008

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Torbreck’s Woodcutter’s Shiraz 2006

Here’s a very special wine that we’re featuring this time around that we know will please your palette. Named after a forest in Scotland where the winery’s owner, David Powell, worked for a time as a lumberjack...

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For Your Consideration: Screw Top Wines

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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For Your Consideration: Screw Top Wines

Here are the rest of our screw-top selections for your consideration. All are available at the Diamond Ridge Market. Thom Clarke 2005 Terra Barossa Shiraz The color is a deep inky purple. The nose is a

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In The Spolight: Boarding Pass Shiraz

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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In The Spolight: Boarding Pass Shiraz

Syrah, also known as Shiraz, is a dark-skinned variety of grape used in wine. Syrah is grown in many countries and is primarily used to produce powerful red wines, which enjoy great popularity in the

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