Tag Archive | "Zinfandel"

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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Wine and…Candy?

Monday, November 3, 2008

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Wine and…Candy?

We had a great time at Thursday’s Diamond Market Wine Club meeting. We drank some great wine and even tried pairing Halloween candy with some of the red wines along with apples and caramel with some whites. By the time we got deep into the tastings, we really didn’t care what candy was being eaten with [...]

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For Your Consideration: California Does Wine!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

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For Your Consideration: California Does Wine!

For Your Consideration… Cline Big Break Zinfandel 2006 This is a great California red wine. Eucalyptus mint, firm structure and exotic spice are key elements. A robust wine, the wine reveals crisp, dark wild berries, hints of dark chocolate with vanilla and spicy oak. A distinct dusty berry character (reminiscent of picking wild black berries in the [...]

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