Category Archives: Red’s of a Different Grape!

Red’s wine’s not in other categories.

Bodegas Antidoto Ribera del Duero 2016

From Spain’s northern region of Castilla y León comes the Bodegas Antidoto Ribera del Duero 2016 Tempranillo. Wine making in this area goes back 2000 years! The wine comes from incredibly old vines which produce a lively, fresh and spicy … Continue reading

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La Prevostura 2015

This 2015 Nebbiolo wine is from Italy’s Piedmont region, a La Prevostura Coste della Sesia “Muntacc”.   This Nebbiolo wine is grown on the La Prevostura hills by the Bellini brothers whose first vintage was in 2009.  The wine is aged … Continue reading

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Tarima Monastrell 2016

What do you do when you don’t feel like making dinner? Open a bottle of wine and make a charcuterie platter! A Spanish wine from Bodegas Volver Winery, 2016 Tarima Monastrell, full bodied with high tannins and medium acidity. This … Continue reading

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Spanish Breca Garnacha

Another rainy day in San Diego! What to do? Hey! Lets open up a bottle of wine. We chose a nice Spanish Garnacha from the sleepy little town of Munebrega, Bodegas Breca Winery. Dark ruby color with a wonderful bouquet … Continue reading

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Vintage Wines – Wine Store and Wine Tastings

We had to cancel our trip to LA and decided to stay local. My wife mentioned that Vintage Wines (in San Diego) were offering a Spanish wine tasting (we love Spanish red wines!)  We were setup with 6 offerings from Spain … Continue reading

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Chapin Family Vineyards

Enjoyed a beautiful day exploring Temecula wineries at the 2019 Annual Temecula Winery Barrel tasting event. Our first stop – Chapin Winery. We were welcomed by the owner/winemaker Steve Chapin who talked about the wineries history. They started making wine … Continue reading

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