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why we do not drink merlot. |
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Wine
Reviews
Wine reviews of all types, except merlot. |
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Red
wine reviews
Red wine reviews including Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Shiraz,
etc. |
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White
wine reviews
White wine reviews including Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris,
Riesling, etc. |
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Sparkling (Aka
Champagne)
Sparkling wine reviews including French, American, Italian, Spanish,
etc. |
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Rose
Rose wine reviews, french, US, etc. |
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Dessert Wine
Dessert wine reviews. |
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Wine Buyers Guide - A quick
tutorial about wine types, regions and Varietals including descriptions
of popular wine types such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Shiraz,
Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling, etc. |
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 Tour of Casa Lapostolle’s New $20 Million
Clos Apalta Winery.
After checking into the Santa Cruz Plaza Hotel – an upscale
hotel seemingly built for the wine trade – and eating a bag of hotel
nuts, we returned to Casa Lapostolle, where their Oenologist Andrea Leon
greeted us with a professional, if mild weariness of gringos. Fortunately,
her English far surpassed our Spanish. She gave us her business card,
put on sunglasses, which made her look like a vintage starlet, and took
us to see their new Clos Apalta winery located high above the valley floor.
It was late January, and the new winery had only been open to visitors
for a couple of weeks.
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Featured Winery Archive
NoMerlot.com Wine News:
We added 2 new sections to NoMerlot.com:
Wine Jobs - From various sources around the net we're re-posting wine
jobs for those of you who want to find a wine related job. Note, we're
trying to find interesting jobs beyond simple wait staff positions.
No offense to wait staff personnel. You know if you are good, you
can find a job pretty much any time you want. (12/2/05)
Wine News - Since we're online line all the time, we decided to start
exceprting intersting articles we find about wine and pointing you
in the right direction. Have your own news? Contact us and we'll be
happy to post an article or press release for you. We will also be
posting our own news there as well. :) (12/2/05)
Sideways Strikes Again (NoMerlot.com Press Release 8/1/05)
The movie 'Sideways' strikes again by inspiring a new web
site called NoMerlot.com, a not so pretentious guide to wine, except
merlot.
Things to know about NoMerlot.com
About No Merlot .comWith a
tip of the hat to the film "Sideways", we launched NoMerlot.com
to express our opinioins of wines, tours, wineries, products,
etc. In short anything to do with wine...except merlot. What's
wrong with Merlot?
About NoMerlot.com Wine
Ratings
By their very nature, wine ratings are subjective. Really, what is
the difference
between a Wine Spectator score of 90 and a Wine Advocate score of
89? (Or better yet, a Wine Spectator score of 82 and a Wine Advocate
score of 90 on the same wine?
No
Critter Wine Reviews
As a matter of policy, NoMerlot.com will generally not be reviewing
any wine with a label that prominently features an animal...
Wine Shelf Talkers
Use our wine shelf talkers to promote wine in your store.
How No Merlot .com Came To Be
Once upon a time, not so long ago, in a grumpy little bar in Hoboken
NJ called the Nag's
Head, a geek and an attorney discussed the new laws allowing wineries
to sell directly to the public. Both were drinking beer in the back
corner while a thrilling game of darts raged on - well, as raging
and thrilling as a game of darts can be... |
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