Saturday, November 07, 2009

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Chateau Chantal, 2007 Pinot Noir Old Mission Peninsula, $15

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Sandra Silfven: Gotta comment on the 2008 Reserve Riesling, $30, from the estate vineyards at Fox Run on Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes district of New … Continued

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Selections by Sandra Silfven

With more than 1,000 selections and reviews in our Virtual Wine Cellar you'll need to narrow down your choices for browsing. Select from the categories below to get a listing and links to reviews on each wine.

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Pacific Rim puts sparkle in Riesling

Riesling rules not only in the vineyards of western and northwestern Michigan, but in the high-elevation vineyards in the state of Washington, where Randall Grahm's Pacific Rim Winery is dedicated to the growing of this grape variety. - 11/05/2009

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There's help for amateur winemakers

If the smell of autumn gets your creative juices fermenting, you might want to curl up with the new fourth edition of "Home Winemaking Step-by-Step (Stonemark, $17.95) by Jon Iverson, the bible for many amateur winemakers. And whether you intend to actually crush some grapes or not, you stand to learn something about all those words that get bandied about on the back labels -- acidity, Brix, pH, French oak. - 10/22/2009

Better with age: Paris restaurant to auction 1875 wine, 1788 cognac

Four bottles of the 1875 Armagnac Vieux, covered in a black fungus, were unearthed last week from the Tour d'Argent restaurant's labyrinthine wine cellar. The wine and three bottles of 1788 cognac are being sold at a Paris auction.

Paris -- Over the years, the chief sommelier had forgotten they were there. And when the four bottles of 1875 Armagnac Vieux were finally unearthed from the labyrinthine wine cellar last week, they were covered in a black fungus that looked like matted cat fur. - 10/19/2009

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Cool weather delays harvest; U.P. wine scene warms up

Riesling grapes at Chateau Grand Traverse as they appeared earlier this week.

This and that around Michigan wine country: - 10/08/2009

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New French Road Cellars up north is ready to make wine to spec for other vintners

Laura Matthies, left, Doug Matthies and Shawn Walters of French Road Cellars, near Leland.

The wine scene up north continues to grow and show signs of maturity, as two key players -- one a vineyard manager, the other a winemaker -- link up at a new business outside Leland. - 09/24/2009

Sandra Silfven on Wine

Sandra Silfven has written about wine for more than 25 years. She's a longtime copy editor at The Detroit News, as well as a former restaurant critic. Her advice to newbies: "If I can figure out this stuff, so can you!"

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