June 22, 2010
Another nice wine preservation system, though it's a little on the expensive side at $400. Though it does also pour your wine for you, which is nice. Though it's rare that I open a bottle that I don't finish. Here's some of the details:
Entertain in style with the only at home wine system that chills, pours and preserves. At the press of a button, the bottle is cooled to its ideal serving temperature, while patented vacuum technology naturally preserves wine for up to 10 days. When you’re ready for a glass, simply press a button and your favorite wine is served.
Chill
Chill your wine to the ideal temperature based on 15 preset wine varietals.
Pour
With the press of a button your wine is poured, one glass at a time. No need to remove bottle or re-cork.
Preserve
Natural Vacuum technology removes oxygen from the bottle to preserve the taste.
Display
Showcase your wine and entertain with style! Premium finishes and LED lighting adds ambiance and style.
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February 23, 2010
This is a pretty good deal, with a lot of choices of wine. You do have to become a ClubBev member, but that looks like it's free.
The deal is that you buy a bottle of wine for the regular price, and you get a second bottle for only five cents. There's 221 bottle to choose from, and it looks like they start as low as $10.
You can check out the sale at the Bevmo site HERE.
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January 8, 2010
I wish there was a lot more information about this. Though I guess there's not a whole lot to say about a metal cage that holds wine.
What details there are is that it's made of hand-welded and fabricated iron, holds twelve bottles of wine, weighs about forty pounds, and is pretty cool looking.
It costs a hefty $199 dollars, but I'm pretty sure no one else you know will have one.
You can grab one over at the Restoration Hardware site HERE.
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November 24, 2009
I can't see spending $30k on this. If you had the money though, it would be pretty cool to have your own personal wine created for you. Here's the details from the press release:
Recession or not, hundreds of people are willing to spend approximately $30,000 for a single, personalized, blended bottle of Scotch whisky.
Kendall-Jackson winemaster Randy Ullom will better the Scots by a case: for $30,000 he will spend three days with a wine lover, doing extensive wine tastings with them, learning their preferences in wine, and creating an exact, customized blend based on their tastes and personality. After which the purchaser will receive a case of the one-of-a-kind wine, adorned with their own, personal label.
The idea was inspired by Whyte & Mackay Whisky’s success offering one-off whiskies by its master blender—all the more remarkable in these economic times.
“Evidently, there remains a strong niche for tailor-made luxury products,” said Ullom. “If there are hundreds of people willing to pay an ultra-premium price for a single bottle of customized whisky, then we will be happy to offer them 12 bottles of personalized wine.”
Ullom will have a broad palette from which to create a portrait of his customers’ tastes. With the grapes from scores of premiere lots, from thousands of acres of estate vineyards located along the hillsides and mountains of California’s cool coastal regions, Ullom can blend virtually any shade or nuance of taste within dozens of grape varieties. His portfolio of wines that are generally available to the public routinely score in the 90s.
“Those who are able to take advantage of his offer will have a wine that is unique in the world—as unique as they are,” said Ullom. “In addition, they will have a pretty good time as we explore and experiment.”
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to charity. Those interested in the program should email for more information at customWine@kjmail.com.
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November 16, 2009
I love this idea. Not only does it save a lot of space, but you can put one pretty much anywhere. They can even set it up so that the door to the cellar matches your floor, so when it's closed, no one would know it's there. The only downside is that the company is based in the UK, so I'm not sure how hard it would be to get one everywhere else. Here's some more details about it from the site:
The short answer is: it's the quickest, cheapest and easiest way of building a wine cellar for your house.
A watertight, pre-cast cylindrical system that's sunk into the ground, it can be located anywhere from kitchen to conservatory, workshop to study.
It can keep up to 1,900 bottles in perfect storage conditions and since, like a traditional cellar, it relies on the surrounding earth for its insulation, plus an ingenious air-flow system, it requires no power to maintain its constant temperature. Once it's paid for, that's it – no more expenses except for the wine itself, of course!
I'm sure the cost depends on what exactly you want. You can check out the site HERE.
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November 9, 2009
Not only does this contest give you money for "meals", they're also giving away three grand prizes, which is awesome. Here's the details:
Each Grand Prize is a trip for Grand Prize Winner and one traveling companion to Las Vegas, NV consisting of round-trip coach class air transportation to Las Vegas, NV for Grand Prize Winner and Guest, three nights hotel accommodations at the an MGM property in Las Vegas, NV, two tickets to KÀ by Cirque du Soleil Show, round-trip ground transportation between the airport and hotel, and one $500 check made payable to the Grand Prize Winner for meals.
The contest runs until December 31, 2009, and you can enter it HERE.
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October 15, 2009
Wine Spectator Rates its first bottle of Borba
The wine publication Wine Spectator has rated, for the first time, a wine from the Adega Coop. de Borba in Portugal's Alentejo Region. The magazine reviewed the Adegaborba.pt White 2008 at $8 per bottle and gave it an 87. Of the wine, they wrote: A rich style, this white offers loads of concentrated pear and baked apple flavors that finish with a flourish of mineral and spice."
Borba is one of Portugal's premier wine producers. Now, through importer L & B Beverage of East Providence RI, they are expanding distribution in the U.S. Market.
Founded in 1955, the Adega Coop. de Borba was the first of a series of cooperatives in the Alentejo region. Today, the Adega Coop. de Borba includes 300 members whose vineyards cover a total area of 2,000 metric acres. About two-thirds are dedicated to red grape varietals and one-third grow white grape varietals.
To continually uphold and improve the quality of their products, the Adega Coop. de Borba strives to inspire the passion of making great wines. After selecting and cultivating the best grape varietals, it is the commitment of the cooperative members that has made Borba a world-class wine.
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August 20, 2009
It seems that a lot of wine makers are getting creative with how they offer their wine. Such a company is Black Box Wines.
Black Box states that the wines will stay fresh in the box up to four weeks after opening. Plus, there's the environmental concerns, in that the box requires less energy to produce and transport.
All that's great, but what I really like is when they say "because we’re not paying for expensive glass, we can offer you four bottles worth of fine wine for the cost of two.". Now that part makes perfect sense to me.
Black Box gets their grapes from a number of areas, including Napa Valley, Sonoma County, Italy and New Zealand.
Now normally wine in a box is looked down on. First off, you're not going to keep a box of wine around for several years until it's perfect. It's made to drink as soon as you buy it. However, the Reserve Merlot was ranked #12 in Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Best Buys of 2008. They've also won 13 Gold Medals.
You can hit their site and check them out HERE.
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August 17, 2009
There's a pretty decent article over at Lifehacker about how to stock your bar for a party, all for $100.
It has two ideas, one for a 15 person party, one for a 30 person group, and a 100 person blow out. They have pretty safe choices for what type of liquor you should choose, but that's not a bad thing. If you're stocking for a party, you want liquor that everyone's heard of, and probably likes.
They admit though for the 100 person blow out that your also going to blow your $100 budget.
It's worth taking a look at, and keeping handy for the next party you throw. You can read the article HERE.
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August 17, 2009
I'll admit that the first thing I thought of when I saw this was something like wine in a box. Drinkable, but nothing all that great. Maybe I'd get it for a party at some point as just to get liquored up on.
Then I looked at the page over at Wine.com, and saw that the 2005 vintage was rated an impressive 97 by Wine Spectator. Not only that, but it holds four bottles of wine, for $30.
I might have to order two or three of them.
Here's the details about it from Wine.com:
This little barrel is a great bargain because it holds 4 bottles of the top-selling Red Truck Red Wine! Same great wine, but in our new eco-friendly packaging.
Medium-bodied and complex, flavors of chocolate, berries, cherries and licorice abound. The black pepper finish settles with smooth tannins.
Our Syrah grapes come from the Central Coast areas of Paso Robles and Shandon, areas known for dark, rich wines. Our Cabernet Franc is from a hillside vineyard planted on rocky, red soil made of decomposed granite. This vineyard is managed using "deficit irrigation" to control vigorous growth and increase flavor and color intensity. The Petite Sirah vineyard is on its "sixth leaf" and grows at the base of the foothills in the southeast corner of Sacramento County. It’s cooled by the Sacramento Delta breezes and the grapes are dark and flavorful.
Blend: Syrah, Petite Sirah, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Mourvedre.
The Mini-Barrel by Red Truck is far more environmentally friendly than glass. Less and lighter packaging means significantly less landfill waste and greenhouse gases in the production and transport.
You can buy one at Wine.com HERE.
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