Wine, Women, and Weight

By now you’re heard the news, Alcohol May Help Fight Weight Gain In Women! Any news that promises weight loss is gulped down here in America even faster than we bolt our super-sized Big Mac, fries, and shake combos. But is there anything to it? Let’s look behind the curtain, shall we?

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2005 Dutton-Goldfield Dutton Ranch, Cherry Ridge Syrah

The nose has ground espresso and cocoa powder, blackberries, and some leather. The palate comes at you with waves of flavors. Blackberries and coffee, plums, all make up the attack. Fruits sweeten on the mid-palate, adding some blueberry to the blackberry. The espresso changes to unsweetened cocoa. There is interesting minerality the expands from the attack through the finish. Leather shows up at the end of the mid-palate and lingers with black fruit on the finish. This is really good wine. It is not Aussie Shiraz, all jammy fruit. It is also not Northern Rhone Syrah, all earth and olives. This has good fruit, earthy coffee and chocolate, and great terroir minerality. For David’s full two day review visit his blog, 2 Days per Bottle.

2004 Château d’Angludet, Margaux France

annic and tight, this still seems young. There is a lot of black fruit, and espresso and dark chocolate are trying to peek out from behind the leather and stems. Tannins and acid seem to be in balance, so put these back in your cellar and wait another three to five years. See more reviews of this wine on Cellar Tracker.

2005 Star Lane Vineyard Astral Cabernet Sauvignon

Rich but well-balanced dark fruit, an acid spine the gobs of fruit could hang from in comfort. It drew oohs and ahs from the crowd.

2006 Foxen Syrah, Tinequai Vineyard

A huge Syrah, exploding with roast meat, herbs, and overwhelming savory umami, dark fruit slathered in teriyaki sauce.

2005 MacRostie Pinot Noir Wildcat Mountain Vineyard

Give this wine some time to open. It starts one-dimensional, but as it opens it offers more Pommard than Russian River, deeply bruised plum and black cherries, earthy mushrooms still dirty with rich loam, all balanced by a hint of allspice and anise. This is a marvelous food wine, just begging for a braised [...]

2006 Grgich Hills Cellar Chardonnay Estate Grown

A wonderfully rich and balanced Chardonnay, this offers up complex flavors of pink lady apples, honeydew melon and toasted english muffins with butter. Tart lemony acids balance the sweet fruit. Pair this with greek sea bass.
WHO  Grgich Hills Cellar
WHAT Chardonnay
WHERE California, Napa Valley
WHEN 2006
HOW MUCH $25

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2007 Star Lane Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc

A delicious, refreshing Sauvignon Blanc in the Sancerre style, clean grassiness, green melon and white grapefruit, bright acid backbone and a lingering finish. There are no New Zealand cats or gooseberry bushes to be found in this Santa Ynez jewel. Drink it with mild fish or just a hot summer day.
WHO Star Lane Vineyard
WHAT [...]

2008 Weingut Josef Leitz Riesling Eins Zwei Dry “3″

The nose is a lovely combination of asian pear, hibiscus and slate. It has more citrus on the palate, lemon, plus pears and shortbread. Jerk chicken would be a perfect match.

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