Thursday, July 29, 2010

Wine for Haiti Lot 2 – Rodney Strong Rockaway 6.0L SOLD

January 13, 2010 by Palate Press  
Filed under Extra Features, FCG, Wine Conversation

Rodney Strong Vineyards is the generous benefactor for our second huge format special offering, a 6.0L bottle of 2005 Rodney Strong Cabernet Sauvignon Rockaway. Retail value is $600.00. This is a single bottle auction lot. Reviews: Vibrant and concentrated, with aromas of loamy earth, dried currant, graphite, mineral and fresh earth, ending with a return [...]

Palate Press’ First Grand Tasting

December 27, 2009 by Palate Press  
Filed under FCG, Featured Stories

For Palate Press: The online wine magazine’s first grand tasting, we collected sixty different wines and a group of wine bloggers and wine professionals …

2005 Rodney Strong Cabernet Sauvignon Rockaway

December 24, 2009 by Palate Press  
Filed under Tasting Notes

Enormous but balanced. One reviewer described “vanilla and mocha flavor, and balanced, not overpowering, oak.” Another noted the size of the wine, too, writing “big up front fruit but enough earth/spice to make it interesting.”  The only negative review came from a reviewer who found it “one sided.” WHO Rodney Strong WHAT Cabernet Sauvignon WHERE [...]