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November 2008
Buyers and Sellers with an Eye on Napa Valley
Posted: 04:34 PM ET, November 18, 2008
The Chateau Montelena deal may be dead and we may never know all the reasons why. I still believe that Montelena’s owner Jim Barrett wanted to sell the winery and was elated to have a buyer. Whether he changed his mind and wants to keep the property, or the economy changed the would-be buyer's mind and forced him to rethink his strategy, is unknown. Read more
The No. 1 that Got Away
Posted: 02:34 AM ET, November 13, 2008
Ade desperately wanted the Wine Spectator Wine of the Year. So when the 1985 Lynch-Bages won honors in 1988, she searched high and low before locating two bottles in a wine shop in Santa Ana. Read more
Great Gains by Golden State Grenache
Posted: 04:06 PM ET, November 11, 2008
The quality of California Syrah continues to skyrocket, and its success is pulling along other Rhône Valley grape transplants, chief among them Grenache.
As we’ve tasted through dozens of new Rhône-style reds in recent weeks, it’s amazing how delicious so many of these infant wines are. Read more
Is A New Wine Tax Hike Looming?
Posted: 01:39 PM ET, November 07, 2008
No one wants his or her taxes raised. Yet given the enormity of the fiscal challenges that lie ahead for this country, is a new tax on wine in order?
I don’t think so, and certainly hope not. But in the past, anti-alcohol lobbies have eyed a tax increase on wine and spirits. Read more
Plenty to Consider with the Montelena Non-Sale
Posted: 06:04 PM ET, November 05, 2008
Four months ago we were told that Jim Barrett wanted to sell Chateau Montelena and we assumed there was a buyer. But now Barrett apparently can't sell it at the original terms or doesn't want to sell it at all.
Barrett had shopped the winery around for months and then accepted an offer so sell his Napa winery in July. Read more
Election 2008 Is Almost Over: I'll Drink to That
Posted: 05:23 PM ET, November 03, 2008
I hadn’t given much thought to what I might drink tomorrow night. It’s been a long, grueling campaign, one that has consumed us for nearly two years. Still, I’m excited about the vote and the results.
Nearly everyone seems to agree we’re ready for election 2008 to be over and the votes to be counted. Read more
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