http://www.winelog.net/blog Stay up-to-date on wine news and WineLog development. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:55:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Would anyone like to venture a guess to what this title refers? Try 600 wines, 6 people, and 2 hours. I was fortunate enough to attend the "Philadelphia Wine Festival", sponsored by Philadelphia Magazine and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) on (date) along with WineLog's illustrious owners, Bill, Kim ... http://www.winelog.net/blog/2008/07/22/600-6-2/ Last Thursday's Lionheart tasting at Artisan was a roaring success, with both tasters and winemakers very satisfied with the evening. Wine was discovered, bottles bought and taste buds were pleased. As I announced previously, Lionheart's winemaker Leon Glover brought out 5 wines for us to try, all pre-release until his Mane ... http://www.winelog.net/blog/2008/07/20/lionheart-wines-artisan-recap/ WineLog.net is very excited to announce an evening discovering the wines of Lionheart Wines at Artisan Wine Lounge & Cafe in Walnut Creek, CA. Winemaker Leon Glover will be pouring his Summer release wines that will be officially released later this month. I first discovered Leon's Lionheart Wines when tasting ... http://www.winelog.net/blog/2008/07/12/winelognet-presents-lionheart-wines-artisan-wine-lounge-cafe/ Most of my readers know that I have a fond place in my heart for the wines from Carmel Valley, CA. Beth and I have made numerous trips to the Carmel-by-the-Sea and Carmel Valley region over the years, as evidenced by the travel post I wrote earlier this year. ... http://www.winelog.net/blog/2008/07/06/parsonage-village-vineyard-1st-annual-wine-club-party/ The Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association launched a new yearly event this past Wednesday (06/25/08) with their first annual Downtown Wine Walk. For a $20 fee, you (were supposed to) receive a commemorative wine glass and a map to that showed the various downtown stores, restaurants and bars that ... http://www.winelog.net/blog/2008/06/30/walnut-creek-wine-walk-recap/ Every time I go to a wine event that includes multiple wineries, I will usually find one winery that is new to me and stands out from the rest. I stumbled across many great wineries at the Wine 2.0 Spring Fling at Crushpad last April. But two wines from ... http://www.winelog.net/blog/2008/06/11/barrel-tasting-with-lionheart-wines/ More major wineries have been sold in the US. This time, unlike some of the more recent major deals in the wine biz, two conglomerates are shuffling their portfolios. Constellation brands, one of the top two largest international wine conglomerates, has announced (AP commentary) that they are selling ... http://www.winelog.net/blog/2008/06/10/more-wineries-change-hands/ One of the things that I've really tried to step up in my personal wine education is my ability to guess a blinded wine's provenance or origin. What is the grape, what is the region and if I'm super-lucky, what is the actual wine? In this case, led by Lisa ... http://www.winelog.net/blog/2008/06/03/syrah-or-zinfandel/ Here's a question that recently hit our inbox. I thought others out there might be interested in how to log wines through the WineLog Mobile site and might not even know about the cool "send yourself a message" feature. The email: I really like your mobile site, and it looks great on ... http://www.winelog.net/blog/2008/06/03/user-email-logging-wines-with-winelog-mobile/ Californian and American wine has lost one of its greatest leaders. Robert G. Mondavi, wine industry scion and founder of the the famous eponymous Napa winery passed away at the age of 94 on Friday, 05/16/08. Arresting and vibrantly engaging even towards the end, Mondavi is widely regarded as the greatest influence ... http://www.winelog.net/blog/2008/05/21/a-patriarchs-passing/