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A word from the Wise about WineBy Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
After all that work, I just could not mess up the symmetry of my extensive wine collection (based on the fact that it almost filled the big wine rack). So I asked my first guest to choose a wine. He was a good choice because he knows more about wine than I do (based on the fact that he drinks more than I do).
I liked the guy. I liked the wine.
Did he know that on their 335-acre estate in Carneros, no
less than eleven soil types and a
The 2002 Pinot Noir displays a great deal of aromatic and flavor complexity, which is knit together by a firm structural element—a hallmark feature of the vintage.
If only my date had been this careful and considerate, it might have been a good year for us, too.
I look forward to more Gloria Ferrer Carneros Pinot Noir 2002. I don’t think I will go out with him again. I Think It Might Be Easier to Study Wine Than MenOLDMAN’S GUIDE TO OUTSMARTING WINE: 108 Ingenious
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In my fantasy life I am organized. So I buy things that are
considered organizers. I just bought a beautiful wine rack that reaches up to
the ceiling and put all my wines in it. It looks neat. Professional. Organized.
He looked through my organized wine rack and quickly chose
the Gloria Ferrer Carneros Pinot Noir 2002.
So I decided to do a little more research.
wide variety of clones and terrain combine
with the daily fog and wind to produce exceptional Pinot Noir. For nearly twenty
years the Gloria Ferrer people have studied Carneros and its relationship to
their vines. With this knowledge of the terror as a guide, the estate Pinot Noir
gains complexity and consistency with each passing year. 
A mild spring with low rainfall opened to a warm summer,
with periodic heat spikes tempering the cooling aspects of the Carneros region.
Cluster thinning, leaf pulling, judicious irrigation and other attentive vineyard
practices during the heat spells were applied. This assured that each block
emerged with striking textural and structural elements and without overripe
characteristics.
But the wine held up better than the guy did.
