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new members for january
TAPAS extends a warm welcome to our newest member wineries:
- Baiocchi Wines & Vineyards, Fair Play, CA
- Bodegas M, Paso Robles, CA
- Metate Hill Vineyards, Murphys, CA
Stop by and tell them TAPAS sent you!
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TAPAS would like to welcome our newest members:
- Fall Creek Vineyards, Tow, TX
- Grizzly Republic Wines, Paso Robles, CA
Please stop by, say hello, and buy some wine! Tell them TAPAS sent you!
meet us at unified
Please join us for the TAPAS 2012 Membership Meeting and Reception on Wednesday, January 25, from 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the Scandal Lounge of the Citizen Hotel. Members, prospective members, Sancho Panza Society members, and guests are all invited. Click here for details. We hope to see you there!
tapas members featured
TAPAS members were featured on the Downtown Birmingham/Bloomfield website. The article "Toast the Unusual," by Eleanor and Ray Heald, focuses on "obscure and unexpected" varieties including Malvasia Bianca, Verdelho, Albariño, Tempranillo, and others. It reviews wines from TAPAS members Tangent, Curran, Abacela, Bray, Bodegas Paso Robles, and Trenza.
tempranillos al mundo winners
Congratulations to three TAPAS members who were winners in the 7th Tempranillos al Mundo competition being held this week in New York City!
- Bodegas Paso Robles - Gold
- Hovey Wine - Gold
- St.Amant Winery - Silver
Stay tuned for more news from the event.
congratulations to hovey wine
Congratulations to TAPAS member Chuck Hovey of Hovey Wine! His 2009 Tempranillo - Rolleri Cuvee was rated 90 by Wine Enthusiast Magazine.
Here's some background, courtesy of the Hovey Wine online store:
In 1995 the Rolleri family planted one of the first Tempranillo vineyards in California on their ranch just above Angels Camp in Calaveras County with assistance from then-Stevenot winemaker, Chuck Hovey. Chuck made the first vintage for Stevenot Winery in 1998, one of the few flagships to reintroduce Tempranillo to California. The 2008 vintage, now under his own label, is the 11th consecutive year he has made Tempranillo from grapes from this vineyard.
The wine exhibits all the classic Rioja and Ribera del Duero blueberry and cigar box fruit profiles that make this Spanish variety so complex and intriguing. The grapes were gently crushed and fermented in small open fermenters and pressed off to small French and American oak barrels for barrel aging for 18 months prior to bottling in May 2009. Mocha, licorice and blackberry and concentrated flavors of blueberry mingle with creamy oak and a silky layer of soft tannins to produce an exquisite experience for the palate, paired especially well with roasted meats and rich dishes.
tapas amigo on page 1 of usa today
TAPAS Amigo member Greg Jones of Cascade Environmental Geographics and Southern Oregon University was quoted in today's front-page article "Taste this: Climate change may redraw wine regions." Greg has been doing research on the effects of climate change on wine grapes for over ten years, and was listed by Decanter Magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in the world of wine.
7th annual tempranillos al mundo
TAPAS is proud to be a sponsor of the Seventh Annual Tempranillos al Mundo (Tempranillos to the World) international competition, organized by the Spanish Federation of Associations of Enologists (FEAE), with support from Vibrant Rioja, La Rioja Capital, Wines from Spain, and TAPAS.
The event takes place November 14-16, 2011 in New York City.
More information, along with regulations and entry forms for the competition, can be found at http://www.enologo.com/tempranillo/en/home .
pouring st.amant wines in arizona
Stuart Spencer, of St.Amant Winery in Lodi, California, will be pouring his wines at various Total Wine locations in Arizona from September 22-25. The schedule is:
Thursday, 9/22 from 2-6 pm at the Gilbert store in San Tan Village, 2224 E. Williams Field Rd., Gilbert, AZ 85295
Friday, 9/23 from 12-2:30 pm at the Glendale store in Arrowhead Gateway, 17550 N. 75th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308
Friday, 9/23 from 3:30-7 pm at the Camelback store, 1670 E. Camelback, Phoenix, AZ 85016
Saturday, 9/24 from 12-5 pm at the Desert Ridge store in Desert Ridge Marketplace, 21001 N. Tatum Blvd., Suite 12, Phoenix, AZ 85050
Sunday, 9/25 from 1-4 pm at the Tempe store in the Emerald Center, 8544 South Emerald Dr., Tempe, AZ 85284
Stop by and tell him TAPAS sent you!
people went nuts
People went nuts on International Tempranillo Day...
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