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This past Thursday Mark Gasbarro hosted his Taste for a Cause wine tasting, once again raising money for the Program in Women’s Oncology at Women & Infants Hospital. It was a beautiful early Fall evening at the Aldrich Mansion in Warwick, R.I. There was food, there was wine and it was once again a grand Continue reading Review of Taste for a Cause 2015 https://www.redwineplease.com/trip-to-goriska-brda-slovenia-part-2-history-nature-the-capital-and-a-little-more-grappa/ 
Here we continue with our report on the recent trip to Slovenia and the Vinska Klet Goriška Brda Winery. Good things just kept happening. Sunday, or day three, was all about history, and this region has plenty of it. WWI brought long, bitter and fierce fighting to this region, as the mountains were won and Continue reading Trip to Goriška Brda, Slovenia Part 2: History, Nature, the Capital and a Little More Grappa https://www.redwineplease.com/trip-to-goriska-brda-slovenia-part-1-wine-food-great-people-and-a-little-grappa/ 
This is a review of a recent trip to the Goriška Brda area of Slovenia, and in particular the Vinska Klet Goriška Brda Winery, who hosted eight representatives from their U.S. distributors as well as myself. Slovenia was an unknown to me and almost everyone I talked to beforehand. Most A beautiful place! Continue reading Trip to Goriška Brda, Slovenia Part 1: Wine, Food, Great People and a little Grappa https://www.redwineplease.com/a-bottle-to-remember-forever/ 
I recently had the good fortune to tag along on a distributor trip to the Vinska Klet Goriska Brda winery in the Brda region of Slovenia, just over the eastern Italian border. This is a beautiful wine country of hills, valleys and terraced vineyards, reminding me in some spots of the hills of Barolo and Continue reading A Bottle to Remember . . . Forever! https://www.redwineplease.com/off-to-brda-slovenia-soon-and-slovenian-wine/ 
I’ll be off to the Brda region of Slovenia soon to tour the vineyards and the local wine cooperative, as well as sample lots of their wines. Who knows, might even get a bit of sight seeing in as well. Just over the northeastern Italian border, the Brda region is comprised of rolling hills with Continue reading Off to Brda, Slovenia Soon and Slovenian Wine! https://www.redwineplease.com/2005-bordeaux-continues-to-shine/ 
We keep trying more of our stash of 2005 Bordeaux, and across the board these wines are showing extremely well right now. Here’s another one to look for, and it is still affordable. This really was a great vintage. Wine: 2005 Cap de Faugeres Winery Location: Cotes de Castillon, Bordeaux Tasted By: Neil & Continue reading 2005 Bordeaux Continues to Shine https://www.redwineplease.com/la-jota-vineyard-company-mountain-wine-making-in-napa-valley/ 
We’ll continue our look at some smaller producers in Napa and Sonoma with another mountain winery, La Jota Vineyard Company. We previously wrote about Mt. Brave, which you can read about by clicking here, and there are many parallels between the two, including Napa Valley mountain sites and sharing the same vineyard manager and winemaker, Continue reading La Jota Vineyard Company – Mountain Wine Making in Napa Valley https://www.redwineplease.com/grgich-hills-wine-tasting-august-2015/ 
You’ve probably heard of Grgich Hills Estate. It’s a fairly iconic Napa Valley winery headed by a very iconic winemaker, Miljenko “Mike” Grgich. Mike was born in Croatia and started his enological studies there, but fled the Communist regime and found his way to the U.S. He arrived in 1958 and proceeded to work with Continue reading Grgich Hills Wine Tasting – August, 2015 https://www.redwineplease.com/good-value-merlot-from-chateau-ste-michelle/ 
Chateau Ste. Michelle is a very dependable producer, and their Indian Wells line offers rich, robust reds (along with a Charonnay) which deliver a lot of body, color and depth. The wines are from warm weather vineyards east of the mountains in Washington. Here is one we recently ordered by the glass at lunch in Continue reading Good Value Merlot from Chateau Ste. Michelle https://www.redwineplease.com/2015-newport-mansions-wine-and-food-festival-seminar-preview/ 
The tenth anniversary edition of the Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival kicks off this September 25th, and first out of the gate are the seminars. You’ll notice a change this year, as they will only be holding seminars on Friday afternoon at the Viking Hotel. In previous years seminars ran all three days, and Continue reading 2015 Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival – Seminar Preview |