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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2008 Columbia Crest Grand Estates Chardonnay
This wine starts with big fruit flavors of green apples and pears, with a nice creamy feel, and proceeds into mild vanilla and oak. The finish is clean and crisp with a slight lemon zest flair...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2008 Robert Mondavi Napa Chardonnay
This chardonnay is as fresh as spring to the nose, and backs up its abundant bouquet with swirling flavors of pear and pineapple.  The finish is fresh and clean with a slight citrus note...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2008 Francis Coppola Diamond Collection Claret
The 2008 Coppola Claret has big rich flavors of cherries and dark berries, but it also possesses the earthy undertones of the Malbec and Cabernet Franc. This is a complex, but easy to drink red wine, with layers of fruit cascading into mellow tannins, and a lingering finish...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2008 Santa Rita 120 Cabernet Sauvignon
The flavor of this wine is typical for Cabernet Sauvignon and swirls with cherry and dark berries.  It is complex with a lot of fruit and finishes with a little touch of olive, and mellow tannins...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2008 Toad Hollow Francine's Selection Chardonnay
The 2008 Francine's Selection is bright and clean on the palate.  The nose is of pineapple and tropical fruit, which flows on into a taste of apple and pineapple, and finishes clean and crisp with no cloying aftertaste.  Another great summertime selection...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2009 Chateau Ste. Michelle Columbia Valley Sauvignon Blanc
This is a fruit forward wine displaying flavors of melon and citrus, with just enough acidity to round out the taste into a very refreshing summer time wine...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: Napa Cellars Chardonnay
The flavor contains the tropical fruit domination, with hints of melon and a slight citrus flirtation in the finish.  This is a lush, well rounded Chardonnay, with gobs of flavor accompanying the crisp clean finish...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2008 Casillero del Diablo Malbec
The Casillero del Diablo is a perfect choice for a summertime mild, and mellow red wine, without giving any ground in the flavor category.  The aroma is fresh and berry filled, which evolves into flavors of blueberry and red raspberry...

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Napa Valley Remembered
The Napa Valley of 1952 was quite different than it is today. There were probably no more than nine or ten wineries in the county at that time, and the valley was hardly covered with vineyards.  My grandfather, James Harrison Bentley, had a chicken ranch on Old Sonoma Road where he raised “broilers” and laying hens...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2008 Butterfield Station California Chardonnay
This is a good solid bottle of Chardonnay, which has citrus and pear flavors backed by a toasty finish, surrounding a nice creamy texture. It is very refreshing and a good "sipper," but also pairs well with light fish and fowl dishes...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2008 Rodney Strong Chalk Hill Chardonnay
This is a big rich and creamy Chardonnay with gobs of big fruit up front which explodes in your mouth at the first sip. The finish is long and clean with a toasty vanilla oak trailer...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2008 Chateau Ste. Michelle Horse Heaven Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
It has big bold fruit flavors of melon and lime, backed by a sweet citrus finish, which is not the grapefruit flavor of New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs, but neither is it the big grassy taste found in many California Sauvignon Blancs...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2007 Estampa Reserve Assemblage
This wine is lush and full-bodied with big berry flavors, which finish strong with mild tannins, fading into the dark swirls of lingering fruit...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2006 Ruffino Reserva Ducale Chianti Classico
The Reserva Ducale is always a wonderful bottle of wine, and best suited for your favorite veal dishes. My favorite is Veal Marsala, but as I have already revealed, since my youth, I have always enjoyed this wine with a plate of spaghetti...
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Norm's Tasting Notes: 2007 Ruffino Orvieto Classico
It is fresh and clean, with a flowery bouquet, followed by solid apple and pear flavors, finishing in a crisp citrus aftertaste. Best with the antipasto, it serves well as a before dinner wine, or pairs well with milder fish and fowl dinner dishes...
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