Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com The Art and Soul of Zinfandel Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:06:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Harvest 2012 http://www.wineguerrilla.com/harvest-2012 http://www.wineguerrilla.com/harvest-2012#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:51:08 +0000 The Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/?p=599 Remember the crush of 2012? If you’re young enough you’ll be hearing these words repeated every autumn for a long time to come. This was indeed a memorable year. After two rather meager years when every one was scrambling for enough grapes, this year they were scrambling for barrels to put the wine in.

Because

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]]> http://www.wineguerrilla.com/harvest-2012/feed 0 New WG Sonoma Label Launches with a Twist http://www.wineguerrilla.com/new-wg-sonoma-label-launches-with-a-twist http://www.wineguerrilla.com/new-wg-sonoma-label-launches-with-a-twist#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:53:20 +0000 The Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/?p=527 New WG Sonoma Label Launches with a Twist — The First Screw-Cap Monte Rosso Vineyard Zinfandel Ever

Forestville, CA. — Iconoclastic Sonoma County zinfandel producer, Wine Guerrilla, launched their new high-end list-only label, WG Sonoma, with a first — the only zinfandel yet from the legendary Monte Rosso vineyard to be bottled with a screw

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]]> http://www.wineguerrilla.com/new-wg-sonoma-label-launches-with-a-twist/feed 0 Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta http://www.wineguerrilla.com/santa-fe-wine-chile-fiesta http://www.wineguerrilla.com/santa-fe-wine-chile-fiesta#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:37:38 +0000 The Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/?p=498 We’ll be pouring many of our Zinfandels again this year at the Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta September 26th through September 30th, 2012. Don’t miss our ‘unsanctioned’ Wine Guerrilla dinner on Thursday, September 27th at The Cowgirl, 319 South Gaudalupe Street Santa Fe 87501. Call 505-982-2565 for details about this delicious BBQ & Zinfandel

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]]> http://www.wineguerrilla.com/santa-fe-wine-chile-fiesta/feed 0 A New Day http://www.wineguerrilla.com/a-new-day http://www.wineguerrilla.com/a-new-day#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:20:00 +0000 The Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/?p=493 A new day is dawning in Forestville. This happens every now and then. We seem to get a flurry of new restaurants, are quite sure we are the next food destination and then drive through town on a hungry afternoon to find that they’ve all dissipated in the fog.

We’ve got what I hope will

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]]> http://www.wineguerrilla.com/a-new-day/feed 0 Wine Spectator scores http://www.wineguerrilla.com/wine-spectator-scores http://www.wineguerrilla.com/wine-spectator-scores#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:55:39 +0000 The Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/?p=442 90 points 2009 Clopton Vineyard ‘old vine’ Russian River Valley

90 points 2009 Forchini Vineyard ‘old vine’ Dry Creek Valley

]]> http://www.wineguerrilla.com/wine-spectator-scores/feed 0 Becoming a Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/becoming-a-guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/becoming-a-guerrilla#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:17:16 +0000 The Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/?p=396 Eve’s Wine 101 Blog

Today we have one of my Two-Bottle posts of Wine Guerrilla Zinfandels crafted by Bruce Patch. (Info on how you can become a guerrilla, and get your hands on possibly “the greatest Zin in the world”, is below the tasting report)

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]]> http://www.wineguerrilla.com/becoming-a-guerrilla/feed 0 More from ZAP 2012 http://www.wineguerrilla.com/more-from-zap-2012 http://www.wineguerrilla.com/more-from-zap-2012#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:38:31 +0000 The Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/?p=393 Fred Swan at NorCal Wines

The Best New Wines I Tried

2009 Wine Guerrilla Clopton Vineyard Zinfandel Russian River Valley Wine Guerrilla may be a familiar name to you. They’ve been something of an old vine Zinsation since people discovered their 2007 vintage at ZAP a few years ago. Wine Guerrilla has nine different wines

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]]> http://www.wineguerrilla.com/more-from-zap-2012/feed 0 A review from the Zinfandel Festival: http://www.wineguerrilla.com/a-review-from-the-zinfandel-festival http://www.wineguerrilla.com/a-review-from-the-zinfandel-festival#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:08:32 +0000 The Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/?p=381 Over the weekend I had the privilege to get a taste (pun intended) of what it would be like to do exactly what I’ve always wanted to do for a living: attend food and wine tasting festivals as a member of the press–and luckily for me, there would be no better place for me to

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Wine Guerrilla Rebel Cru 2009 ($25, sample): Powerful zinfandel red blend with massive fruit, almost 15 percent alcohol and very little subtlety. If you like that style of wine, you’re going to love this. Excellent example of post-modern California winemaking.

 

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]]> http://www.wineguerrilla.com/the-wine-curmudgeon-reviews-our-2009-rebel-cru/feed 0 North Bay Bohemian – Swirl – Bruce Patch of Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/north-bay-bohemian-swirl-bruce-patch-of-wine-guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/north-bay-bohemian-swirl-bruce-patch-of-wine-guerrilla#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:30:21 +0000 The Wine Guerrilla http://www.wineguerrilla.com/?p=368 The come-hither labels of Wine Guerrilla caught my attention, to be sure. Featuring a cadre of Matisse-like nymphs, sans fatigues, they bring to mind the “snakebite!” scene from Woody Allen’s 1971 movie Bananas. Fun stuff, but this is no campy “shiner” schtick; it’s a line of unique, single-vineyard Sonoma County Zinfandels. Curiosity piqued, I went

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