visit to rodney strong vineyards

[newsguy]

here's the web address of my column this week. always considered rodney strong's sonoma county bottlings to be good values, so that's why i posted here.

http://www.tbt.com/cuisine/article15329.ece

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[wondersofwine]

Nice notes. I think Rodney Strong also produces an old vines Zinfandel.

[newsguy]

hi wow. i did taste the old vines zin. just wasn't included in the column. i'll find those notes and post them...

[winoweenie]

Had many pleasant visits with the personable Mr. Strong at his lovely jernt but never found his wines to fit my pistol profile. Being an ex entertainer he and I drank and schmoozed many times before he finally sold out. WW

[newsguy]

hey WW: were you able to cut and paste the address to read the column OK?

WOW: actually, it turns out the other zin i tasted was not the old vines, but the reserve. here's my rather sparse TN...

'01 Rodney Strong Sonoma County Reserve Zinfandel ($30 at the winery): dark reddish purple. very nice nose of zinberry fruit and maple syrup, followed by tasty chocolate and zin flavors. 89 points (very good).


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[winoweenie]

Course not silly! Iffn' it aint' in blue I done ebben try, WW

[brappy]

has anyone had the '97 cab reserve. I like thier regular bottling but just came across this one bottle for a decent price ($34). Any comments?

mark

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