Poll: posting reviews and feedback on wine retail sites

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

People seem to post reviews frequently on Amazon, and wine seems as conducive to user-feedback as books do…but our customer review feature almost never gets used.

Partially it’s the fault of our system…it’s not the easiest to navigate, and it’s not completely obvious that you can even write a review of a wine you’ve had. But it’s something we’d hoped would see more activity. So, in general, we’d love to know whether you write reviews on any wine retail sites. In the comments, feel free to elaborate on the reasons why you do or don’t, or what you’d like to see in this kind of feature.

Do you ever post reviews on wine retail sites?

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get your wine on

2006 Ferraton Cotes du Rhone Blanc, “Les Samorens”

Simon says you should check this out. And so do we. Looking for a budget white for all your summer sipping? Look no farther…Fetch me some Ferraton

2006 Eric Kent Spring Releases

We love the Eric Kent labels, and we’re even more excited about the wine inside them. Okay, scratch that. We’re equally excited, since these labels are about the best wine labels we’ve ever seen (short of our own upcoming release, which you’ll hear plenty about, eventually). Go check out the Eric Kent wines and treat yourself to a sensory experience that encompasses taste, touch, smell and sight.Can I get some Kent?

Rosé - old vintage clearance

We’re doing a little spring cleaning and the first thing in store is to get the older vintages of Rosé off our shelves as we prepare for some new ones to appear. Not that there’s anything wrong with these 2006s (and in one case, a lovely 05). These are drinking well still, and at 30% off they’re priced to go.Everything’s coming up Rosés…

freshly pressed

domaine547 events: Tablas Creek wine dinner at Campanile, June 3rd, 2008:

campanileWe’re excited to announce that we’re hosting a wine dinner at Campanile Restaurant on June 3rd, with the esteemed Tablas Creek Vineyard. Not only does Tablas Creek have one of the best wine blogs around, written by winery manager Jason Haas, but their wines rock.

For those of you who don’t know, they are owned in part by the Perrin family of Chateau de Beaucastel in Chateauneuf-du-Pape, and they have painstakingly brought over clones of all the Beaucastel Southern Rhone varieties and replanted them in Paso Robles (see full history of the winery here). The results are incredible, and you will be able to taste through the entire line-up of Tablas Creek wines at Campanile, including their Vin de Paille dessert wine which is tiny production and usually only available at the winery. (more…)

domaine547 events: Tablas Creek wine dinner at Campanile, June 3rd, 2008
May 8th, 2008

Wine Blogging Wednesday #45 (okay, Thursday): “Old World Riesling” hosted by Tim at Winecast
May 8th, 2008

Poll: posting reviews and feedback on wine retail sites
May 6th, 2008

wine jargon

Frizzante
From Wikipedia: Frizzante is an Italian wine term term for semi-sparkling wine (as opposed to Spumante, which is generally used for fully sparkling wines). Frizzante wines generally owe their bubbles to a partial secondary fermentation in tank. You might notice a light fizz or tingly sensation on the tongue with a Frizzante wine, compared to the more carbonated sensation that more fully sparkling wines yield.


Scorekage
Okay, so we made up this word yesterday after a great restaurant experience. We brought a bottle of wine with us, expecting to pay a corkage fee. But the restaurant either forgot to charge us the $15, or decided to be nice to us. We scored! Hence, “scorekage” has entered our lexicon. This can also refer to BYO friendly restaurants that don’t charge for corkage under any circumstances.


Frizzante
March 29th, 2008

Scorekage
March 23rd, 2008

Rioja
March 3rd, 2008

grapewise

There’s a good article in this morning’s Food section of the LA Times, on Cabernet Franc. It would be better, of course, if it linked to the three included wines available through d547 (Chateau Hureau Saumur-Champigny, Chateau Vieux Clos, and the Lang & Reed). But we still think you should read the piece — and […]

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domaine547 in print: Entrepreneur Magazine, April 2008 issue
picture-3.pngWe’re thrilled to see the first print article on domaine547 hit the newsstands, in April’s issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. You can see the article online by clicking here, but we promise you it’s much better in traditional paper format with its four color photo and all! Yay.

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Cabernet Franc in the news
April 30th, 2008

domaine547 in print: Entrepreneur Magazine, April 2008 issue
March 22nd, 2008

Dubious business? Wine stores that employ critics
March 3rd, 2008