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Hyperdecanting wine with a blender…!??? WTF

Hyperdecanting wine with a blender: here comes Chardonnay Frappucino!

By (Sweet) Libby Volgyes | Wine culture | November 11, 2011

There I was, vacationing far away in the Colorado Rockies, hiking, horseback riding, and hanging out with my family. It was perfect, absolutely perfect.But all of a sudden disaster hit: Dinner was being served and the chardonnay that I had planned to pour was disappointingly corked. I was down to my last bottle of wine – a $15 bottle of Portugeuse red and I had neither a decanter nor time to decant. The wine was young and tight and would have made a wretched companion for my birthday dinner.

2009 California Pinots…through the roof…?

2009 CA Pinots and Parker’s Unprecedented Scores

Jim Laube of the Wine Spectator wrote, “There is no such thing as a perfect vintage, but 2009 comes close to nirvana for California Pinot Noir,” and noted that an amazing 55% of the 2009 California Pinots rated by the Wine Spectator received 90 points or more.

Robert Parker gave 90 points or more to 78% of the 237 2009 California Pinot Noirs that were rated in the Wine Advocate. SEVENTY-EIGHT PERCENT!! To put that in perspective, only 22% of all the 2009 California Pinot Noirs rated in the Wine Advocate received less than 90 Points.

To offer a bit more perspective, consider the Wine Advocate’s reviews of 2009 Pinot Noirs by appellation and what percent of wines reviewed received 90 Points or more.