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Gabe Holmes: 25, Male
San Francisco, United States

Favorite grape or region: Everything

Who Are You?: Wine Enthusiast.

Hometown: San Francisco

Relationship Status: In a relationship

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German Riesling, the Red-headed Stepchild of American Wine Culture

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German Riesling, the Red-headed Stepchild of American Wine Culture

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When should we throw an epic German wine tasting party? Maybe just split another Trockenbeerenauslese? Read More »

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It is all about the Spatlese. (semi sweet, no?) Full bodied white's never tasted so good. Read More »

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I Think You Should Jump Onto the Old-School America Train and Appreciate Beringer Cabernet Sauvignon

Oldest winery in Napa Valley - check

Strong taste of dirt (good thing) - check

Enjoyed by others - check

I hate to waste my alcohol consumption on everyday red wine, but Beringer has allways been very enjoyable. It will not g…

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Posted by Gabe Holmes on July 3rd, 2008 at 5:28pm — No Comments (Add)

Who Needs Corn and Sugar. Wine May be the Answer to the Oil Crises.

If Prince Charles can do it I can do it.

Who needs corn based ethanol and Brazil's Flex cars powered from sugar cane when u have wine. When the UK Telegraph mentions wine as a fuel for Prince Edwards car I wonder why there is no commodity exchange that allows me to buy into the future price of jug wine.

Posted by Gabe Holmes on June 30th, 2008 at 6:33pm — No Comments (Add)

Bremer Vineyards is Just Another Overated Napa Winery

I have had so much luck with Spring Mountain District in northern Napa that I spent a day checking out Howell Mountain on the other side of St Helena. Out of pure cha…

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Posted by Gabe Holmes on June 27th, 2008 at 10:38am — 1 Comment (Add)

CMS 2006 Red Blend by Hedges Brings the Thunder

I am becoming more and more intrigued with Washington State wine and decided to venture over to KandL and give the CMS blend a whirl. Very light and tight for the first half hour, but starts to open up over time leading to r…

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Posted by Gabe Holmes on June 25th, 2008 at 6:06pm — No Comments (Add)

The Zohan Takes Israeli Wine to the Face

I am yet to see the movie (as well as literally all but one movie in the theatres in the last 12 months), but Adam Sandler gets down with…

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At 11:45am on June 3rd, 2008, marina said…: What was the beautiful white wine we drank last night?? Delish

At 11:10am on May 23rd, 2008, Howell Mountain Vineyards - to the FACE! said…: The market is booming over there, but it is a matter of getting good wine over there. I know for a while there were not "Truth in Labeling" standards so anyone could slap California or Napa on their bottles. There was a lot of crap in the market being passed off as the "good stuff". Trade restricions are beginning to be less constraining so more wineries are beginning to take advantage.

We carry our wines, Screaming Eagle, Colgin and a whole slew of others. Making sure the Valley puts their best foot forward.

At 10:51am on May 23rd, 2008, Howell Mountain Vineyards - to the FACE! said…: Yeah, pretty much that's how we roll.

We own a store called "Napa Reserve" in Shanghai where we carry 60 Napa Valley brands and something like 150 different wines. Trying to bring some of the valley to China!

At 10:17am on May 23rd, 2008, Howell Mountain Vineyards - to the FACE! said…: Ugh. Sorry it has been crazy here, we had some guests from Shanghai TV. The winery is going to be closed this weekend since we will all be out of town. :(

At 7:34am on May 4th, 2008, Nicholas Votto said…: I'll check out the Cinque Terra vino and let you know. The best stuff of that area is north of Cinque Terra. We have a few interesting wines we may bring in from the area: Gavi di Gavi DOCG, Monferrato Rosso DOC, and of course the infamous Barbera's and Barolo's. If you want to get on our newsletter just let me know your e-mail address. We do a "wine of the month" section that's got good info. I joined the site b/c I'm friends with Matt Dichiara, he's from my town.

At 2:14pm on April 25th, 2008, A Holmes said…: just launched a 'cool sites' group. let me know if you have any other wine sites you want to recommend.

http://www.winetotheface.com/group/favoritesites

At 8:49am on April 24th, 2008, Mitch said…: Donati Family Vineyard of Course! I would also recommend (a few of my favs): Linne Calodo, Denner, Halter Ranch, Pipestone, the list can go on and on...

At 3:41am on April 24th, 2008, marina said…: I'm going to teach you how to speak Australian

In Australia, we don't say Fosters, we say Malibu and Coke