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WINE BARS in Southern California

Wine bars in Southern California are popping up everywhere!  We used to say “we don’t have many wine bars in Southern California” and then look to San Francisco or New York with envy… No more!  Wine Bars are popping up faster than Pinkberry imitators!  This is a comprehensive list of wine bars (not restaurants with nice wine lists that try to be wine bars) in the greater Los Angeles Marketplace.  Please email us at Info@learnaboutwine.com and let us know about wine bars you may find and help us continue to improve this list.  Thank you for clicking on the link and forwarding this list to your friends.

The LearnAboutWine WINE BAR Directory

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Brunello at Valentino

Another great tasting at Valentino!  The 2004 Brunello’s did not disappoint.  The vintage is pure, ripe, balanced, and showcases some of the most exciting wines in the marketplace today.  This seems to be the right wine for the times, 95 point wines for $50 a bottle and ready to drink… sales have been very strong on pre-offer efforts and the window for success may be small.  I would advise my Italian friends to sell as much as possible on pre-offer and be excited to move on to the future as the wine market is going to be very difficult with a series of great vintages on the horizon.  (2005-2006-2007)   I would advise wine fans to keep some room in your cellar and jump on the values that this economy creates.  The world needs you to take serious positions on great wines so we can all get through this time and continue to evolve as a wine world and not slide back.  2004 Brunello – a Champion wine for difficult but important times.

Click Here to see the 2004 Brunello Tasting Notes

 


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LAW Facts

Angel’s Share is the wine that magically evaporates from the cask.  This sounds lovely but costs some wineries an incredible sum of money, but the angels do good work, so the wineries don’t mind too much.