Thousand Candles

Jauma

Thousand Fires McLaren Vale Semillon Chenin Blanc

Funky and tart! Apple cider vinegar — 7 years ago

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Si Vintners

Margaret River Red Blend 2016

Very good. Paired this with Bison beef meatloaf mixed with onions, topped with Smokey Burbs BBQ sauce and sautéed kale. My power went out during nor'easter right when I put this in the oven... so after getting everyone situated and candles lit I cooked this on in my gas grill on 350 for 25 minutes came out perfect. Nice dinner under candlelight and the wine was a great pairing for a hearty dish (without being to big of a wine I don't drink them often) — 7 years ago

Thousand Islands Winery

Saint Lawrence Red Blend

Valentines Day 2017- smooth — 8 years ago

Damien Coquelet

Côte du Py Morgon Gamay

light and airy, pairs great with candles! this wine is IT! — 9 years ago

Chloe Harrison-Ach
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Caves de l'Angevine

Rosé d'Anjou 2014

Drew Summers
8.9

The power went out about an hour ago, so we (naturally) lit candles, grilled chicken, and drank Rosé & Modelo... — 9 years ago

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Roco

Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2009

No power? Candles, homemade spaghetti sauce, and Roco! — 9 years ago

Mount Langi Ghiran

Billi Billi Grampians Shiraz 2008

A thousand times, yes. Can not beat the price. — 10 years ago

Moraga Vineyards

Bel-Air Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

On the nose? Leather, musty library dust, tabernacle air, hints of menthol. On the pallet? More leather, herbs, earthiness. Nothing at all like the 1992 (98 is better) and nothing like the other thousands and thousand of other Californian wines. — 10 years ago

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Ten Thousand Vines

White Table Wine

Great micro winery! This is a refreshing coconut lime flavor — 11 years ago

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$10.99 a bottle

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Rutherford Sauvignon Blanc 2016

I’ve had the hardest time remembering my new zip code even despite having written it a thousand times in the last few weeks... maybe I’m still dreaming... anyway...

It was still 90° at 7:30 so I went in search of Sauvignon Blanc. Sunshine Foods is the local grocery and has exactly the surprisingly very good selection that should be expected from a specialty local grocer in the heart of Napa Valley. I’m not going to lie, I bought this wine so that I would finally learn my zip code (even if I did let somebody ahead of me at checkout so I could finish researching it).

The winemaker is Sam Baxter of Terra Valentine and it’s sourced from the San Mateo Ranch Vineyard in Rutherford. At $19 that was good enough for me. Loaded with ripe pear and fresh, almost underripe melon, lime zest, and stony minerality, with just a tinge of honeysuckle that softens the corners. The acid is relatively toned down but still present enough to satisfy most purists.
— 7 years ago

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@Isaac Pirolo Cheers 🍷
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Funny!
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Great Deli at Sunshine.

Weingut Krebs

Merlot & Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Two words: Elegance and finesse.

Like a tennis player performing the perfect slice instead of going for the smash. Like a heavyweight fighter dancing around, jabbing a thousand times, even though he could go for the KO any time.

For us good wine making comes down to two simple words: elegance and finesse.In this case it means not pumping the wine till it almost bursts just because you can, but to balance it perfectly. The acidity is there. The power is there. The spice is there. The fruit is there.

So, thank you Jürgen Krebs! This wine didn't only go perfect with tonights bbq, this cool grown grape juice also matched the summer evening like a match made in heaven.
— 9 years ago

Meg, Ted and 7 others liked this

Kumazawa Brewing Company

Tensei Thousand Waves Tokubetsu Junmai Yamahai

Seriously!!! Oh my F WoW! Good luck finding it, when you do drink as much as you can! — 10 years ago

Amanda liked this

Thousand Candles

Yarra Valley Shiraz Blend 2012

Open for 5 days. Other than maybe a little lactic character, no trace of oxidation. Very soft, generous, embraces my palate lovingly. Lots of layers and detail, good fruit but also savory. De stemmed, SO2 only at bottling. 75% Pinot iirc. — 10 years ago

Kit liked this

Sánchez Romate Hnos.

Cardenal Cisneros Pedro Ximénez

Smells like coffee and dates and toffee. Dark brown. Taste of a thousand things. Honey and nuts and prunes and carmel and licorice and molasses and endless other flavors. Thick and sweet. — 11 years ago

Donna Olimpia 1898

Millepassi Bolgheri Superiore 2009

Andrew Lampasone
9.2

One thousand steps the distance between two milestones on a roman road — 11 years ago

Black Mountain Vineyard

Three Candles California Sauvignon Blanc 2011

Lunch at Uncle Jimmy & Aunt Lynn's, Princeton, NJ on 4JAN2012 — 12 years ago

KEO

St. John Commandaria Xynistéri-Mavro Blend

My wife and I went to Cyprus last week. My mum's family is from there and it had been a decade since I had last visited. I was excited to try this wine because. Richard II called it the "wine of kings and king of wines", and it is so named after crusaders. Apparently the wine making process has scarcely changed in a thousand years and the grapes are still sourced from the same mountainous slopes of Troodos.
This bottling is $20 or so and widely available. And it is so delicious. Walnut and spice with a rich, persistent midpalate and long evolution through the finish. It tastes like a Vin Santo but less sweet or a very decent young Madeira.
In recent years higher end, vintage versions have been released. I'm eager to try them.
— 7 years ago

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@James Forsyth James fun and historical review Cheers 🍷
Dawn E.

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Sounds amazing!
Trixie

Trixie

Excellent review! Thoroughly enjoyed the read.

Damianitza

Uniqato Struma Valley Rubin

Rubin is a Bulgarian variety made of crossing Nebbiolo and Shiraz. Funny nose with unexpectedly great taste. Less then 10 thousand bottles made. Check uniquato for more experimental products (e.g. Ruen and more). — 8 years ago

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Zanotto

Col Fondo Glera

good carbonated wine. gets me drunk REAL fast like one sip and I'm fucking DRUBK

But I don't drive while I'm drunk, and neither should you. In 2015 alone, over ten thousand people died in a drunk driving related accident. Please, if you are thinking about driving drunk, just remember that in California drunk driving is punishable by $1,000 fine and/or six months imprisonment (not to mention thousands of dollars in legal fees). Just remember: Stay Alive, Don't Drink And Drive.

but yea, good wine tho
— 8 years ago

Kubota Senju

“Thousand Dreams” Honjozo Gohyakumangoku

Clean with notes of saline and honeydew. Lush mouthfeel. Solid. — 9 years ago

Inglenook

Cask Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Love the deep color, the bold fruit forward in the nose and the good memory of an evening with candles flickering on the patio at sunset. — 10 years ago

Koehler-Ruprecht

Kallstadter Kabinett trocken Riesling 2012

Miguel de Leon
9.0

Yes. A thousand times yes. — 10 years ago

Marshall liked this

Olivier Cousin

Pur Breton Anjou Cabernet Franc 2009

About a thousand times better than expected — 10 years ago

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Patrick Sullivan

Breakfast Wine Thousand Candles Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc

Matté
9.4

Great nose of bay leaf and mint leaf. Heavily textured palate, great fruit, bit funky but leaves an impression — 11 years ago

Domaine de Terrebrune

Terroir de Trias Bandol Mourvedre Rosé 2013

Brilliant Bandol for a summer evening in Thousand Oaks. — 11 years ago

Mike liked this

Quercia Al Poggio

Chianti Classico Sangiovese 2008

Great Chianti, only few thousand bottles produced. — 12 years ago