Posts Of The Year: The Nominees (9-11)

More nominees for Top 5 Wine Blog Posts of ’05 (see nominees 1-3, 4-6 and 7-8).  There is still time to nominate your top post…so just do it already.

Nominees 9-11

9. "Ice Wine: What is, & What Really Isn't" by Maggie of  The Wine Offensive - "..Ice Wine is not about the ice; it’s the other stuff that happens to the grapes in the winter that makes a true ice wine. In America, grapes must be Mama Naturally frozen on the vine for at least 48 hours in order to use the phrase “ice wine” on the label.."

10. "Le Celtique Pinot Gris" by Andrew of  Spittoon - "..When you go into a shop, profer a question to an assistant, who then disappears into the storeroom to elicit help from the branch manager, do you really expect to hear snorts or derision from the recesses? No, I think is the answer.."

11. "Numanthia Termes--another take" by PB of  The Wine Cask Blog - "..The violets are short lived but this is what makes wine so absolutely intriguing. It can change from one moment to the next which is why I always taste every red wine immediately and then about 30 minutes after opening and often one last time sometime later..."