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Sip & Sit: Bringing Your Best Fur-iend to a Wine Tasting at Paloma Vineyard
Heading out for a wine tasting can be a blast, and it's even better when you can bring your furry friend along! At Paloma Vineyard, we understand that leaving your pooch behind can pull at your heartstrings, so why not skip the sad puppy eyes and bring them with you?...
Laura’s Tasting Notes: The 2003 Paloma Merlot
This light brick colored wine shines as a slightly transparent red. For those that love older wines, this vintage, still has flavors to express. This vintage is 85% Merlot & 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aromatics off the glass are blue raspberry, dried ripe raspberry,...
The “proper” way to taste wine
First and foremost, the proper way to taste wine is to enjoy it! If you’re not enjoying it, you might be doing it wrong... One of many reasons to enjoy wine is its unique complexity. It allows its drinker to reflectively consume, as opposed to consuming just for the...
What kind of wine is Merlot? 10 fascinating details about the mystique of Merlot
The journey through the vineyards of France is where we start as we unravel the captivating story of the Merlot wine grape varietal. With its lush flavors and velvety texture, this red wine grape has charmed wine enthusiasts for centuries. Explore ten intriguing...
Stuart’s Letter
Being a vintner is a never ending process. Often it is exhausting, and at times, overwhelming. When these moments creep up on you, it is so important to stop and reflect on your why. We chose this lifestyle and more often than not, it is fun. There is nothing exactly...
Laura’s Tasting Notes: The 2018 Paloma Merlot
On the nose, this wine approaches with a soft, round, plushness of ripe summer berry fruits and a hint of savory sage. In the mouth, the wine sits silky with a presence of savoriness; it is extremely approachable upfront. This is very typical of Paloma wines thanks to...
Laura’s Tasting Notes: The 2019 Paloma Merlot
Paloma's 2019 Merlot opens with cranberry and rich cassis followed up with a slightly dry mocha aromatic. This wine unfolds like a flower as you taste. It lands in the mouth with small strings of tannin and carries itself on a cool floral body. Its weight is just...
Laura’s Tasting Notes: The 2016 Paloma Merlot
On first inhale plum, cherry, and sage waft into the nose. The wine is a beautiful Christmas cranberry color with a tint of purple. After letting the wine breathe for a few minutes the soft round notes of cranberry jam with subtle star anise identify themselves. As...
Laura’s Tasting Notes: The 2011 Paloma Cabernet Sauvignon
The first puff of aroma off the bottle strikes as bright pink starburst before it settles into something totally different in the glass. As the aromas break open, earthy garden florals fill the air. On the pallet, the acidity of this one hundred percent Cabernet...
Laura’s Tasting Notes: The 2015 Paloma Merlot
This vintage of Paloma Merlot is a slight deviation from the typical blend of 85/15 with an 86% Merlot and 14% Cabernet Sauvignon mix. On the nose, fresh fruits of raspberry and plum waft up out of the glass, followed by an undercurrent of earthy herbs, like thyme and...