On the ARG wine front, below is a link to an interesting article in Bloomberg News from earlier this week discussing Michel Rolland and, specifically, his involvement in producing Clos de los Siete. We have bought that wine for awhile now and liked it. Pricing here in NYC is a bit less than that quoted in the article.

And, on a separate point, we are now seeing a few ARG Rose wines here. Interesting. I've had some that were just Ok, nothing terrific so far. I have a bottle of Dolium Rose in the fridge and will try it this weekend. Cheers.
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‘Satan’ of Grape Consulting Blends Own High-Alcohol Red Wine

Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Bordeaux vigneron Michel Rolland, consultant for more than 100 wineries in a dozen countries, is blamed by some for fostering the fashion for high-alcohol cult wines like those from California’s Harlan Estate and Staglin Family. Yet a recent tasting of Rolland’s seventh vintage of the Argentine wine Clos de los Siete shows he is able to make a 21st century-style red at the top of its class. And with the 2008 vintage, he does it for only $19 a bottle.

http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?...d=aS5cmZnJUG5U