{"id":161,"date":"2009-01-08T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2009-01-08T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T00:05:00","slug":"whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s in a name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019m sitting down to compose my first entry with a glass of 2005 BV Rutherford Cabernet close at hand. When I first began cutting my chops in the wine industry, before the release of their acclaimed 1984 vintage, BV offered three Cabs: Beautour, Rutherford and\u00a0Georges de Latour. The Rutherford was their mid-range offering, produced in large batches, and selling for $7.98. Today, BV has more Cabernet selections than I care to count and the Rutherford\u2014you\u2019re lucky to find it under $35.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Still, it\u2019s nice to launch my wine blog with an old friend by my side. After all, the name\u00a0Sostevinobile<\/span>\u00a0is a bit more than a mouthful, although you\u2019ll find it goes down quite smoothly once you can handle its mellifluous pronunciation.\u00a0Sostevinobile<\/span>\u00a0is my original portmanteau, a fusion of the Italian word sostenere<\/span><\/span>, vino<\/span><\/span>, and nobile<\/span><\/span>\u2014respectively, to sustain, wine and nobile (as in noble grapes)<\/span>. It\u2019s also the working name for my latest venture, a rather expansive wine bar opening later this year with an exclusive focus on wines from California, Oregon and Washington.
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I should clarify that and note that we will only be serving sustainable<\/span><\/span> wines from the West Coast, although that will narrow our selection to around a mere 98% of the wines produced here. The irony, though, is that virtually every restaurant these days boasts a menu culled from local, sustainable ingredients: produce, meat, fish, cheese, bread, etc., then features a wine list that\u2019s 75% imported wine\u2014or more.\u00a0Sostevinobile<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>promises to be the first full-service wine bar that addresses this inconsistency.
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I\u2019ve been an impassioned proponent of the wine we produce here ever since I migrated West, following my stint in a graduate Creative Writing program somewhere back East. One thing I and\u00a0Sostevinobile<\/span>\u00a0can promise is that there will be no shortage of intriguing variety and excellent quality in all the wines we will be serving.
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Let the journey begin here.<\/span><\/div>\n

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