James Nokes

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | James Nokes

The time has come to enter the New Zealand pinot noir scene. The island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about 1,000 miles southeast of Australia, is at the vanguard of pinot noir production. It has embraced all the mystery pinot has to offer in fruit flavors, spice notes and stunning aromas – and done so at very affordable prices. While New Zealand has become synonymous with sauvignon blanc, the pinot noir it’s making is the most exciting, affordable and diverse on the planet.

3 weeks ago | 1minutewineguy.substack.com | James Nokes

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1 month ago | 1minutewineguy.substack.com | James Nokes

Stage fright affected Joe Nielsen as a competitive piano player. The General Manage and Director of Winemaking at Ram’s Gate Winery in Sonoma played competitive piano as a child where he learned it took more than striking keys and reading music for a performance to resonate with judges. Thanks for reading The One Minute Wine Guy! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. At a competition he’d play a piece of music he’d never seen or studied on a piano on which he’d never played.

1 month ago | coloradopreps.com | Matt Meyer |Dan Mohrmann |James Nokes |Dennis Pleuss |Kevin Shaffer

What a weekend it was. The boys and girls state basketball champions were crowned at four different venues throughout Colorado. During the four-day stretch of games, there were first-time state champions (University and Resurrection Christian girls) along with a championship drought of over a century (Windsor boys) coming to an end. Below is a complete overview of the weekend with stories and photo galleries from the Colorado Preps team.

1 month ago | coloradopreps.com | James Nokes |Kevin Shaffer

DENVER – Sienna Betts has a favorite of her three state titles. It wasn’t the 61-39 win she helped Grandview author over Legend in the Class 6A state title game on Saturday at the Denver Coliseum. But, rather the one she claimed in 2023, the year after her sister, UCLA center Lauren Betts graduated. The younger Betts, the record setting Grandview forward owns the state record for double-doubles, has racked up 2,000 points and almost 1,500 rebounds to go along with three state titles.