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30 Great Wine Bargains of 2019
______________________________________________________________________ In a sense, the “30 Great Wine Bargains of 2019” is more instructive that the “50 Great Wines of 2019” that I posted a few days...
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Weekend Wine Notes: 20 California Pinot Noirs, from Sta. Rita Hills to...
For this edition of Weekend Wine Notes, I offer 20 examples of wines made from the pinot noir grape derived from a multitude of appellations in California. The styles range from elegant and nuanced to...
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Wine of the Day, No. 601 & 602: Summer Delights from Morgan Winery
It’s hot as blazes in the majority of our country today, so what we require in the name of beverages are cool, clean, refreshing wines. Exactly like the wines I mention today produced my Morgan...
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From the Back of the White Wine Fridge II: Bonny Doon Vinferno 2013
You know how it is. Sometimes bottles get lost in the bustle and business of wine reviewing and linger, forlorn and forgotten, at the back of the lower shelves of the white wine refrigerator. For the...
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12 Red Wines — Not Cabernet, Merlot or Pinot Noir
Not that there’s a darn thing wrong with cabernet sauvignon, merlot or pinot noir grapes and the wines made from them. They’re just so darn ubiquitous. I mean, darn it, these grapes dominate the...
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35 Great Wine Bargains of 2020
Do you ever sip a wine without knowing what the price is and when you find out that it costs, say, $14, you cry, “Wow, I would have paid twice as much!” That’s what I mean by “Great Wine Bargains,”...
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Wine of the Day, No. 658
The Wente Vineyards “Niki’s” Rosé of Pinot Noir 2020, Arroyo Seco, is billed as “small lot,” though we aren’t informed as to how small the lot is, so let’s say under 1,000 cases or even fewer than 800...
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Weekend Wine Notes: More Other Whites
Well, just hum a few bars of “Blue Monday” since I don’t seem capable of posting the Weekend Wine Notes on the actual weekend. I hope the roster of interesting, delicious and sometimes unique wines...
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Weekend Wine Notes: 12 Delightful Wines to Drink for the Rest of the Summer
The date tells us that Summer will soon be over and Autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, per Keats, will soon be upon us. Let’s finish out this waning quarter of the year with a roster of...
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35 Great Wine Bargains of 2021, $20 and Under
It’s all very well to laud and praise the Big Deal Wines, the High-Performance Bottles, the Show Pieces of the Vinous Realms. Many of them are worthy of adulation. Are they worth the prices they often...
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