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2016 Bodegas LAN Crianza This Bodegas LAN Crianza is from Spain’s famous Rioja region that is best known for its Tempranillo that is a full-bodied wine that is typically high in tannin. The winery’s name LAN represents the initials of the DOCa prov...
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Did you know that there is such a thing as apple wine? Well, indeed it exists! While the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) states that fermented apple juice that is under 8.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) is cider or ‘Hard Cider’, it consid...
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2019 Beronia Rosé ($12.99) Here’s another returning star to Behind the Cork™. This Beronia Rosé is from the Rioja region of Spain. It is produced from 70% Tempranillo and 30% Garnacha. Both the Tempranillo and Garnacha grapes underwent cold pre-fe...
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Have you heard of blind wine tastings? No, it doesn’t involve blindfolds. That could get messy. What a blind wine tasting means is that the taster is ‘blind’ to things such as where the wine is from, the winery that produced the wine and the price ...
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2012 LAN Rioja Reserva Recently I featured LAN Rioja Crianza as the Behind the Cork™ wine of the week. Now we step it up to the LAN Rioja Reserva. This Rioja is from vineyards in the Rioja Alta and Alavesa subzones with an average age of vines bein...
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When wines get described you’ll often hear terms such as soft, smooth, silky, plush, firm, sharp and round. These are common textures we are familiar with when touching something with our hands. But what do these textures mean in wine? Simply put, a...
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2019 Domäne Wachau Grüner Veltliner Federspiel ($14.99) Grüner Veltliner is Austria’s most important grape variety. And this one is from the famous Wachau Valley noted for its steep terraced vineyards. The word Federspiel in this wine’s name identi...
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My “Ah ha” moment with wine involved a Berbera. “A what?” I asked. I’d never heard of it and really, really liked it. Barbera (Bar-BEAR-ah) is a grape that is grown throughout Italy, especially in the Piedmont region. It is Italy’s third most grown ...
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