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Oak has been used for thousands of years as a wine vessel. Going back to Roman times, it was an inexpensive and durable container for transporting wines over land and by sea. And, today, oak remains and important wine vessel. Oak barrels are someti...
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2018 Wilson Creek White Cabernet Sauvignon ($10.97) Yes. That’s right. A white Cabernet Sauvignon. Were you aware that you can make a white wine from a red grape? Well, here’s the proof! And, you can read more about how this is done in my recent pos...
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Traditionally, white wine is made from ‘green’ grapes and red wine is made from ‘red’ grapes. But, did you know that white wines can be made from red wine grapes? First, let’s take a quick look at how white and red wines are made. In the productio...
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2018 Veramonte Carménère Organic Reserva ($11.99) This organic Carménère Reserva from Veramonte is produced from 100% Carménère (kar-men-nair) from the Colchagua Valley in Chile. The Carménère grapes are cold macerated for five days in open-top sta...
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It’s always one of the questions regarding the Thanksgiving meal - “What wine should I serve?” It’s a great question that doesn’t have just one good answer. It has lots of good answers! Conventional wisdom says that with the traditional turkey you m...
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Beaujolais Nouveau. Its name literally means ‘new Beaujolais.’ This wine is named for the village of Beaujeu in France, which is a small region just south of Burgundy. On the third Thursday of each November, France releases Beaujolais Nouveau wine t...
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