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Choosing the right bottle and label is the final step in the art of winemaking. While the bottle and label are more about marketing, branding, and presentation than the winemaking process itself, they do play a role in creating a complete wine expe...
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2023 Valley Road Vineyards Petit Manseng ($29.95) Organized in 2015, Valley Road Vineyards was conceived by a group of friends who brought talents from successful careers in law, advertising, insurance, real estate development, and writing, among ot...
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The amount of residual sugar (RS) in wine can be reported either in grams per liter (g/L) or as a percentage (%). They are just two ways of specifying the same sugar concentration. But, how are the two measures related? Well, it’s actually quite sim...
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2023 Winery at La Grange Petit Menseng ($39) The site of this winery is rich in history. It was originally carved out of Robert “King” Carter’s Bull Run Tract in the 1600s and later became known as La Grange. The Winery at La Grange was established ...
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I recently received a message from a EverWonderWine reader regarding a bottle of white dessert wine that said “Just opened a 2011 bottle. Wine is dark red brown and tastes like molasses with a hint of vinegar. Bleh! What happened? I loved it at the t...
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2023 Barboursville Vineyards Vermentino Reserve ($23) Earlier this year, a qualified team of judges sampled over 620 of the best Virginia wines, ciders and meads from across the Commonwealth. Over the past several weeks, I’ve featured the wines that...
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In Italian wines, DOC and DOCG are classifications that signify different attributes: DOC – Denominazione di Origine Controllata (Controlled Designation of Origin): This classification was established in 1963 It ensures that wines are made in a sp...
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2016 Foley Sonoma Estate Cabernet Sauvignon ($55) Foley Sonoma was founded in 2016 in Alexander Valley, part of the Sonoma Valley, CA. Their winemaking philosophy is about pure varietal expression which produces award-winning, balanced wines rich ...
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An EverWonderWine reader recently had a bad experience with a non-alcoholic wine. It thickened and smelled bad just a few days after opening. The question asked was “What makes a non-alcoholic wine go bad quicker than regular wine?” There are severa...
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