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tour of grapes
As we begin a new year, EverWonderWine will take you on a tour of the more common grapes, A to Z, used around the world to produce wine. We’ll look at where the grapes originated, where they’re grown, the various aroma and flavor profiles as well a...
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2021 Trujillo Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ($96) Michael Trujillo arrived in Napa Valley in 1982 from his family’s farm in Colorado. He grew up helping his father year-round in the fields, and learned early on about how soil, climate, pests and cr...
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tour of grapes
Albariño 🥂 Albariño grapes are mostly found in the northwest of Spain and Portugal but they owe their growing popularity to the success of wines coming from the Rias Baixas appellation in Spain. Albariño thrives in cool, maritime climates that pre...
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2022 Gary Farrell Russian River Selection Pinot Noir ($22) Gary Farrell Russian River Selection Pinot Noir is blended from some of the region’s top vineyards. The Rochioli and Bacigalupi vineyards are in the Middle Reach subdivision, where close pro...
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tour of grapes
Alicante Bouschet 🍷 Alicante Bouschet (ally-can-tay boo-shey) was created in 1866 by botanist Henri Bouschet when he crossed Granacha with Petit Bouschet in Southern France. This grape is unique in that both the skins and the flesh are red, yieldin...
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2016 Olarra Classico Gran Reserva Rioja ($30) Olarra Clásico Gran Reserva 2016 is a well-regarded Spanish red wine from the Rioja region of Spain. With a history dating back 50 years, Bodegas Olarra base their wines on the ideal selection of the ra...
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Aglianico 🍷 Aglianico (ahl-YAH-nee-koh) is a red wine grape that is thought to be native to southern Italy. Originally, it was thought that Aglianico was from Greece. Its name is actually a derivation of the word “Hellenic” meaning Greek. But, recen...
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2023 St. Francis Sonoma County Pinot Noir ($25.99) The fruit for this wine was sourced from multiple vineyards in the Sonoma Coast region. This Pinot was fermented using a combination of techniques, fusing both old and new world styles of Pinot Noi...
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Barbera 🍷 Barbera (Bar-BEAR-ah) is thought to have originated in the hills of central Piemonte (“peh-ah-MON-tey”) Italy, where it has been known from the 13th century. That’s significantly earlier than Cabernet Sauvignon that has only been around si...
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