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* Photo by Andrew Seaman on Unsplash * While heat can be a bottle of wine’s biggest enemy, it turns out that light can also do damage. The biggest source of light damage comes from a bottle being exposed to too much sunlight and its harmful...
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Masciarelli (Mass-shee-ah-RELL-ee) Winery is located in the Abruzzo region of Italy on the eastern coast, just east of Rome on the Adriatic Sea. It was established in 1981 from the entrepreneurial intuition of Gianni Masciarelli. Today, Miriam Mascia...
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* Photo by Corina Rainer on Unsplash * As mentioned last time, non-alcoholic wine is actually is ‘real’ wine that’s been made from fermented grapes. It then undergoes processes to remove all or part of the alcohol. But, the lingering question...
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Masciarelli (Mass-shee-ah-RELL-ee) Winery is located in the Abruzzo region of Italy on the eastern coast, just east of Rome on the Adriatic Sea. It was established in 1981 from the entrepreneurial intuition of Gianni Masciarelli. Today, Miriam Masc...
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* Photo by MK Digital Products on Unsplash * Embarking on a “Dry January” involves voluntarily abstaining from alcohol consumption for the entire month of January. This practice has gained popularity as a New Year’s resolution, with individua...
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behind the cork
Masciarelli (Mass-shee-ah-RELL-ee) Winery is located in the Abruzzo region of Italy on the eastern coast, just east of Rome on the Adriatic Sea. It was established in 1981 from the entrepreneurial intuition of Gianni Masciarelli. Today, Miriam Mascia...
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* Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay * Amphora is a ceramic vessel usually made of earthenware (e.g., clay or terra cotta) that was originally used in the transport of grains in Roman times. Research has shown that the use of amphorae...
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2019 Rockbridge Vineyards V d’Or ($32) Rockbridge Vineyards is located in Raphine Virginia which is part of the Shenandoah Valley AVA. Approved in 1982 as Virginia’s first American Viticultural Area, the Shenandoah Valley AVA is located in the Ap...
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2020 Briedé Family Vineyards Brut Sparkling Winchester ($53) From the Shenandoah Valley AVA, here is a wonderful sparkling wine! Briedé Family Vineyards was established in 2013 in the Shenandoah Valley AVA in Winchester Virginia (just west of the...
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* Photo by Michelle McEwen on Unsplash * Looking for a good, affordable bottle of bubbly for the holidays? Consider Cava. Cava is a sparkling wine from Spain with a lot of similarity to French Champagne. In fact, the Spanish bubbly was calle...
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