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* Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash * Rioja - Rioja (re-OH-hah), in northern Spain, is their top wine producing region. It produces red wines made from Tempranillo (>80%), but Carignan, Garciano, Cabernet Sauvignon and Matu...
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2022 Flora Springs Napa Valley Rosé ($32) Flora Springs was founded in 1978, but their legacy dates back to the late 1800s when wine grapes were first planted on the Napa Valley property that is now their estate vineyards. The Flora Springs Napa...
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* Photo by Marialaura Gionfriddo on Unsplash * A Montepulciano (mon-ta-pull-channo) wine can be a bit confusing. Typically, the name of the wine either represents the type of grape used to produce the wine or, most commonly in Europe, the pl...
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2022 Fleurs de Prairie Rosé ($20) “Fleurs de Prairie” is named in celebration of the free-spirited wildflowers carpeting their vineyards in the South of France. Crafted in South of France style, this wine is made by the family-owned Les Grands Cha...
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* Photo by Michelle McEwen on Unsplash * Have you ever seen a bottle of sparkling wine that has “Blanc de Noirs” on the label and wondered what it is? Here are a few facts about Blanc de Noirs: Blanc de Noirs is a term from the Champagne r...
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2020 Josh Rose ($14.99) Josh Cellars is a negociant brand which means they don’t own a winery or any vineyards, just like many of the world’s greatest wineries in Bordeaux and Burgundy France. But, they do work with California’s best growers to pr...
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Domaine Bousquet Sparkling Rosé ($13) Domaine Bousquet was founded on virgin land in 1997 in the Gualtallary sub-zone of Tupungato in Mendoza’s Uco Valley. Today, the estate, run by daughter Anne Bousquet and husband Labid al Ameri, is Argentina’s...
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* Photo by Sherwin Photography on Unsplash * Have you ever seen a bottle of sparkling wine that has “Blanc de Blancs” on the label and wondered what it is? Well, Blanc de Blancs is a term from the Champagne region in France. It is used to re...
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2020 Domaine Bousquet Gran-Cabernet Sauvignon ($20) This wine began life in the first vineyard planted by the Bousquet family in 2000, after their arrival from France. In the high desert of Uco Valley in Argentina’s Mendoza region, the site captur...
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* Image by FreePik * Oak is used extensively in winemaking during fermentation and aging. It can add flavor compounds – *including aromas of vanilla, clove, smoke and coconut.* Oak barrels also allow the slow ingress of oxygen – *a process which...
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