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2015 Gerd Anselmann Pfalz Trocken Riesling ($14) This German Riesling, from the region of Pfalz, is “Trocken” meaning dry (little to no residual sugar). So, while many German Rieslings are sweet, this is an example of one that, while having little...
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Germany, where Riesling originated, today produces nearly half of the world’s Rieslings and ones that are considered the best the world has to offer. German Rieslings have bright acidity and equally big sweet fruit flavors of green apple, citrus an...
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2015 Chateau Ste. Michelle Columbia Valley Riesling ($7)  This Riesling from Washington’s Columbia Valley is listed as being between Medium-dry and medium-sweet. So, remembering that ‘Dry...
Read more →Riesling is a wine that is most famously produced in Germany where nearly half the world’s Riesling grapes are grown. Other great producers of Riesling include the Alsace region of France, Australia, Austria, Canada and the United States. Riesling th...
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2014 Line 39 California Pinot Noir ($10) ‘Line 39’ represents the 39th parallel of Northern California’s wine country and this Pinot Noir is from vineyards in Monterey. As with most California Pinot Noirs, this wine has nice strawberry, raspberry ...
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When choosing a wine, one of the characteristics of interest to you might be its sweetness. But how can you really tell if a wine has sweet tendencies? The label may have some sentences on the back label to tell you just a little bit about the wi...
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2014 Chateau Ste. Michelle Indian Wells Chardonnay ($11) This Chardonnay, from Washington’s Columbia Valley, not only has great flavors of pineapple and mango, but add rich flavors of butterscotch and caramel from its fermentation and oak aging. B...
Read more →Last time, the topic of residual sugar was discussed. Simply put, residual sugar (RS) is a measure of the sugar (typically in grams per liter) that remains in wine after fermentation. During an uninterrupted fermentation, the yeast will continue to...
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2014 Pasqua Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore ($9) Valpolicella is an Italian wine generally produced primarily with the Corvina grape and blended with Rondinella, Molinara and sometimes Negrara grapes. Ripasso, or “repassed,” refers to the method o...
Read more →One of the terms that gets thrown around in the wine world is ‘Residual Sugar.’ But it’s not something you are going to read about on a wine’s label. So, what is it and why should you care? Let’s take a quick step back and review the basics of the w...
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