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2013 Fife Creek Vineyards Russian River Valley Zinfandel ($10) This was a recent find of a Russian River Valley Zin that doesn’t break the bank. This Zin tends toward being light for a Zinfandel. It’s almost leaning toward a light-bodied wine, alm...
Read more →Ice wine (*eiswein *in Austria and Germany, or the single-word icewine in Canada) is produced from the pressings of frozen grapes. Germany and Canada are the leading producers of traditional ice wines, but Austria, Switzerland and the United States...
Read more →I constantly get asked “What’s a good bottle of wine to buy?” And my response is always the same “What kind of wine do you like?” because the wines that I like may not be the ones that you would like. So I’ve struggled with the question and how to...
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Wishing you a very happy and prosperous 2017! Cheers! ...
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Wishing you the happiest of holidays! May your days be filled with holiday cheer while enjoying time with family and friends. Cheers! ...
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2014 Robledo Family Winery - The Seven Brothers Sauvignon Blanc ($7) This Sauvignon Blanc from Lake County is really nice. Thinking that this was so much better than a $7 bottle of wine, I headed out to the Robledo Family Winery website (www.robl...
Read more →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 called Champaña in Spain until the 1970s when French r...
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2014 Chateau Ste Michelle Columbia Valley Riesling ($7) This Riesling out of Columbia Valley is refreshing with flavors of peach and lime. This is considered somewhere between a medium-dry and medium-sweet wine and the 12% alcohol level confirms t...
Read more →During the winter months and the holidays, mulled wine is a very popular drink, especially in European countries. Partly by tradition and partly because it’s a warm drink that is enjoyed on cold evenings. There are many names for mulled wine includi...
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Have you heard of “Pét-Nat?” Well, it’s actually* pétillant-naturel* but it seems to be more affectionately known as “pét-nat.” Pét-Nat is a natural sparkling wine made using the ancestral method. Whereas the Champagne method involves a secondar...
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