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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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Breaking Bad: French Wine Rules VS Vincent Paris, Granit blanc, 2015
French wine has many, many, many rules. Many. To put a place name on a label might require using one grape type, one pruning method, a max yield, a min or max potential alcohol, using only sugar or water additions, barrel and bottle aging times. Why do the French do this? Well, ideally, this preserves traditions and wine styles. Otherwise, France might endlessly chase trends: tearing up Merlot for Syrah in Bordeaux, planting Chardonnay in Sancerre, or making Prosecco in Champagne. *Shudder
In Cornas, northern Rhône’s smallest (possibly most adorable) region, you can only make 100% Syrah. Continue reading
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Bloody Bubbly Lambrusco For Halloween
Happy Halloween! We begin tonight with bloody bubbles from Italy. Umberto Cavicchioli e Figli’s Vigna del Cristo Lambrusco di Sorbara 2015 is dry, crisp, and light with strawberry pith, red grapefruit, and a fine chalk finish. Ok! Maybe it is a … Continue reading
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Monster Halloween Wine: ZD Abacus Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley XVIII
This Halloween, if you really want to blow minds and scare money out of your wallet or purse, consider a wine unlike any other. It is made by ZD winery, which has grown for three generations under the deLeuze family. They make great Napa Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, but their organic Caberent Sauvignon vineyard in Rutherford is top notch. Continue reading
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Tagged Abacus, candy, Count, Dracula, drink, Halloween, immortality, Napa Valley, solera, undead, wine, Winery, ZD, zombie, zombies
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Happy Birthday to Me
No birthday would be complete without some cool climate, alcoholic magic. The pure tidiness of Chardonnay-only Ruinart Blanc de Blancs Champagne kicks and curls with lemon, white pear, angel food cake, and light chalk. Then a pumpkin millefeuille begs for … Continue reading
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