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Recent Wine Reviews- Teliani Valley: Outstanding Values from a Modern Georgian Winery November 30, 2020
- The Vineyards at Dodon: Organic Viticulture in Practice November 19, 2020
- Selections from Portugal: Affordable Current Releases November 18, 2020
- Mt. Airy’s Black Ankle Vineyards: Maryland’s Vinous Star November 16, 2020
- New Releases from Maryland’s Linganore Winecellars November 11, 2020
- Wines to Brighten Up Your Thanksgiving November 10, 2020
- Battuello Vineyards: A Napa Grower’s New Wines November 9, 2020
- Cottanera’s New Releases from Sicily’s Mt. Etna November 2, 2020
- Albariños from the Palacio de Fefiñanes: Current Releases October 29, 2020
- Tezza: Current Releases of Amarone and Ripasso from the Valpantena Valley October 26, 2020
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Teliani Valley: Outstanding Values from a Modern Georgian Winery
The country of Georgia has the world’s oldest winemaking tradition, over 8,000 years, yet they’re new to many consumers. Georgian wines are increasingly appreciated by wine enthusiasts and the trade owing to their uniqueness and excellent quality to price ratios. Wines … Continue reading
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Selections from Portugal: Affordable Current Releases
Portugal is home to 400 varieties of grapes, many of which make delicious wines and most of which are unfamiliar to the average consumer. In this article, we review some current releases of white and red blends of Portuguese grape varieties … Continue reading
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Mt. Airy’s Black Ankle Vineyards: Maryland’s Vinous Star
When Ed Boyce and Sarah O’Herron established Black Ankle Vineyards near Mt. Airy, Maryland, in 2002, little did they know it would become one of the East Coast’s premiere wineries. Today, they’ve developed a cult following, a large and growing wine … Continue reading
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New Releases from Maryland’s Linganore Winecellars
Founded in 1976 in Mt. Airy, Linganore is Maryland’s oldest estate vineyard and winery. With 80 acres of vineyards nestled on 230 acres of rolling countryside and an annual production of 40 thousand cases, Linganore is also Maryland’s largest winery. … Continue reading
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Wines to Brighten Up Your Thanksgiving
For most of us 2020’s Thanksgiving will be different. Because of the COVID pandemic, family and friends will not be gathering in large numbers to celebrate. Instead, we’ll keep it smaller for the sake of everyone’s heath. Although we’ll … Continue reading
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Battuello Vineyards: A Napa Grower’s New Wines
In 1906 Italian immigrant Matteo Battuello arrived in America by steamship docking at Ellis Island. Relatives in Napa Valley encouraged him to come to California, which he did, and in 1909 he purchased property in Saint Helena and founded Battuello Vineyards. … Continue reading
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Cottanera’s New Releases from Sicily’s Mt. Etna
Mt. Etna is one of the world’s most unique wine terroirs, as we discovered on our trip there for our report on The Wines of Sicily. In this article, we review the current releases of one the most prominent producers, Cottanera. Located … Continue reading
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Tezza: Current Releases of Amarone and Ripasso from the Valpantena Valley
100% organic certified, the Tezza winery in the Valpantena Valley northeast of Verona is now managed by the third generation of the family. They undertook a major renovation of their 28 hectares of vineyards in the towns of Poiano, Nesente, and … Continue reading
Posted in Amarone, Countries and Regions, Italy, Red Wine, Uncategorized, Wine Type
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Boordy Vineyards: New Releases from Maryland’s Historic Winery
Boordy Vineyards is Maryland’s oldest and most storied winery [see the story below). It’s also one of the most visible examples of the rapid rise in quality of East Coast wines. We’ve reviewed Boordy wines on a regular basis and featured … Continue reading
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Roero’s Malvirà in Italy’s Piedmont: New Releases of Single Vineyard Arneis and Nebbiolo
Tasting the single vineyard Arneis and Nebbiolo wines from Malvirà brought back pleasant memories of our visit to the winery in Canale while working on our Roero report. That’s when Roberto Damonte presented the wines at the Hotel Villa Tiboldi … Continue reading
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