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Recent Wine Reviews- West Coast Rosé of Pinot Noir: Not Just for Summer September 15, 2022
- Pelliegrini’s Three Shades of Pinot Noir September 14, 2022
- Victor Mendes: From Successful Wine Retailer to Negociant September 5, 2022
- Crimson Lane Vineyards: An Exciting New Quality-Oriented Winery in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains September 5, 2022
- Iliana Malihin: Fire and Wine in Crete August 30, 2022
- Lyrarakis Winery: Saving Crete’s Indigenous Grapes August 28, 2022
- New Releases from Bodega Marichal of Canelones, Uruguay August 22, 2022
- 2021 Italian Rosatos of Sangiovese & Other Varieties August 17, 2022
- Morét-Brealynn: A New Promising Pinot Noir Label August 16, 2022
- Italy’s Rosé from a White Grape: Valentino Butussi’s Pinot Grigio Ramato August 15, 2022
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West Coast Rosé of Pinot Noir: Not Just for Summer
The rosés of Pinot Noir being made in California and Oregon are substantial wines suitable for drinking the year-round. In this article, we review some of our favorites from the 2021 vintage. Most of them are cultivated and fermented specifically … Continue reading
Posted in California, Countries and Regions, Oregon, Pinot Noir, Rosé, Uncategorized, Wine Type
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Pelliegrini’s Three Shades of Pinot Noir
The Pellegrini family emigrated from Lucca, Italy, to Santa Rosa, California, in 1915 and soon began growing grapes and making wine. Sixty years later the family established the Olivet Lane Vineyard in the Santa Rosa Plains. Today, Alexia Pellegrini, the … Continue reading
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Victor Mendes: From Successful Wine Retailer to Negociant
Vienna Vintner’s Victor Mendes is offering customers and wine club members a new line of delicious wines sold under the VIX label. The wines are sourced from California’s Central Coast and are crafted in collaboration with Edgar Torres, owner and … Continue reading
Crimson Lane Vineyards: An Exciting New Quality-Oriented Winery in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains
Businessman Tom Herrity is doing everything right with his new vineyard and winery in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We recently visited him to see the progress he’s making and to taste his first vintage, made by winemaker and brother-in-law, Dominick … Continue reading
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Iliana Malihin: Fire and Wine in Crete
In recent decades Crete has rediscovered it indigenous grapes and old vineyards of self-rooted vines. Iliana Malíhin has been one of the leaders of these efforts in the high elevation vineyards of schist and quartz-riddled clays located near the village … Continue reading
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Lyrarakis Winery: Saving Crete’s Indigenous Grapes
Lyrarakis is a family winery on the Alagni plateau in Peza located south of Heraklion. It’s known for rescuing indigenous varieties like Dafni, Plytó, and Melissaki. It also specializes in other Cretan grapes like Liatico, Kotsifali and Mandilari. Brothers Sotiris … Continue reading
Posted in Countries and Regions, Greece, Greek Wines, Red Wine, Uncategorized, White Wine, Wine Type
Tagged Assyrtiko, Dafni, Kotsifali, Liatiko, Mandilari, Plyto, Vidiano, Vilana
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New Releases from Bodega Marichal of Canelones, Uruguay
Tannat is Uruguay’s signature grape. Unlike the fiercely tannic Tannats of France’s Madiran region, those of Uruguay are accessible early on with rich flavors, good depth, and in the hands of the right winemakers, like Juan Andrés and Alejandro Marichal … Continue reading
Posted in Countries and Regions, Red Wine, Uncategorized, Uruguay, White Wine, Wine Articles, Wine Type
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2021 Italian Rosatos of Sangiovese & Other Varieties
Italian rosatos (rosés) are made throughout Italy from a large number of grape varieties including Nerello Mascalese from Mt Etna, Nero D’Avola from elsewhere in Sicily, Aglianico from Campana, Barbera and Nebbiolo from the Piedmont, Grenache (Gamay di Trasimeno) from … Continue reading
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Morét-Brealynn: A New Promising Pinot Noir Label
Morét-Brealynn (More-ay Bree-lynn) Wines is a new label of Russian River Pinot Noirs that carries the name of its founder, Morét Brealynn. The three wines reviewed here are her inaugural vintage. They are all delicious and easy-drinking, young wines made … Continue reading
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Italy’s Rosé from a White Grape: Valentino Butussi’s Pinot Grigio Ramato
The Valentino Butussi vineyard and winery are located in one of the most charming parts of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the small town called Corno di Rosazzo. Overlooking (see photo) the vineyards of Corno di Rosazzo is the Abbey of Rosazzo, which … Continue reading
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