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Sektarian (Tasting through the New Austrian Sekt Pyramid for NVWA)
Earlier this year, I happened to get invited to the 2019 Austrian Wine Summit because, well, I’m just that kind of lucky fellow these days. Since one should almost always begin with bubbles, it seems apt that my first foray…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For September 2, 2019
2015 Recanati Winery Carignan Reserve (Judean Hills): Where Geeky, Tangy, and Fantatic all happen to intersect. $45 A- 2016 Covenant Wines ‘Blue C’ Viognier (Israel): The vines might back up to barbed wire, but there’s no negative tension in this…
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crowd pleaser wines, elegant wines, kick-ass wines, on the road, overachiever wines, sexy wines, wine reviewQuadrinity of Trinities (Israeli Wine, Part 2)
It’s in Israel‘s north, along the borders with Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, where you realize that you’re definitely not in Kansas anymore, Toto, viticulturally-speaking. Actually, let’s correct that – it’s not just viticulturally-speaking, it’s just-about-everything-speaking. Certainly the rocky hills in…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For August 26, 2019
2015 Moshin Vineyards Russian River Valley Pinot Noir (Sonoma County): Hitting a lively stride, with juiciness on the one foot, and earthiness on the other. $42 A- 2016 Iris Vineyards Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley): Busting out more smoked meat than…
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