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Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 13 (The Evolution of Modern Carménère with Terra Noble)
The evolutionary winemaking journey of what we might call modern Carménère red wines in Chile looks something like this: Treating it like Merlot because they actually thought it was Merlot -> Living with the fact that its tannins were just…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For November 2, 2020
2017 Pasqua ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Passione e Sentimento Rosso (Veneto): Where for art thou, dark cherries? Oh, ok, here you are. $18 B NV W & J Graham’s Six Grapes Special Edition River Quintas Port (Porto): Say, that’s a very…
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Cold-Blooded Murder Cartoons, and One Glass to Rule Them All (Wine Products Roundup)
Here’s another in the occasional series of reviews of samples that I receive that cannot be safely imbibed. In this round, we’ve got a cartoon of full-on, cold-blooded murder, and maybe the last wine glass that you’ll need to be…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For October 26, 2020
NV Camille Braun Cremant d’Alsace Brut (Alsace): It’s not actually NV Champers; but you’d be pretty hard-pressed to tell the difference… $29 A- 2017 Kuentz-Bas Pinot Blanc (Alsace): Lovely balance between lemon perkiness and tropical breadth. $18 B+ 2018 Lucien…
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