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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For September 21, 2020
2018 Symington Quinta da Fonte Souto ‘Florao’ Branco (Alentejo): Lemons, blossoms, flint, and almost pure joy. $NA B+ 2017 Symington Quinta da Fonte Souto Branco (Alentejo): Luxuriant in dress, pithy…
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Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 10 (“The Vineyard Is the Style” – Fort Ross Vineyard Recent Releases)
Add yet another locale to the list of gorgeous places that I’m supposed to be visiting, but the opportunity for which has been heinously denied to me due to the…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For September 14, 2020
2017 Cortes de Cima Sauvignon Blanc (Alentejo): Just the thing to cool you off after cutting the grass, & to remind your nose that you just, well, cut the grass!…
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Alentejo Postcard, Part 5 (“Lost Art” – José de Sousa Recent Releases)
Making wine at J.M. da Fonseca’s José de Sousa in Portugal seems, from what I can discern, like a huge pain the ass. First, they’re fans of lagare foot-treading their…