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Things Are Going to Get Worse Before They Get Better (Thoughts on SipSource’s 2023 Wine Data)
Looks like things are going to get (even) worse for the global wine industry before they get better. My friend Jeff Siegel recently reported on wineindustryadvisor.com about the release of 2023 wine sales data from SipSource (owned by the Wine…
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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for March 25, 2024
2019 Foley Family Brut (Sta. Rita Hills): Flowers, biscuits, and a veritable orchard of green, red, and yellow apples. $65 A- 2012 Tom Gore Vineyards Field Blend (Alexander Valley): Still has a ton of vanilla, blackberry, and smooth moves. $35…
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Grenache By Any Other Name (Madrevite Recent Releases)
Madrevite‘s Nicola Chiucchiurlotto has one of those made-for-TV-movie prodigal son type of stories that seem so prevalent in the wine world. In 2003, Chiucchiurlotto founded Madrevite in Castiglione del Lago, which sits in the hills near lakes Trasimeno and Chiusi,…
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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for March 18, 2024
2020 Monteabellon ’14 Mesas’ Tempranillo (Ribera del Duero): Dark! Lots of cherry, tobacco, wood spices, dried herbs, cinnamon, vanilla bean, big structure… but good acids! $39 A- 2011 Principe de Viana Tinto Reserva (Navarra): This one is ALLLL about the…
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