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Read MoreChateau Haut-Brion For $20? Clarendelle Comes Close
Clarendelle Saint-Emilion 2014, Bordeaux Cost: $19-21 Unless you have a rich uncle, or a really, really great friend, you probably will never taste Chateau Haut-Brion, one of the most famous and most expensive wines in the world. But thanks to the Bordeaux house that produces Haut-Brion you can come close for only $20. Clarendelle Saint-Emilion 2014 ($19-21) will shatter your expectations about French...
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Read MoreFlora Springs Trilogy Is A Sleek, Powerful Wine
Flora Springs Trilogy 2017, Napa Valley Cost: $82-87 Retirement just isn’t in the cards for some people. Red wine lovers are thankful that was the case for Jerry Komes. He and his wife Flora found a beautiful piece of property in Napa Valley and planned to retire there. Instead, after a little coaxing by their son John, they restored the ghost winery on the property and started making wine. It was really...
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Read MoreNik Weis Produces Crisp, Complex Riesling From Mosel
Nik Weis St. Urbans-Hof Ockfener Bockstein Kabinett 2018, Germany Cost: $25-27 Some of the best riesling wines in the world come from the Mosel region in Germany. The Mosel River and its tributaries carve steep valleys as they wind their way from the western border of Germany northeast to the city of Koblenz where the Mosel joins the Rhine River. The vineyards of the region are on these slopes, which can...
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Read MoreHarveys, Tio Pepe Are Two Of The Best Sherries
Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry, Spain Tio Pepe Sherry, Spain Cost: $14-16, 19-21 When was the last time you had a glass of sherry? It probably has been awhile. Sherry is one of those drinks that has a little mystique about it, and most people don’t know much about it. I have heard some people talk about sherry as something their aging aunts drank years ago, sitting on the porch, waiting for dinner. Well if...
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Read MoreGarofoli Podium Offers Smooth, Creamy Fruit Flavors
Garofoli Podium 2016, Italy Cost: $25-27 My wife Teri loves chardonnay, and I like it too, with the right meal. But after a while I am looking for some of those other great white wines to try. One night between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, we wanted a quiet evening at home with a simple meal. We both love shrimp, so that was the choice this night and my challenge was to find a good white to make the meal...
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Read MoreKenwood Six Ridges A Great Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon
Kenwood Six Ridges Cabernet Sauvignon 2016, Alexander Valley Cost: $34-36 Nearly all wine drinkers know about Napa Valley, but many know nothing about Sonoma, the next valley over the mountains to the west. That’s a shame because Sonoma is home to many great wineries, and they produce many wonderful wines. It is home to 18 distinct American Viticultural Areas and 60,000 acres of vines. A great example of...
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Read MoreInniskillin Icewine A Great Change Of Pace For Dessert
Inniskillin Vidal Icewine 2017, Canada Inniskillin Cabernet Franc Icewine 2017, Canada Cost: $49-51, 84-86 So the dinner dishes are all washed and put away, the children are in bed. And you are sitting on the couch, staring at the fire, dreaming about the year ahead. What’s your drink of choice? Many people would say port, and it’s difficult to argue with a good port. But there is a another alternative:...
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Read MoreRamey Chardonnay Ranked #7 In Wine Spectator Top 100
Ramey Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay 2016, Napa Valley Ramey Rochioli Vineyard Chardonnay 2016, Russian River Valley Cost: $64-66 Around the holidays we usually eat a lot of seafood. I’m not sure why that is, but we are probably trying to balance out all the other heavy meals we eat. With seafood we almost always have a white wine. Few seafood dishes can stand up to the weight of a good red wine, and white...
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