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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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Read MoreSome Great Reds To Get You Through Cold Winter Nights
Sometime during the next several weeks you likely will enjoy a hearty meal that cries out for a red wine. Sparkling wine goes with all foods, and whites are good for parties, but sometimes when the cold wind sends a chill through your bones, you have to have a red. A red during the holidays needs to be something special and needs to be good with food. Not all wines are up to the task. So I have prepared a...
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Read MoreSparklers Great Anywhere, But Especially At The Beach
December is the biggest month of the year for sales of sparkling wines, so this week I am giving you my second list of great sparkling wines to drink at the holidays or all through the year. There are so many great Champagnes and sparkling wines it is difficult to tell you about them all. From the least expensive Cavas to the premium-priced Champagnes, all of these should find a home at your table. Which...
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Read MoreHess Allomi Cab Is A Napa Valley Shining Star
Hess Collection Allomi Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, Napa Valley Cost: $31-33 If you say Napa Valley, wine drinkers all over the world know where you are talking about. It produces only four percent of California’s wine grapes and is one eighth the size of Bordeaux, but it is as well known as any wine district on the planet. Napa Valley was the first American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, designated...
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Read MorePoliziano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano A Hearty Holiday Choice
Poliziano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG 2016, Italy Cost: $29-31 Happy Thanksgiving. If you are reading this before your big feast, I hope you are chilling a nice bottle of sparkling wine, because that is a great match with Thanksgiving dinner. Or a dry riesling, a zesty zinfandel or a dry rosé. Now it’s time to turn toward Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year and all the holiday parties scattered through...
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Read MoreFrom Cava To Champagne, Many Great Sparkling Wines
The sounds of the holiday season are not just Christmas carols and Salvation Army bells ringing. My favorite sound is the “pop” you hear when you open a bottle of sparkling wine. Even if you don’t drink sparkling wine all year long (and you really should), chances are you will be drinking bubbly sometime between now and January 1. We all like to celebrate, and there is no better way to celebrate than with...
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Read MoreCh. Malescasse An Elegant Bordeaux At A Great Price
Chateau Malescasse 2016, Bordeaux Cost: $22-24 Over time I have noticed that more than half of my wine reviews tend to be of American wines. In the past three years about 60 percent of my reviews in The Augusta Chronicle cover wines made in the United States. That is mostly by design because American wines tend to be more widely available here and are easier for most wine drinkers to understand. But there...
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