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Read MoreDark Horse Wines Are The Steal Of The Summer
Dark Horse Rosé 2016, California Cost: $9-12 Sometimes when a winery or a wholesaler has a lot of wine to sell you see it on sale everywhere. I get a little suspicious when I see every wine outlet with a big sale on a particular wine. Is it so bad no one will buy it, or are they dumping excess wine? Dark Horse wines have been on sale everywhere this summer, but there should be no worry about the quality...
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Read MoreFlora Springs Mounts Campaign For White Wine Emoji
Flora Springs Sauvignon Blanc 2017, Napa Valley Cost: $26-28 Have you ever been on social media and looked for an emoji but couldn’t find it? Just when I thought there was an emoji for everything the folks at Flora Springs have come up with one they think you should have: the white wine emoji. They have even developed a change.org petition to gain support for the movement. It’s gaining traction, but...
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Read MoreFirst Friday Tasting-Wine World-Sept. 7
Time for Wine World’s First Friday tasting. Six wines will be featured, 1 white, 3 red and a rosé. Don’t forget those cheeses. Where: Wine World, 133 Georgia Ave., North Augusta, SC 803-279-9522 When: Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, 5 to 8 pm Cost: $5, with rebate on the purchase of 1 bottle of the featured wines Here are the wines presented (click to see more): Bodegas Borsao Rose 2017 Hess Select...
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Read MoreCoup de Grace Is A Wonderful Red Blend From Lodi
Freelance Wines Coup de Grace Red Blend 2015, Lodi Cost: $28-30 Really, the only things you need to make good wine are great grapes and a knowledgeable winemaker. Sure, it helps to own vineyards, a fancy winery and tasting room, but those things are not essential. What really matters are the grapes and some imagination. Both seem to be plentiful at Freelance Wines, which makes Coup de Grace ($28-30), a...
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Read MoreVan Duzer Pinot Rosé Full Of Lush Fruit, Crisp Acidity
Van Duzer Pinot Noir Rosé 2017, Willamette Valley Cost: $19-21 If you haven’t had a rosé lately, now would be a good time to try one. It seems like ever-growing numbers of wine drinkers have discovered the joys of a dry rosé. Check out your favorite wine shop and you will see many more rosés on the shelves than ever before. Part of that is because more people are making rosé, but also the wine they are...
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Read MorePortugal’s Post Scriptum Tastes Like A Bordeaux
Prats + Symington Post Scriptum 2016, Portugal Cost: $26-28 What many wine lovers like to do is hunt down less expensive versions of outstanding wines. It’s common for great Bordeaux houses to have a second or even third label. Now the practice has become widely accepted in Italy, California, Oregon and Portugal. Chryseia was one of the early wines released when winemakers started producing non-fortified...
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Read MoreChateau Montelena Riesling Hits The Sweet Spot
Chateau Montelena Riesling 2017, Potter Valley Cost: $26-28 Riesling is one of the best wine grapes in the world, yet many people don’t even try it because they think they won’t like it. Some people think they don’t like sweet wines and they think all rieslings are sweet. In reality, rieslings are made in a range of styles from dry to sweet. Even if you think you don’t like sweet wines, you should try a...
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Read MoreSherwin Family Wines Draw Rave Reviews At Calverts Dinner
Craig and Beverly Calvert presented another outstanding wine dinner at Calverts Restaurant Thursday night. They had a packed house for the special dinner paired with wine from Sherwin Family Vineyards. Everyone knew they were in for a special treat because Craig seems to rise to the heights of culinary creativity when he has a wine dinner with special wines. The dinner also was a fund raiser for the...
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Dark Horse Wines Are The Steal Of The Summer
Dark Horse Rosé 2016, California Cost: $9-12 Sometimes when a winery or a wholesaler has a lot of wine to sell you see it on sale everywhere. I get a little suspicious when I see every wine outlet with a big sale...
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Hurricane Weekend Tasting-Cork & Flame-Sept. 14-15
Roger says they were going to showcase bourbon barrel wines but he said “what we will be tasting depends on Hurricane Florence!Many of our distributors are located on the east coast and all have shutdown to...
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Flora Springs Mounts Campaign For White Wine Emoji
Flora Springs Sauvignon Blanc 2017, Napa Valley Cost: $26-28 Have you ever...
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Saturday Only Tasting-Cork & Flame-Sept. 8
They had a private reception in the Wine Store Friday evening so they had no...
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First Friday Tasting-Wine World-Sept. 7
Time for Wine World’s First Friday tasting. Six wines will be featured,...
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Coup de Grace Is A Wonderful Red Blend From Lodi
Freelance Wines Coup de Grace Red Blend 2015, Lodi Cost: $28-30 Really, the...
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Van Duzer Pinot Rosé Full Of Lush Fruit, Crisp Acidity
Van Duzer Pinot Noir Rosé 2017, Willamette Valley Cost: $19-21 If you haven’t...
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