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Showing posts with label Grape Spotlight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grape Spotlight. Show all posts
Monday, July 28, 2025

Grape Spotlight: Vernaccia di San Gimignano with Fattoria Poggio Alloro

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Bonagiunta da Lucca; e quella faccia | Bonagiunta from Lucca; and that face di là da lui più che l'altre trapunta | beyond him more embo...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Grape Spotlight: The Green Valley of the Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

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Sonoma County includes multiple AVAs which in turn, include even more sub-AVAs. One of the coolest and foggiest of these is the Green Valley...
Thursday, June 5, 2025

Grape Spotlight: McLaren Vale & Barossa Valley Grenache at the Rediscover Australia Roadshow

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Grenache (also known as Garnacha in Spain) is one of the world’s most widely planted and celebrated red wine grape varieties. Known for its...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Gambero Rosso's Vini D’Italia 2025 Roadshow

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On April 30th, Gambero Rosso , Italy's premier food and wine media group, returned to Washington DC celebrating the Vini D’Italia 2025 ...
Monday, May 19, 2025

Grape Spotlight: Castilla y León D.O. Bierzo Mencia

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Mencia is to D.O. Bierzo what the Prieto Picudo and Albarin grapes are to D.O. León. A subregion within Castilla y León primarily dedicate...
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Effervescence Unleashed: What is Champagne?

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Champagne is a sparkling wine that is exclusively produced in the Appellation d’Origine Controlee area of Champagne, France and made using t...
Monday, May 12, 2025

Grape Spotlight: Abruzzo's Tullum DOCG Pecorino

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The  Tullum DOCG is one of Italy's smallest and newest DOCGs -- becoming that country's 75th DOCG in 2019.  The DOCG is confined to...
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Grape Spotlight: Virginia Gamay Through the EWE25

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Gamay (Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc) is most famous for producing the fresh, red wines of Beaujolais. It is also grown in other parts of France (...
Monday, April 28, 2025

Grape Spotlight: Albarin Blanco from D.O. León & I.G.P. Castilla y León

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At a recent Castilla y León Roadshow event, I saw Albarin Blanco on the tasting sheet for  Leyenda Del Páramo  and thought "Nice, Alb...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Grape Spotlight: Prieto Picudo from D.O. León & I.G.P. Castilla y León

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Castilla y León is located in northwestern Spain between Galicia & Portugal and Rioja and is that country's largest wine-producing ...
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Grape Spotlight: Islas Canarias DOP Listán Blanco and the Bodega El Lomo 4 Lías

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Courtesy of vineyards.com The Canary Islands archipelago is an interesting region for growing grapes as it is the most tropical of Europe...
Friday, December 6, 2024

Grape Spotlight: Canary Islands Lanzarote DOP Listán Negro and the La Geria Winery Rosado

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Courtesy of vineyards.com The  Canary Islands  archipelago is an interesting region for growing grapes as it is the most tropical of Europe...