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Showing posts with label Grape Spotlight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grape Spotlight. Show all posts
Monday, June 17, 2024

9diDANTE, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Vermouth di Torino Superiore IGP

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9diDANTE comes to life as a modern liquid version of the poem (Comedìa). To us, Vermouth is a power struggle between Wormwood and all the ot...
Thursday, May 23, 2024

Grape Spotlight: Rheinhessen QbA Riesling & Art of Earth

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The region has been cultivating grapes for wine production at least since ancient Roman occupation. It is also the home to the oldest surviv...
Monday, April 22, 2024

Grape Spotlight: DO Costers del Segre Danaus Red Wine

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Costers del Segre is Catalonia's most inland wine region and generally speaking, this region is harsh. It's semi-arid, with a climat...
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Another Exploration into Uruguay Tannat

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Last week I was able to continue my exploration of Uruguay wine - specifically Tannat - through a Masterclass presented by Peter Granoff, M...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Let's Visit Alentejo, Portugal through the Herdade do Esporão Reserva

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Herdade do Esporão is a Portuguese wine brand that many readers might have familiarity with.  They are the largest producer in the Alentejo...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Grape Spotlight: Cortese di Gavi DOCG from Riva Leone

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The Gavi or Cortese di Gavi DOCG is an appellation covering still and sparkling white wines produced from the indigenous Cortese grape grown...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Anderson Valley Pinot Noir through Crosby Roamann

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The illustrious Anderson Valley is located in the rolling hills of the northern California coastal region of Mendocino County, 110 miles nor...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Catalonia Cariñena (Samsó)

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Carignan (Cariñena in Spain) is a black-skinned wine grape variety, most likely native to Aragon. The variety is found in wines along the Me...
Saturday, November 18, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Louisiana Blanc Du Bois from Landry Vineyards

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Pierce's disease is a bacterial disease caused by Xylella fastidiosa, which lives in the water-conducting system of grapevines and is sp...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Rías Baixas, Val Do Salnés, Attis Bodega y Viñedos Souson

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Did you know that red wine is being produced in Rías Baixas? Val Do Salnés is the oldest of the five sub-regions in Rías Baixas and contai...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Masciarelli Trebbiano d'Abruzzo

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Abruzzo  is a naturalist's dream "as half of the region's territory is protected through national parks and nature reserves, mo...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Masciarelli Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

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Abruzzo is a naturalist's dream "as half of the region's territory is protected through national parks and nature reserves, mo...
Thursday, June 8, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Etyek-Buda Szentesi Zengő

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The Etyek-Buda PDO has many unique characteristics regarding Hungarian wine regions. It is very small (1,652 hectares of vineyards) and the...
Friday, May 5, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Pannonian Area Blaufränkisch & Kékfrankos

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Like the  Wine Tour Across Borders  between Baranja (Croatia) and Villány (Hungary), there is a similar scene between Neusiedlersee (Austria...
Friday, April 28, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Neusiedlersee Zweigelt

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The creation of the Zweigelt variety in the 1920s, a crossing between Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent, only really gained recognition after th...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Etyek-Buda Szentesi Tihany Kék

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Since I purchased six Szentesi Pince wines from the Taste Hungary wine club Szentesi’s Grapes from the Past shipment we will be moving rap...