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      2008 Brooks Willamette Valley Riesling

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      Downtown Healdsburg for Fine Wine and Gourmet Dining

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      Enjoy Cancun-adjacent Isla Mujeres at Coco B Villas

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    2011 Greywacke “Wild Sauvignon” Sauvignon Blanc

    David Honig
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    Fresh and clean, with a bouquet of citrus flowers and a lovely palate to pair with seafood. This is very pretty and light on the nose, with aromas of pears, citrus flowers and fresh-cut grass. The attack is pineapple and cut grass, adding tangerines and gentle Meyer lemon on the

    Winetrepreneurs: Tony Leonardini and BNA Wine Group

    Kristina Anderson
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    Throughout high school and college, winemaker Tony Leonardini worked for his father Tom at Whitehall Lane, the family winery purchased when Tony was just 13 years old. He liked the work but always knew he wouldn’t end up in the family business. After all, Leonardini is as much entrepreneur as

    2010 Trinitas “Mysterium” Red Blend

    David Honig
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    Juicy and floral, this kitchen sink wine offers light bright fruit supported by firm tannins. The nose has black cherry, strawberry jam, and rosewater. Black cherry and plum, loaded with plum skins, lead, followed by red currant on the mid-palate. It also has a touch of salinity and cinnamon. Tannins

    A Pinot Paradise in the Santa Cruz Mountains

    Mary Orlin
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    Pinot Paradise If I had to name one grape varietal defining the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA in Northern California, it would be pinot noir.  There are as many variables to growing Pinot as there are soil varieties, microclimates and vineyards in this mountainous region.  You’ll find elegant, refined Pinots and

    2011 Aquinas Cabernet Sauvignon

    David Honig
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    Black cherry, tobacco leaf, and cocoa waft up from the glass. Blackberry and black raspberry lead on the palate. Cocoa, black cherry, and tobacco leaf show on the mid-palate, and the raspberry and leaf linger on the finish. Tannins are powdery. Acids give a tart zing. Drink with pot roast.

    Rioja Gran Reserva: Expensive — But a Remarkable Value

    David White
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    Each year, the wine world eagerly awaits Wine Spectator's "Top 100" list. Since 1988, the magazine's editors have looked back over the wines they've reviewed over the previous 12 months to rank the 100 wines that most impress them "based on quality, value, availability, and excitement." This year, the competition

    2011 Rodney Strong “Chalk Hill” Chardonnay

    David Honig
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    The nose offers delicious aromas of baking pears in puff pastry. Rich on the palate, it has baked pears and spices and baking bread. Citrus makes an appearance on the mid-palate, a light touch of lemon meringue adding acid that lingers, counter-balancing the baked flavors, through the long finish. Mouth-feel

    2008 Kennedy Shah Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

    David Honig
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    Coffee, fig, and chocolate are on the nose. Blackberries and a bit of red currant lead on the palate, which fills out with mocha on the mid-palate. Tannins are big, dusty bordering on gritty, and mouth-drying. Black fruit dominates, but red fruit keeps a spine of tartness from attack through
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