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      Hidden Italian Getaway Near Venice: Discovering Asolo’s charm, wine and history

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      A History of Wine near Venice in Six Families

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    2009 Donnafugata Ben Ryé Passito di Pantelleria DOP

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    This golden amber wine has scents of apricot, fig and raisin, with a touch of flowers.  On the palate, there’s a suggestion of smoky honey at first, then it becomes more rounded into orange and fig flavors. A very slightly syrupy texture on the tongue is immediately balanced by the

    Struggling with Wine Tasting Notes

    W. Blake Gray
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    Tasting notes are the hardest thing for me to write about wine. I have strong opinions about the elements of a good tasting note. But while I love a good argument, I have stayed out of this one because I don't feel comfortable telling other people how to write them.

    In the Midst of the 2012 Champagne Harvest: Numbers on the Ground

    Caroline Henry
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    This fall, instead of just talking about the Champagne Harvest, I decided to join the army of pickers who, every year, descend upon the region. In order to immerse myself in les vendanges (the harvest) I contacted Champagne Jacquesson, a small Champagne House that farms about 19 hectares of vineyard

    In Case of Sickness, Take Nosiola Wine

    Elisabetta Tosi
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    Almost all Italian wine regions have a wonderful tradition of “medicinal wine” used to restore strength to new mothers, to accelerate healing in those who are suffering from a bad flu, and to nourish old people. In Trentino, the wine to be uncorked “in case of sickness” or, as they

    Exploding Onto the Scene: Realizing the Potential of Etna Wines

    Simon J Woolf
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    When Ciro Biondi announced that he was going to abandon his career as an architect, in order to revive the generations-old family wine business, his father was not impressed. In fact he was so unimpressed, he refused to even taste a bottle of the estate's wine when it was put

    Palate Press Group Websites

    David Honig
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    A few weeks ago Palate Press published a story entitled WBC12 - Observations and Opportunities. In that story we first introduced the new idea of Palate Press Group Websites. The idea flowed from a few observations at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Portland, Oregon. There, we noted that the growing

    Beyond Bordeaux, China’s Taste for Wine Uncorked

    Elizabeth Wishnick
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    A new sophistication about wine is emerging in China, where only a few years ago it was common to see people at banquets mixing Coca-Cola or Sprite with their Great Wall red. At first Chinese wine drinkers gravitated to status purchases of wine from the great châteaux Bordeaux, but now

    Napa Cult Cabs, ‘They’re Absolutely Getting Screwed’

    Evan Dawson
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    Sometimes a wine is so good, so special, that it stays in your brain for days. Weeks, or even months. And sometimes it can force you to confront what you think you know about wine. That was the case after I was mesmerized by a bottle of 1994 Dunn Howell
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