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    Lively yet Sustainable: 2018 Esporão Colheita Branco

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    Made by a large, innovative, family-owned company with organically certified grapes from their own vineyards. Most Portuguese white wines are blends that may vary slightly with each vintage, and this is no exception, though the main varieties in this wine are listed: antão vaz, viosinho and alvarinho. The wine has

    New Rare Wine from a Historic Grape: 2017 Cameron Hughes Muscat Canelli Lot 648

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    Very dusty bottles, nearly hidden at the back of shelf in an old wine shop: this was my first encounter with Muscat Canellli, soon after I began visiting Napa and Sonoma to learn about wine. Because the labels and the bottles were unknown to me, I was intrigued. I bought

    Women and Wine in Burgundy, Revisited

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    “You do not notice changes in what is always before you.” - Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette I first reported on Burgundy’s Women and Wine organization in 2016 for Palate Press, and this year marks the twentieth anniversary of Femmes et vins de Bourgogne or FEVB. Back in 2000, Burgundy [Bourgogne in French]

    Summer Cognac: REMY MARTIN COGNAC VSOP

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    At the end of a hot summer day, you might be wandering along the riverside in the town of Cognac, France, waiting for a wonderful evening event to begin – maybe the jazz festival or the film noir festival. You’ll be handed your first Cognac Long Drink, to rehydrate: in

    Mezcal Convite Esencial Joven PDO — Far from Basic

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    While there are many agave spirit lovers whose hearts belong to tequila, I’m also part of the mezcal minority: the variegated flavors of well-made mezcals are winning me over. In case you haven’t noticed, during the past decade or so mezcal has been evolving from a liquor of harsh rusticity

    Red wine to chill: 2016 Les Cadrans de Lassègue Saint Emilion Crand Cru

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    This is a red wine you can chill for a bit, to enjoy during the summer. Even though it's from the famed Bordeaux region, don't hesitate to put it in the fridge for a half-hour or so before drinking -- as if it just came out of a wine cellar.

    Lively Chilean Red Wine: 2017 Ventisquero Grey Glacier Single Block Carménère

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    This wine is made with grapes grown in one particular block of the coastal vineyards of Chile’s Maipo Valley, and this winery tells us this vineyard is drip-irrigated from its own deep wells. The wine has fairly intense aromas which emphasize nice dark-red, even purple fruit. There are earthy, leather

    2018 Pam’s Unoaked Chardonnay

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    In this very moderately-price California chardonnay, a nice herby aroma is surprisingly followed by a feeling of sweetness on the front of the tongue, which dissipates into oaky peachiness in a medium body, with some butteriness. End-palate of apricot, minerality, some hints of chalk and lively acidity along with the
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