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PRODUCED BY: Black Stallion Estate Winery This wine is best served as an aperitif, with a very slight chill (under...

2020 Le Vie Angarano Brenta Breganze Vespaiolo

Becky Sue Epstein

Features

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This is the time of year to go full-on Italian for lunch or dinner: a glass of this white wine...

2018 Geodesy “Sage Ridge Vineyard” Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Becky Sue Epstein

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If you’ve never heard of Geodesy wines, the most important thing you need to know is that the company was...

2017 Handley Water Tower Chardonnay, Anderson Valley

Becky Sue Epstein

Reviews

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I found myself charmed by this Northern California Chardonnay – which turned out to be anything but typical. The wine is clean and crisp with a touch of fruit. It’s actually a great introduction to the Chablis style of Chardonnay. Minerality jumps out at you in the aroma and persists Read More

2018 Monte del Frà – Cà del Magro Custoza Superiore

Becky Sue Epstein

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This wine is a star of the very small Custoza DOC appellation in the western part of the Veneto region, near Lake Garda. Opening the bottle is like plunging into a wonderful garden of aromatic white flowers. A couple years of age on this “Custoza Superiore” does amazing things in Read More

Everybody Needs More Frappato in Their Lives

Mike Madaio

Wine Spotlight

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“It’ll be just like Hell today, but with more humidity,” joked the radio weatherman. I believed him; it was one of those brutal summer weeks in the low country – near Charleston, SC – where not only did the mercury-read more- Read More

2019 The Vice Saint Laurent, “Majorelle”, Napa Valley, Single Vineyard

Becky Sue Epstein

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I was surprised to find the St. Laurent grape grown in the Napa Valley, since I usually encounter it only in Austria. In fact this wine is made from the grapes of one single vineyard in Napa. The wine has heady, sharp, boysenberry aromas and a bright flavor, light and Read More

2014 Fattoria Paradiso Vigna Delle Lepri, Sangiovese Riserva Bertinoro, Romagna DOC

Becky Sue Epstein

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Fattoria Paradiso sits in Emilia-Romagna, a region of Italy that is just east of Tuscany, so it is not surprising that many of their great wines are made with the same grape as Chianti, Montepulciano and Brunello: sangiovese. In this case, the wine is made with sangiovese grosso, the traditional Read More

2017 Black Stallion Limited Release Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

2020 Le Vie Angarano Brenta Breganze Vespaiolo

2018 Geodesy “Sage Ridge Vineyard” Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

2017 Handley Water Tower Chardonnay, Anderson Valley

2018 Monte del Frà – Cà del Magro Custoza Superiore

Everybody Needs More Frappato in Their Lives

2019 The Vice Saint Laurent, “Majorelle”, Napa Valley, Single Vineyard

2014 Fattoria Paradiso Vigna Delle Lepri, Sangiovese Riserva Bertinoro, Romagna DOC

2019 Sassotondo Ciliegiolo Maremma Toscana, Tuscany, Italy

2019 Red Electric “Alpine Lily” Chardonnay, Willamette Valley, Oregon

2017 Valle Dell’Acate ‘Il Moro’ Nero d’Avola, Sicily

2018 Notturno Drei Donà Romagna DOC Predappio Sangiovese

2019 Jordan Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County