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      2024 “this life” brut AOC Crémant de Limoux – A Valentine Sparkler

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      2023 Villa Sandi “Il Fresco” Prosecco DOC Rosato Brut

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      Flying Saucer Wine: 2019 Bonny Doon “Le Cigare Volant” Red Wine of the Earth

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      2010 Chehalem “Stoller Vineyards” Pinot Noir

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      Why Low-Alcoholic Wine May Be Increasing & An Adult Beverage Option; Even No-Alc can be Tasty

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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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    Astringency In 1,024 Words

    Erika Szymanski
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    It’s a flavor! It’s a feeling! It’s an airplane! No, it’s astringency! On the surface, astringency seems like pornography. It’s easy to recognize, even if it’s difficult to define. The problem is that it isn’t really all that easy to recognize. In wine, astringency is easily and often confused with

    Palate Press Wine of the Week – Skipstone “Oliver’s Blend” Cabernet Sauvignon

    David Honig
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    The nose shows raspberry and elderberry, with hints of raspberry licorice and coffee. It has a beautifully velvety mouth feel, with pillow-soft tannins. Mulberry and black cherry lead, with mocha making a clear appearance on the mid-palate. This is silky-smooth and ready to drink now. Pair with New York strip.

    Souverein Winery “Stuhlmuller Vineyard” Cabernet Sauvignon

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    The nose is sweet and herbal, with eucalyptus-tinged plums over sweet mixed berries. Dark fruit leads on the attack, moving toward red fruits on the mid-palate. Dark chocolate and mocha over black cherries make up the lingering finish. This is a multi-layered and pretty wine. Drink with venison or elk.

    Medlock Ames “Kate and B’s Block” Cabernet Sauvignon

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    The nose is spicy, with cedar, blackcurrant, and a touch of vanilla. The mouth-feel is silky smooth. The palate leads with soft black fruit, blackcurrant leading to blackberry. Sweeter blueberry shows on the mid-palate. The finish lingers, with spice box and coffee. Tannins are dusty, acids bright. This is a

    Alexander Valley Vineyards “Alexander School Reserve” Cabernet Sauvignon

    David Honig
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    This wine was aged for two years in forty percent new French oak. The nose shows blackcurrant and menthol. On the palate, this shows more red berries, particularly on the mid-palate. It opens with boysenberry and black cherry, then moves to tart red fruit, raspberry and tart hints of cranberry

    Microsatellite DNA Analysis, Shaping Genetic Understanding of Grapes

    Rob Tebeau
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    By Rob Tebeau Originally published in Palate Press: The online wine magazine Many wine enthusiasts are aware that cabernet sauvignon is the result of a crossing that happened long ago between sauvignon blanc and cabernet franc, but have you ever wondered just how we know that? Why do we know

    2008 Rodney Strong “Alexander’s Crown” Cabernet Sauvignon

    David Honig
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    This has a deep, dark nose with spice box and sweet vanilla. The palate is brighter, with red fruit and blackberries on the attack. Black currant and red currant show on the mid-palate. It has firm tannins and good.  This is a very feminine Cabernet, with high-toned red fruits offering

    Armenia: Endearing, Scrappy Mountain Country in the Caucasus

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    Arriving at night at an airport at the end of a journey, sometimes it’s hard to realize how remote a location you’re in until you start driving around the next day. This is what happened to me when I landed in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, a few weeks ago.
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