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A New Season

Sante

Soon, the trees and flowers will be blooming, birds will be building nests, hummingbirds will return to the north and we will all eventually get back to “normal” We will once again enjoy picnics, outdoor concerts, dining in restaurants and travel! La Fiera Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo Rosé DOC 2018. Alcohol: 12%.

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Holiday Wines to Spread Joy

Sante

Interestingly, the Georgians call “blends” those wines made from the same grape harvested over many vineyards. Diora 2018 La Grand Majesté Pinot Noir, San Bernabe AVA??. A rare appellation (AVA) with only one vineyard and one owner, San Bernabe is tucked under the Santa Lucia Mountains in Monterey County.

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A Celebration Of Women In Wine

The Wine Knitter

Madame Clicquot (Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin) became the proprietor of the famous champagne house in 1772, transforming it into an iconic winery, Veuve Clicquot, that earned her the title “Grande Dame of Champagne.” However, I never wait for March 1st to come around; I like to keep the acknowledgments going all year long!

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An Eater’s Guide to Visiting (and Drinking) Champagne 

EATER

Lots of the houses had little trains you could take [through the cellars] that were reminiscent of something you would have seen at Disney World,” remembers Christian Holthausen, a French-American strategic consultant in the wine & spirits industry, of his early career in Champagne in the 1990s.

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Halloween Or Hallowine!

The Wine Knitter

There are pumpkins to carve, costumes to make, parties to plan, and of course, let’s not forget scary haunted houses, spooky trails, and ghost tours! There are pumpkins to carve, costumes to make, parties to plan, and of course, let’s not forget scary haunted houses, spooky trails, and ghost tours!

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A New Season

The Wine Knitter

Soon, the trees and flowers will be blooming, birds will be building nests, hummingbirds will return to the north and we will all eventually get back to “normal” We will once again enjoy picnics, outdoor concerts, dining in restaurants and travel! Although many of us are sequestered right now, Mother Nature is not. Alcohol: 11.5%

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Sparkling Wines Of Germany

The Wine Knitter

Documents date back to the 18th century, alluding to “wine re-fermenting in the bottle,” but it wasn’t until 1826 that Sekt was first recorded. Among them was Georg Christian Kessler, who worked as an employee at Veuve Clicquot and then brought his expertise back to Germany.

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