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

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You were just given a generic list of suggestions for dining options, straddling a line between ludicrously expensive and horribly grim.”. Chardonnay represents approximately 70% of vineyards and (almost always) makes up 100% of Blanc de Blancs Champagnes, characterized by its exclusively white grape composition.

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Old, Reliable Cab

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12 Wine Wine & Dine Content Cloud Competitions Creative Cocktails First Press Food Gold Star Management May I Quote You? The photo above is a wintry scene is one of Domaine Bousquet’s Argentina Cabernet vineyards. 2018 Miguel Torres “Manso de Velasco” Curicó Cabernet Sauvignon ($72). and Europe.

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7 Sensational Secrets to Loving Italian Grape Varieties

A Wine Story

White Wine 2 – BOCCADIGABBIA Colli Maceratesi Ribona Le Grane 2018 Ribona is one of the “secret gems” of Italian grape varieties. White Wine 3 – FCO Pinot Bianco Myò 2018 Pinot Bianco thrives as one of the most classic grapes of Italy. It grows near the Adriatic Sea in Civitanova Marche. Crisio Ris. Red Italian Grape Varieties.

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A New Season

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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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Black Vintners and Wine Professionals in the Spotlight?

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opened Woburn Winery, the first American, Black-owned vineyard and winery, in Virginia. Phil Long and his late wife Debra in Livermore Valley 2018, Photo Credit: Deborah Grossman. Pitts is sommelier and wine director of fine dining One Market Restaurant in San Francisco. single vineyards.

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??Willamette Valley Pinot Noir: Sokol-Blosser

A Wine Story

Susan Sokol’s father had an excellent wine collection comprising fine Burgundy and Bordeaux. Blosser spoke at length about growing up in the 1970s on an isolated vineyard. 2018 Bluebird Cuvée Sparkling This is a delicious wine made from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, but also Early Muscat, Muller-Thurgau, and Riesling for freshness.

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?? Lugana Wine

A Wine Story

Beyond maturation, each of the six Lugana wines had a slightly different taste profile depending on the vineyard soil. The Soils Most vineyards feature dense mineral-rich clay soil, mostly glacial moronic. Aging for about 3 months on lees and fine yeasts followed by aging in steel. Grapes macerate before pressing.

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