Wine Reviews
Michael Apstein
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October 5, 2010
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This wine, produced by Concha y Toro, continues their tradition of delivering more than you’d expect from the price. Showing more than just fruit–even...
Michael Franz
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October 5, 2010
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As the saying goes, there’s no accounting for taste, but in my opinion the un-serious label of this wine undersells it, as the product...
Marguerite Thomas
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October 5, 2010
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This particular vintage of Shirvington’s splendid Cabernet makes me think of the recently deceased Tony Curtis. (Stay with me here). Like the actor in...
Gerald D. Boyd
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October 5, 2010
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Conspire is what Winemaker/Proprietor Amy Aiken likes to call her “Anything But Cabernet” wine. For this bright and fruity Pinot Noir she went to...
Marguerite Thomas
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September 28, 2010
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This Cabernet is proof that California is starting to produce downright palatable wines in contemporary eco-friendly bag-in-box packaging. Most of the better ones I’ve...
Paul Lukacs
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September 28, 2010
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The entry-level Ribera del Duero from Figuero, this youthful red comes from ten to twenty year-old Tempranillo vines, and has been aged in barrel...
Tina Caputo
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September 28, 2010
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With a pleasantly earthy aroma, this Pinot’s bouquet has notes of ripe, black fruit. It has rich, ripe blackberry and black cherry flavors, with...
Mary Ewing-Mulligan
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September 14, 2010
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Over the years, I have been underwhelmed by the Chianti wines produced by the Cantine Leonardo da Vinci, but this new release pleasantly surprised...
W. Blake Gray
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September 21, 2010
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From a vineyard planted in the early 1990s, this is a brambly, somewhat savory wine with raspberry and black currant fruit and a little...
Paul Lukacs
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September 21, 2010
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Very Burgundian, meaning light-bodied but flavorful, with a supple, silky texture on the palate, this wine offers a great deal of character and personality. ...
Tina Caputo
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September 14, 2010
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What, you’ve never heard of a sparkling wine from North Carolina? This one — made with 88% North Carolina fruit — might make you...
Marguerite Thomas
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September 14, 2010
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Rare is the California Pinot Noir that exploits the lean, wild side of this unique grape rather than the plump lushness typical of Pinot...