Wine Reviews
Miranda Franco
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May 28, 2024
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Château Giscours is a distinguished Margaux estate and, under new management, is producing wines that reflect its third-growth classification. A blend of 65% Cabernet...
Michael Apstein
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May 28, 2024
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Vermentino is a go-to grape/wine when you yearn for a reasonably priced accompaniment for seafood. That is not to say there are no great...
Michael Apstein
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May 28, 2024
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Wines carrying the Vin de France appellation can be either wonderful or awful because they need not obey any rules. The winemaker decides everything...
Michael Franz
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May 28, 2024
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This is the top wine from a terrific producer, but I found it to be rather reticent when cracking into it last week, though...
Michael Apstein
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May 28, 2024
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Barbera has an enormous quality range from insipid to fabulous, which can make choosing one a mine field. Yet, it is my “go-to” red...
Michael Apstein
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May 28, 2024
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Every time I drink Barbera, I thank my friend (and sadly recently deceased) Ed McCarthy. Ed, of course, was known as “Mr. Champagne” but...
Rich Cook
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May 21, 2024
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Just cracking the limit for variety specific labeling with 14 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and 10 percent Merlot in the mix, this producer wisely lets...
Roger Morris
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May 21, 2024
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It struck me that the red wines I tasted from Ehlers’ 2021vintage were all somewhat aggressive, and that it might be a tannin overload...
Rich Cook
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May 21, 2024
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This offering will please a crowd of Chardonnay fans, with some oak, but not too much, enhancing apple and lemon creme aromas and flavors...
Rich Cook
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May 21, 2024
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I would imagine that the challenge of making “zero sugar” wine is to keep it in the “dry” zone and out of the “drying”...
Rich Cook
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May 21, 2024
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There is no mistaking this as anything but Petit Verdot, and it is a fine example. It is more taut than the California examples...
Rich Cook
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May 21, 2024
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As usual, the Chappellet Cabernet Franc is a dark side expression of the variety, and it is prized by its fans for precisely that...