2010 i Vigneti di Albino Armani Pinot Grigio
Pinot Grigio (or sometimes Pinot Gris), it’s somewhere between crisp, refreshing, elegant, refined, and innocuous. Pinot Grigio usually produces deeper golden wines with
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2009 Milton Park Shiraz
Syrah, or Shiraz as it can be more commonly found as down under, is one of the other important red grapes that holds
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2009 Bitch Grenache
Grenache, or Garnacha, is one of my favorite grapes. While it doesn’t quite have the depth of color of other larger red grapes,
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2010 Hogue Late Harvest Riesling
Riesling comes in all styles, from bone dry to almost thick, syrupy sweet. While the drier styles ferment out most to all of
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2010 Bougrier Vin De Pays Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc is best known for two things. First, is the powerfully known Vouvray, a minerality driven white that can range from dry
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2010 Smart Cookie Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc
To be perfectly honest, the last few Sauvignon Blanc tastings haven’t gone particularly well. First, the an amazingly vegetal Marlborough turned off almost
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2009 Running With Scissors Cabernet Sauvignon
Welcome to the final tasting of the big six for a back to wine basics series. Cabernet Sauvignon is the big papa of
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2010 Alterra Merlot
Welcome to the fifth of six tastings, Merlot, for a back to wine basics series. Merlot is something of the middle child between
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2010 D’Autrefois Pinot Noir
Welcome to the fourth of six tastings, and the first red, for a back to wine basics series. Reds are a slightly different
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2010 Muirwood Chardonnay
Welcome to the third of six tastings for a back to wine basics series. Following the explosively bright Sauvignon Blanc is the wonderfully
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