Wine Finds: Plummy, spicy shiraz is perfect for cooler evenings
It's also a perfect opportunity to check out some of those big red wines you might have avoided during the scorching summer days when the temperatures soared to over 100 degrees. Because I wanted to experiment with a grilled mushroom pizza, I decided …
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2012 Bordeaux White Wine Harvest Over, Red Wine Grapes Still Not Ripe
The 2012 Bordeaux harvest is on the way to setting a record for the latest harvest on record for the red wines. But the harvest for the grapes used to produce dry, white Bordeaux wine is over. In fact, most of those grape are being vinified at this …
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Blessed is Global Cooling: Balanced 'Adult Wines' from California
That is, because of a confluence of maturation in the marketplace and three consecutive cool growing seasons—2009, 2010, and 2011—we're seeing wines that are more balanced, more elegant, and wines that have—I dare say it—less alcohol.
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