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Daily Archives: October 21, 2024

Anderson Valley Pinots Soar

I’m not entirely clear whether I’m doing readers a service, or risking great confusion by writing about Mendocino’s Anderson Valley Pinot Noir the month after I wrote about Sonoma’s Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. ‘I tell people I’m from Anderson Valley, and they often say, “Oh yes!” – and then they start raving about Healdsburg and Cabernet Sauvignon’, says Courtney DeGraff, executive …

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Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 10/20/24

Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I post them to my magazine on Flipboard, but for those of you who aren’t Flipboard-inclined, here’s everything I’ve strained out of the wine-related muck for the week. Women in wine – Alice PaillardChampagne lady. 5 Producers We Love In The Sta. …

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Bodegas Izadi: A history of innovation, authenticity and commitment to Rioja’s whites

Bodegas Izadi sits in Rioja Alavesa on the border of the Basque country. Bodegas Izadi represents a new generation of Rioja wineries: innovative, insatiably curious and diverse. Founded by the entrepreneur Gonzalo Antón in 1987, this boutique estate is committed to the highest standards of winemaking and site expression, producing exceptional wines from old bush vines and an impressive array …

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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for October 21, 2024

The post Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for October 21, 2024 appeared first on 1 Wine Dude. I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format. They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) …

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DWWA Shopper’s Guide: Award-winning wines from Booths

Booths is known for its dedication to sourcing quality local produce. The selection below, which includes some top performers from this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards, showcases this northern retailer’s quality, range – and good value. Booths is a small, family-run chain of supermarkets with 28 stores in the northwest of England. It’s known for its commitment to working with …

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Clos de la Roche: A Burgundian grand cru for those in the know

Clos de la Roche. Clos de la Roche is the largest grand cru in the Côte de Nuits’ Morey-St-Denis, producing sumptuous and ageworthy wines that easily last 50 years in the cellar. Despite its enviable location and undisputed quality, Clos de la Roche sometimes lacks the star power of the grands crus of Gevrey-Chambertin to the north or Chambolle-Musigny to …

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Cara Menguasai Panggung di Vampy Party

Cara Menguasai Panggung di Vampy Party merupakan judul dari sebuah artikel kami kali ini. Kami ucapkan Selamat datang di steveheimoff.com, Mengungkap Dunia Perjudian Melalui Kata-kata, Strategi, dan Kisah Nyata. Pada kesempatan kali ini,kami masih bersemangat untuk membahas soal Cara Menguasai Panggung di Vampy Party. Perkenalan Cara Menguasai Panggung di Vampy Party Vampy Party adalah permainan slot bertema vampir yang menghadirkan …

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A drink with… Pierre Mansour

The Wine Society has been celebrating its 150th anniversary throughout 2024, with a jam-packed programme of events, special bottlings and producer-facing initiatives. One of the highlights has been the quarterly release of the different tranches of the Generation Series. We sat down with wine director Pierre Mansour ahead of the fourth and final launch. Decanter: These last few years have …

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Ghosts of Napa Valley film released before Halloween

Ghosts of Napa Valley is being released via Somm TV this month. Ghosts of Napa Valley is a documentary film by Jason Wise, the James Beard award-winning director behind the Somm series, and seeks to take a light-hearted and spooky look at haunted tales in the region. It follows three friends – sommelier Claire Coppi, wine writer Shakera Jones and …

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Greener wine travel: Champagne by train

The high-speed TGV train travelling alongside vineyards, Reims, Champagne. Most visitors to Champagne head for Epernay, a quiet town whose main attraction, the Avenue de Champagne, is home to a number of well-known Champagne houses (including a fair few who trade more on the foot traffic than the quality of the wines), the regional museum of Champagne’s wines, and a …

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