Highlights: Red Tail Ridge ‘Frost Smoke’ Blau Franc Blend 2021 Finger Lakes
I’m in Syracuse at a wine conference (Bev NY 2023) and I had a free night, so I went into
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Highlights: Bedell Wines Albariño 2019 North Fork of Long Island, New York State
Website: Bedell Cellars Bedell have been making wine on the North Fork of Long Island since 1980, and their winemaker
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Highlight: AD Beckham Pinot Gris Amphora 2018 Chehalem Mountains, Oregon
Andrew and Annedria Beckham make some really lovely wines from their vineyard in Parrett Mountain (in the Chehalem Mountains AVA).
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Highlights: Barbeito Vinhas de Lanço Vedelho 2020 DOP Madeirense, Portugal
Here I’m tasting Barbeito Vinhas de Lanço Vedelho 2020 which is a table wine made from Madeira grapes by the
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Highlights: Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage 2020
Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage 2020 Northern Rhône, FranceI can’t remember ever having a bad bottle from Dard & Ribo, the natural
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Highlights : Borja Pérez Artífice Vidueños 2020, Ycoden Daute Isora, Tenerife, Spain
Borja Pérez is an ex-race car driver-turned winemaker based in the northern part of Tenerife. After his previous high octane
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Highlights : Bodega y Viñedos Nicolas Catena La Marchigiana Criolla Vino Natural Ancestral 2019, Mendoza, Argentina
La Marchigiana is Catina’s respectful look to the past, fermenting indigenous Criolla in clay pots. Though the amphora here was
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Highlights: Roebuck Estates Rosé de Noirs 2017, England
Another really impressive English fizz. Roebuck Estates Rosé de Noirs 2017 Sussex, England12% alcohol. Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier aged
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Highlights: a wine made from a forgotten old variety in Israel, Dalton Grounded Zuriman 2021 Galilee
The interesting story behind this wine is that it is made from the Zuriman grape variety. Israel has a lack
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Highlights: Itay Lahat Roussanne 2021 Upper Galilee, Israel
I’m in Israel, to talk at a conference on regenerative viticulture tomorrow. So it’s only appropriate to be drinking a
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