A blind tasting of California Cabernet Sauvignon, including some of the best-sellers in the USA
This was a chance to taste 8 Cabernet Sauvignon wines blind, which is always fun. Below are my notes and
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All things about French wine from Taste France magazine
Taste France Magazine is a global-facing online magazine with a goal to share engaging content on French food and drinks,
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Savage Wines: one of South Africa’s top producers, making balanced, elegant wines
Duncan Savage’s first solo vintage was as long ago as 2011, but he still seems to be a fresh face
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Domaine Capmartin, naturally made wines from southwest France
Website: Domaine Capmartin, southwest France This is a family winery, now run by Simon Capmartin. His father created the domaine
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Marlborough at 50: a new project to safeguard the vineyard of the future, using accelerated clonal selection
So the Marlborough wine region turns 50 this year. With its continued growth and success, you could forgive the region
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Exploring Greece (1) Parparoussis Winery, Patra
Parparoussis Winery, Patras, Peloponnese Parparoussis Winery, based in Patras in Western Achaia, was founded back in 1974 by Athanasios (Thanassis)
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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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Three leading English sparkling wines: Nyetimber, Black Chalk and Rathfinny
Did a compare and contrast with three of the top names in English sparkling wines. These aren’t prestige cuvées, but
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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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The wines of Bodegas Frontonio, Aragón, Spain
Website: https://www.bodegasfrontonio.com/en/ Fernando Mora was in town presenting the exciting wines of Bodegas Frontonio. An engineer-turned-winemaker, he and his partner
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