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Winery Profile: Château Chasse-Spleen
Who: Château Chasse-Spleen What: The Cru Bourgeois That Could Where: Moulis (Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux, France) Why: Because Chasse-Spleen went utterly unrecognized in the 1855 Classification — the...
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Winery Profile: Corison
Who: Corison Winery What: Old-Soul Napa Cabs with Class Where: Rutherford and St. Helena (Napa), California Why: Because Cathy Corison is simply “good people.” Because she is honest, even if...
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Regional Profile: Rioja
Where: Rioja DOCa, north central Spain, boxed in by the Pyrenée Mountains to the northeast and the Cantabrians to the northwest, running roughly along the River Ebro. Rioja is broken up into three...
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Winery Profile: Domaine Fourrier
Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin Vieille Vigne Who: Domaine Fourrier What: Jockey for Gevrey, Vested with Old Vines Where: Gevrey-Chambertin (Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France) – including Grand...
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Winery Profile: Clos Roche Blanche
Who: Clos Roche Blanche What: Free-Thinking Radical, Dedicated to the Dirt Where: Touraine (Loire Valley, France) Why: Because Clos Roche Blanche’s winemaker Didier Barrouillet will come right...
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Back to Basics: What are Tannins?
Have you ever sipped a really big, bold red wine and noticed after swallowing that your mouth feels incredibly dry? Maybe your tongue feels stuck to the roof of your mouth, or it’s like a bunch of teen...
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Regional Profile: Maipo
Regional Profile: Maipo Valley, Chile Where: Maipo is within Chile’s large Central Valley, which is appropriately named as it’s relatively in the center of the country from north to south as well as...
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Regional Profile: Barossa Valley, Australia
Where: Barossa Valley is a “Geographical Indication” (or GI, basically an appellation) set within the Barossa zone in the state of South Australia. It’s a valley set back from the coast, following the...
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Regional Profile: Sonoma County
Where: Hugging the Pacific Coast and running east until it hits the Mayacamas Mountains, Sonoma County is about an hour north of San Francisco. Map of Sonoma County wine regions (AVAs) from...
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Winery Profile: Château de Beaucastel
Who: Château de Beaucastel What: Pop Star of ‘Papes, Topping Charts with All 13 Varietals Where: Châteauneuf-du-Pape (southern Rhône, France) Old vines and galet stones at Beaucastel,...
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