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Price: $7 Maker: Bodegas San Valero Soc. Coop, Cariñena, Spain Varietal: Tempranillo Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 12.5% Our Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Manyana Tempranillo 2005 is a surprisingly light shade of red in the glass, and has a mild fruit nose with berries and licorice. The wine is light-bodied, starting with [...] Price: $9 Maker: Bodegas Victorianas, Spain Varietal: Tempranillo Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 We tried Santana Tempranillo 2004 as part of Wine Blogging Wednesday #35. For WBW #35, Passionate Spain, our assignment was to try a wine from Spain, preferably under $10. We found Santana [...] We were happy to see Michelle from My Wine Education’s straightforward selection for Wine Blogging Wednesday #35 – “Passionate Spain.” In addition to leaving the field wide open – a wine from Spain – Michelle encouraged us to select a bottle that cost under $10 – definitely in our preferred “affordable” category here at Box [...] Price: $8 Maker: Domaine de la Brune Varietal: 80% Syrah, 10% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13% Our Rating: 8 out of 10 We picked up Les Hauts de la Brune Coteaux du Languedoc 2004 as an alternate choice for WBW #33 – its inexpensive price disqualified it from the [...] One of the fun things about Wine Blogging Wednesday is that it gets you outside your comfort zone and forces you to try something different. WBW #33, hosted by Doktor Weingolb, is no exception. There’s little chance I would have tried to hunt down a wine of this month’s theme – Languedoc-Roussillon value wines, in [...] Price: $17 Maker: Domaine La Tour Boisée Varietal: 30% Syrah, 30% Grenache, 30% Carignan, 10% Cinsaut Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13.8% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 We tried Chateau Tour Boisée Minervois 1999 (Marie Claude) as part of WBW #33. From the beginning, this wine makes its presence known. It had [...] I’ve done a few Wine Blogging Wednesdays at the very last minute, and missed one or two because I couldn’t find what I was looking for in the time available. So, with a couple of days to go, I thought I’d post a quick reminder about this month’s WBW. It is WBW #33, hosted by [...] The Wine Cask Blog is hosting this month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday, and the theme is an interesting one: regular vs. reserve wines of the same varietal from the same vineyard. We see them on the shelves all the time, and we may choose between the labels with little thought… Need a gulpable red for a [...] WBW #31 was my first Wine Blogging Wednesday as a host, and I really appreciate all of the wine bloggers who took a chance on something unfamiliar – we had people tasting wine from boxes, cans, juice packs… great job, everyone, and sorry if you happened upon a clunker! Thanks, too, to Lenn Thompson for [...] We’ve had a lot of really neat entries for Wine Blogging Wednesday #31, with the theme, “Box Wines & Non-Traditional Packaging.” This was an interesting challenge – some found it easy, while others had difficulty finding a wine that met the criteria but wasn’t the low-end plonk that has traditionally been the mainstay of boxed [...] |
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