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Price: $6 Maker: CL Dolo, Italy Variety: Pinot Grigio Packaging: Bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 12% Our Rating: 8.2 out of 10 Vendi Pinot Grigio 2009 Delle Venezie isn’t typical of the varietal. It’s pale straw color doesn’t lead you to expect an overwhelmingly fruity taste. Its flavors are pear and tropical fruit, and this wine [...] Price: $10 Winery: Francis Ford Coppola Winery, Geyserville, California Varietal: Chardonnay Packaging: 750 ml bottle, screw cap Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.6 out of 10 Lately, I’ve been avoiding Chardonnays, mostly because I’ve been in the mood for lighter, fruitier white wines that aren’t strongly oaked. I’m glad I tried Rosso & Bianco Francis Coppola [...] Some of us are red wine people, and face a dilemma when dining on fish or other sea creatures: traditional seafood menu pairings always involve white wines. An interesting article by “Unashamedly Creative” suggests some unexpected pairings with traditional reds: Merlot for Tuna, Marlin Merlot is our first fishy friend and works incredibly well [...] Price: $15 Maker: Meridian Vineyards, Paso Robles, California Varietal: Chardonnay Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 14.1% Our Rating: 9.0 out of 10 I’ve had a bottle of Meridian Santa Barbara County Chardonnay Reserve 2002 stored for a few years, and finally popped its cork. Now, I wish I had found this nice white [...] Has Twitter jumped the shark before it has earned a penny of revenue? It seems the social network has diversified into the wine biz, albeit for charitable purposes. The new venture, Fledgling Wine, is chronicled by Maya Baratz, SFoodie blogger, in Twitter is Launching Its Own ‘Fledgling’ Wine Label. Dogpatch-based Crushpad — a place [...] Price: $7 Maker: Jose Maria da Fonseca Vinhos, Azeita-Setubal, Portugal Varietal: Vinho Verde – White Packaging: 750 ml bottle, screw cap Alcohol: 10.0% Our Rating: 8.1 out of 10 Despite its name, which translates as “green wine,” Twin Vines JM Fonseca Vinho Verde 2008 is a very pale straw color. The “green” refers to its [...] Price: $3 Maker: Oak Leaf Vineyards, Ripon, California Varietal: Chardonnay Packaging: 750 ml bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 12.5% Our Rating: 8.3 out of 10 Oak Leaf Chardonnay is another ultra-inexpensive wine designed to take on Two Buck Chuck. Surprisingly, perhaps, it’s quite drinkable, even if undistinguished. The nose is mild, with sliced green apples and [...] Price: $19 Maker: F.W. Langguth Erben GmbH & Co. KG Varietal: Riesling Packaging: 3-liter box, push-button spigot Alcohol: 10.5% Our Rating: 8.2 out of 10 It’s taken us quite a while to get around to tasting Blue Nun Riesling, a non-vintage German wine that has been marketed in the U.S. for decades. This was in [...] Price: $10 Maker: Imported by Prestige Wine Group from Germany Varietal: Riesling Packaging: 750 ml bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 9 % Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 One’s first impression of Starling Castle Riesling 2006 comes from its gorgeous bottle. The surface of the bottle is frosted, except for one polished area on the front [...] Price: $4 Maker: Trader Joe’s Varietal: Fume Blanc Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8 out of 10 Trader Joe’s Coastal Fume Blanc 2006 is one of the last of the bargains from my last Trader Joe’s expedition. It has a mild tropical fruit nose. On the palate, it has a [...] |
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