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The Wine Advocate's handy guide to vintages. more |
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The effort, the stress, the constant worry and second-guessing – it’s hard to believe anyone chooses to take such a gamble with their fruit. Producers who make late-harvest, or dessert wines, risk more |
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When it comes to the wines of South Africa the buzzword is diversity. Home to varied microclimates, different soil types and a myriad of grape varieties, this is wine country that has plenty to offer. more |
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When people ask us what is the wine we drink the most, we unhesitatingly reply, "Barbera!" We love its fresh, lively taste, and we find it extremely compatible with food. Although the Barbera grape more |
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Ask any winemaker, and they’ll tell you the final days before any harvest are always charged with a certain tension, filled with hopes and prayers that the weather will hold until the ideal moment more |
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Does organic wine conjure images of unpalatable swill made by hippies in a bathtub somewhere in California? If so, you are not alone. Popular opinion continues to define organics as a marginal more |
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Americans have always used the packaging that wine comes in as an indicator of its quality. In the past, jug and boxed wines usually meant cheap, bottom of the barrel wines, but that has all changed more |
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