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Much that is written about wine by producers and importers sounds like it has been cranked out of a souless marketing department (with apologies to those offended by this generalzation), but there are those whose prose is honest and genuinely descriptive of the wines referenced.
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Le Clos du Caillou started out as a hunting preserve in 1895 when Élie Dussaud purchased the property at the northeastern edge of what eventually became the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, and built a small cellar.
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This Cinsault was estate grown on Margerum's organically farmed vineyard in the Los Olivos District of Santa Barbara County.
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Graziano Pra is best known for his white wines from Soave, and the reds from Valpolicella have been a later - and much welcome - addition Located in the sub-zones of Mezzane and Tregnano at around 450 meters, the soils here were formed from glacial runoff and they contain a high percentage of active limestone.
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Plump and round with loads of blackberry, black plum and blueberry fruit with toasted notes and baking spices.
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Produced by the Cave Anne de Joyeuse established in 1929, this is a charming 100% Pinot Noir from the Pays d'Oc appellation in Limoux, southern France.
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While many are transitioning to crisp unoaked white wines, the wine drinking world still needs - and we still enjoy - California Chardonnay that has been aged in oak and handled in the winery in a manner that makes for a richer style.
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Lagrein is an indigenous variety that is often made into a rosé, a dark, intense and tannic "reserve/age-worthy" style wine, or as is the case here, a lighter style medium-bodied young red wine meant to be consumed upon release.
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Founded in 2007, Blue Farm takes its name from the farmhouse at Anne Moller-Racke’s home and vineyard in Carneros.
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In 1875 Vito Curatolo Arini built a small winery and set off in pursuit of his dream to make great Marsala wine and sell it throughout the world.
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The Pra family owns and works in one of the highest-altitude wine cellars in Veneto, locat-ed at 1,500 feet above sea level.
