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Month: October 2018

My Favorite Wine…2015 Bastide Miraflors Rouge

Posted on October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 by Alison Hill

2015 Bastide Miraflors Rouge Côtes du Roussillon, FR Regular Price $17.99 Sale Price $13.99 This is not a new wine for us, we’ve been working with it for about 8 months or so, after waiting for the 2015 vintage to be released. Because it’s a big, dense red wine, we didn’t beat the drum for[…]

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A great wine for a 20…

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Alison Hill

2015 Clos Marie ‘L’Olivette’ Pic Saint Loup, Languedoc Regular price $22.99 Sale Price $17.99 There’s an ocean of wine coming from Languedoc…some of it quite good, some of it even great. This is one of the great ones. “A blend of 60% Grenache from 15-25 year old vines, 30% Syrah from 15 year old vines[…]

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Tasting notes: Rhone-ish, Oct. 27, 2018

Posted on October 24, 2018October 25, 2018 by Alison Hill

Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier, California 2017 Regular price: $17.99 Sale Price: $13.99 This a bright and crisp blend that really shows the fresh flavors of Chenin Blanc (floral, pear, honeysuckle) with the riper Viognier there to provide weight and aromatics. Fermented and aged in stainless, the wine is clean and brisk, great as an aperitif[…]

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My Favorite wine; Oct. 24, 2018

Posted on October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 by Alison Hill

2016 Herdade do Rocim Touriga Nacional Alentejano, POR Regular Price $22.99 Sale Price $17.99 A few things you should know about Portuguese wines… Portugal has been growing grapes and making wines since at least 2000 BC. So, if this is your first encounter with wines from Portugal, its not because they were just discovered.. While[…]

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Tasting notes; more wines for fall, Oct. 20, 2018

Posted on October 18, 2018October 19, 2018 by Alison Hill

Villa Dugo Sauvignon Blanc, Friuli Isonzo 2017 Regular price: $18.99 Sale Price: $14.99 Northeastern Italy has perhaps none of the panache of the famed wine regions of Italy, but the wines are not lacking because of that. This is a soft and fresh Sauvignon Blanc that shows green pea and asparagus aromas along side of[…]

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My Favorite Wine, Oct. 17, 2018

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Alison Hill

2005 Hnos. Perez Pascuas ‘El Pedrosal’ Reserva Ribera del Duero, SP Regular Price $34.99 Sale Price $27.99 Once upon a time, grapes were planted on the high plains in north central Spain, terraced on the hillsides overlooking the meandering Rio Duero. This likely occurred around 2000 years ago or so, although that is speculative. What[…]

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Tasting Notes: Eden Ciders, Oct. 13, 2018

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Alison Hill

Eden Heritage Cider, 4 – pk 12 oz cans Newport, VT Regular price: $17.99 Sale Price: $15.99 Contains heirloom and tannic apples varieties from local Vermont small family orchards, including: Kingston Black, McIntosh, Empire, Lawson, St. Lawrence, Cortland, and Fameuse. Fermented dry and blended with just a drop of Ice Cider to create an everyday[…]

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My Favorite Wine, this week, anyway; October 10, 2018

Posted on October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 by Alison Hill

2017 Clotilde Davenne Domaine Les Temps Perdus Chablis, FR Regular Price $28.99 Sale Price $22.99 So, back in the day, long before the Judgement of Paris, California wineries sought to emulate the French. They did this in their approach to winemaking (the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s Napa and Sonoma Cabs are probably the most Bordeaux-like[…]

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Tasting notes: Oktoberfest, October 6, 2018

Posted on October 5, 2018October 6, 2018 by Alison Hill

Winzerhof Stahl Muller-Thurgau, Franken 2017 Regular price: $18.99 Sale Price: $14.99 Müller-Thurgau is a crossing of Riesling with Madeleine Royale created by Hermann Müller from the Swiss Canton of Thurgau in 1882. It’s an easy ripening grape with good fruit and relatively low acidity. It’s easy to like, if a bit simple.   Leitz Trocken[…]

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My Favorite Wine; Oct. 4, 2018

Posted on October 4, 2018October 4, 2018 by Alison Hill

2013 La Bastide Blanche ‘Cuvée Fontaneou’ Bandol, FR Regular Price $33.99 Sale Price $26.99 Bandol is the worst kept secret in the wine world; radio wine ‘experts’ love to allude to it as if its a newly discovered region rather than the internationally recognized region that has been producing wine since about 600 BC. Or[…]

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