It’s Valentine’s Day, a romantic time when many celebrate their loved ones with chocolates, flowers, a fancy meal, sweet words, and very good wine!
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Stolpman Vineyards employs its dedicated, passionate vineyard workers year-round. In an effort to provide further stability to their families, the crew “La Cuadrilla” receives the profits of their wine.
Dark reddish-purple with a bright garnet edge, Stolpman La Quadrilla starts with a floral blast of freshly ground black pepper on the nose, quickly joined by notes of black cherries and blackberries and a hint of tobacco leaf. All that delight comes together in a bright, ripe but balanced flavor framed by food-friendly acidity, lingering with palatable tannins in a very long finish.
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Will I ever stop looking for good wine bargains that don’t mess with my budget? Absolutely not! Here’s one now, a tasty red blend from Argentina.
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Malbec-dominant Alamos 2021 Mendoza Red Blend is a dark ruby-purple color in the glass, offering juicy red-plum aromas backed by blackberry and a spicy-smoky back note a quick six-month stay in French and American oak barrels imparts. Brisk acidity and soft tannins surround a ripe berry and plum flavor, with hints of tobacco and black pepper joining a long finish.
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This Wine-Searcher link details Catena’s Alamos winery and offers links to vendors for the wide Alamos portfolio. Read article.
Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit worse. Yep, wine tariffs are coming back, and the world of wine isn’t happy.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina? When we hear the name of this Balkan nation, sadly, we’re more likely to think of war, ethnic cleansing, and genocide than wine.
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Clear ruby in color, Škegro 2020 Krš Crni Blatina introduces the relatively unfamiliar Blatina grape in a wine from Bosnia & Herzegovina. Ripe blackberry and black cherry scents are backed by hints of dark chocolate and black pepper. Crisp acidity brightensgood black-fruit flavor, with soft tannins in the background. U.S. importer: Vinum USA Inc., Basking Ridge, N.J. (Jan. 22, 2025)
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This Wine-Searcher link offers information about the Blatina grape and links to wines and vendors.
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If I’m talking about Argentina’s Mendoza region again, what are the odds that I’m tasting a Malbec? Looking at the archives, I’d say two out of three.
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Dark reddish-purple Mi Terruño “Expresión” Mendoza Cabernet Franc surrounds cherry and plum aromas with whiffs of cocoa, fresh herbs, and a hint of wood smoke. It’s dry and freshly acidic on the palate; plum and cherry carry over from the nose and add black pepper notes and gentle smoke testifying to its relatively brief stay in oak barrels.
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How is German Riesling like Southern iced tea? It’s usually sweet, but you can get it unsweet. And it’s not that easy to figure this all out.
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