Our weekend forecast is icy cold, and winter is just starting. So here’s a seasonal question: What do you like to drink when it’s freezing outside?
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Did you love your high-school history class? History and math rank low in popularity. But when you get interested in wine, history often tags along.
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A classic Southern French red blend of 70% Grenache, 25% Syrah, and 5% Mourvèdre, Commanderie des Hospitaliers Pays Cathare shows its Grenache dominance in juicy raspberry scents tempered by freshly ground black pepper. Fruit flavors expand to raspberry, strawberry, plum, and appropriately sour cherry, with that peppery backdrop, fresh acidity, and soft tannins.
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Follow this Wine-Searcher link to read about the Grenache-Mourvèdre-Syrah blends that have spread from the Southern Rhône and Languedoc to wine regions around the world. Read article.
Mention Grüner Veltliner, and wine lovers will envision an excellent white wine from Austria. From New Zealand? Nope, didn’t see that coming.
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Just a year ago, I spoke of Burgundy being so iconic that the wine gave its name to a shade of red. But don’t forget: Burgundy comes in white, too!
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Clear light gold Les Belles Roches Bourgogne Blanc is made from sustainably grown 30-year-old Chardonnay vines, vinified with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel to preserve its distinctive fruit flavors. Peach and apricot aromas with a touch of lemon invite a taste. Stone-fruit and citrus scents carry over on the palate in a crisp, acidic flavor sculpted by stony minerality.
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Suddenly the leaves are falling, it’s cold outside, and Thanksgiving and the holiday season are upon us, ready or not. Are we ready to give thanks?
A lot of celebratory wine goes down the hatch at Thanksgiving and winter holiday feasts.
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Showing an attractive reddish-purple color in the glass and breathing appealing red-fruit scents of cherry and light raspberry with back notes of black pepper, licorice, and a hint of wet stones, Jean-Marc Lafont’s Les Granits Bleus is a delightful Beaujolais-Villages. Mouth-filling and balanced, it’s well-suited for service on the Thanksgiving Day banquet table or with any meal.
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Greek Agiorgitiko, good in any glass
I once lived in a NYC neighborhood so Greek that even ATMs defaulted to Greek. We ate a lot of tasty Greek food and drank a lot of good Greek wine.
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Seméli 2022 “Feast” Peloponnese Agiorgitiko is a clear reddish-purple color with rosy glints at the edges. A tasty mix of fresh fruit aromas rise from the glass: blueberries and strawberries and juicy cherries in a happy dance. All the fruit comes across in the flavor in a firm structure of brisk acidity, with light tannic astringency joining the chorus in a long, clean finish.
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