The mineral and tannin edges balance nicely with the velvety qualities in this wine.
This wine, a Sauvignon Blanc, hails from the very heart of Collio in Capriva del Fruili.
At the young age of 150 years this wine is just in its prime.
This wine shop and tasting room has panoramic sea views and thoughtful exhibits on barrel-making and cork production.
"Get over the corny brand name and discover the amazing value this wine packs in a glass, " she says.
"I recommend this wine for all sects of Jews, " pronounced Rabbi Brenner.
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This wine is produced by leaving the grapes on the vine to shrivel and rot and not picking them until they are entirely encapsulated by ice.
This lush wine is made only in the best years from very ripe Syrah.
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Everything was as it should have been in this spectacular wine, which resonated with aromas of plum, cassis, chocolate and white smoke.
The question is why this lovely wine doesn't appear on more American tables more often, except in the blandest, "pizza white" versions of Pinot Grigio.
In fact, the only time I've had this particular wine was thanks to Mr. Parker himself, who brought it to a small dinner in Baltimore about 10 years ago.
This is wine retailing on an industrial scale.
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This single wine brought back memories of so many great Chardonnays because it had the amazing balance of impressive fruit, judicious use of oak and vibrant intensity that made American Chardonnay so special decades ago.
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This is a wine that doesn't seek to overwhelm, to scream "Look at me!"
Perhaps this is why wine lovers tend to approach the conundrum of matching wine with vegetarian dishes with such trepidation.
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" and "Something fundamental is being lost or eroded away in this process and wine drinkers simply aren't aware that it is happening.
The Swiss team say the presence of arsenic in Napoleon's hair, the source of the poisoning theory, was linked to this enthusiasm for wine.
" This is his third vintage of this single-vineyard wine, one of three Chardonnays he makes, and this one is distinguished, he said, by "more minerality due to colder nights.
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For this is a wine that really only gets going at around 20 years in the bottle, hits its stride at 30 and can go on drinking for well beyond 100.
History is central to understanding this underappreciated fortified wine.
Back in the days of World War I, which judging by the various memorials stabbed deep at the heart of this place, wine was well established here but probably took second fiddle to wool.
The other side of this coin is Californian wine, which tends to be overpriced relative to its quality, but there are many exceptions to this rule and plenty of great buys.
It remains perfectly legal to manufacture sparkling wine in this country and label it simply Champagne, not method champenoise, not New York Champagne, not California sparkling wine, but Champagne, just as they do in France.
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The importance of wine to this nation of four million is hard to exaggerate.
This was imposed on wine retailer The Trade Beverage Company Ltd of Mobberley in Cheshire.
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