This is another Nek Rite storage system from Vin De Garde, used in a warmer, modern setting.

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The Nek Rite system is an exceptional Vin De Garde product.

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"My best experiences with South African wine have been Chenin Blanc and Vin de Constance, " he explained in an email.

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Accompanying it is an organic dessert wine called Vin de Paille from Domaine de la Tournelle, along with homemade walnut crackers.

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No, these are quintessential vin de garde, wines to keep.

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According to the Conseil Interprofessionel du Vin de Bordeaux, first growth prices rose nearly 350% during the decade through the 2000 vintage (regular AOC Bordeaux price--for vin ordinaire from the region--ended unchanged).

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Because of strict rules winemakers in the AOC system don't have the option of making vin de pays or vin de table wines, which are of a simpler style often favored by Americans.

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Perhaps this will be yet another French political scandal, albeit small beer compared with some previous pots de vin, destined to drag through the years as the judicial system bends this way and that to the pressures of politics.

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