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Behind the Cork™ Reviews
Wente Morning Fog Chardonnay ($12) This Chardonnay out of Livermore Valley California (East of San Francisco) is a well balanced Chardonnay, meaning that everything works together beautifully. Because it is fermented in 50% neutral American oak barr...
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Wine Styles
Champagne is a great drink. It’s most often consumed in times of celebration. Champagne and joy naturally go together. But “Champagne” is often misunderstood. And splurging on a $100 bottle may result in disappointment. First, let’s take a step back...
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Behind the Cork™ Reviews
2014 Old Zin Vines Zinfandel ($12) This Zinfandel from Lodi comes from 50 to 100 year old vines. And it’s a big jammy Zinfandel. Loaded with flavors of blackberries, raspberries, chocolate and mocha, it’s smooth with very soft tannin. This is a grea...
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Choosing a Wine
Have you ever just ordered glasses of wine at a restaurant to avoid having to deal with the whole process involved in buying a bottle? It can seem a bit intimidating at first. Dealing with your server for a glass of wine seems to be a lot more expedi...
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Behind the Cork™ Reviews
Lyeth 2013 Meritage ($10) This Meritage from Lyeth is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The name “Meritage” was created in 1988 when U.S. wine makers decided to form an alliance and a name for their ble...
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Wine Styles
Have you ever come across a wine labeled as Meritage and wondered what it is? It’s made in the U.S. where you can dependably know what a wine is because the label will tell you the grape variety used to make the wine. But this U.S. made wine seems t...
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