May 2021 — Behind the Cork™ Reviews

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Behind the Cork™ - Ponga Sauvignon Blanc

Behind the Cork™ - Ponga Sauvignon Blanc

Ponga is the name used by New Zealand’s indigenous people for their country’s silver fern. As the silver reflects moonlight, the Maori used the leaves to mark their way at night. This wine from Ponga is made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc from the Marlbo...

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Behind the Cork™ - Clean Slate Riesling

Behind the Cork™ - Clean Slate Riesling

This Clean Slate Riesling is from Mosel, Germany. The Mosel region has a great wine growing tradition of more than 2000 years, taken there by the Romans. It is recognized as the home of Riesling. The soil’s thin slate stones are essential to ripening...

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Behind the Cork™ - Vilarnau Cava

Behind the Cork™ - Vilarnau Cava

Vilarnau Cava These two wonderful Cavas are from Vilarnau in Spain. The winery is a small, artisanal, hand crafted Cava house located outside of Barcelona that dates back to 1949. Made in the traditional méthode champenoise, the Vilarnau bottles h...

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Behind the Cork™ - Zenato Valpolicella DOC Superiore

Behind the Cork™ - Zenato Valpolicella DOC Superiore

Since founding their winery in 1960, the Zenato family has been a pioneering family in Italian wine. A benchmark producer in the Veneto region, Zenato harvests fruit from steep slopes in the historical Sant’Ambrigio zone of Valpolicella Classico to m...

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