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Breakthrough Artist of the Month: Eve Fricke By Kerry Winslow *** 2009 Eva Fricke Riesling Rheingau Trocken, Germany. This wine is all you could ask for in a drier Riesling…
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Grapelive Wine of the Week By Kerry Winslow *** 2009 Wren Hop Chardonnay “Shipwreck Savior” Sonoma Coast. This Chard has vibrant and lush fruit with sweet citrus flowers, pear and…
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Grapelive Wine of the Week By Kerry Winslow *** 2008 Chateau Haut-Bailly Grand Cru Classe, Pessac-Leognan, Red Bordeaux. For those that can no longer afford Lafite or Haut-Brion, there can…
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Grapelive: Pisoni’s Lucia Vineyards Spring Release Reviews By Kerry Winslow *** 2010 Lucy Rose (Lucia Vineyards by Pisoni) Santa Lucia Highlands. This new vintage of Lucy, a Rose of Pinot…
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Grapelive Wine of the Week By Kerry Winslow *** 2008 Chateau Grand Mayne Grand Cru Classe, Saint-Emilion, Red Bordeaux. For those looking for a great Bordeaux that still qualifies as…
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Grapelive Wine of the Day By Kerry Winslow *** 2005 CastelGiocondo Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscan Red. (Frescobaldi) This dark and richly fruity Brunello is wonderfully open and smooth with ripe…
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Bordeaux 2008 “Left Bank” Gems By Kerry Winslow *** Regional Tasting Report I got a chance to sample finished bottle examples of 2008 Bordeaux in late January, and here are…
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Grapelive Wine of Week By Kerry Winslow *** *** 2009 Martinelli Pinot Noir “Bella Vigna” Russian River Valley. Another great vintage for Martinelli, 2009 might be the best Pinot year…
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Grapelive Wine of the Week By Kerry Winslow *** 2009 Roar Chardonnay “Sierra Mar Vineyard” Santa Lucia Highlands. This vineyard is another joint project with the Pisoni clan, and again…
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Grapelive Wine of the Week By Kerry Winslow *** 2007 La Spinetta Barbaresco Vigneto Starderi Vursu, Neive, Piedmonte. The Neive Cru “Vigneto Starderi” is for me perhaps the finest site…