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    FROM THE CELLAR | Great Wine: 2001 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes

    The turn of the 21st Century brought about a remarkable vintage for sweet white wines in Bordeaux. The year 2001 also brought upon the downfall of Enron, the launch of

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    Bordeaux, France, Wine
    California, Wine

    Great Wine: Clos Solene Sweet Clementine (Banyuls-Style Dessert Wine)

    There’s a reason why you fall in love with someone after a meal and not before. You’re simply jumping in too quickly if it happens before the main dish is

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    Great Wine: Chateau Guiraud Sauternes

    There’s something about the sweetness of a Sauternes that pairs particularly well with the mirth and merriment of the Christmas and Hanukkah season. A great Sauternes (saw-tehrn) has honey sweetness

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    Bordeaux, France, Wine
    Italy, Wine

    Great Wine: Piasa Sanmaurizio Moscato

    Easy like Sunday morning. Soft and mellow, the Moscato’s got sweet disposition. Nectar, ginger, orange oil, yellow peach, elderflower and vanilla—these are the scents of a 2014 Piasa Sanmaurizio Moscato

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    Great Wine: Braida Moscato d’Asti “Vigna Senza Nome”

    It’s a new day. It’s a new year. It’s a new life. And it’s time for feelin’ good. So, break out the Moscato! That irresistibly delicious semi-sweet white stuff that

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    Italy, Wine
    Bordeaux, France, Wine

    Great Wine: Chateau Coutet Sauternes-Barsac

    The 2003 CHATEAU COUTET, a First Growth Bordeaux estate, was the Sauternes that hooked me on Sauternes—to me, the most special and uniquely aromatic and addictively alluring sweet white wine on

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    Great Wine: Joh. Jos. Prum Riesling Spatlese, Graacher Himmelreich

    Glorious German Riesling. After WWII, Rieslings out of Germany fell out of favor in the U.S. market, for obvious reasons, and the market hasn’t ever quite recovered since. This should

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    Germany, Wine
    Italy, Wine

    Great Wine: Marcarini Moscato d’Asti

    High-end Moscato. That seems to be an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Here in the U.S., especially, when you want cheap, sweet and sparkly—or, in the hands of a mixologist, perhaps a

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    Great Wine: Maximin Grunhaus Herrenberg Riesling Spatlese

    For mere Muggles, this is as fantastical as sweet Riesling gets. For wizards of Hogwarts, this is what they graduate to after drinking butter beer. Venturing into the world of

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    Germany, Wine
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