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    FROM THE CELLAR | Great Wine: 2003 Peby Faugeres Saint-Emilion

    If anyone orders Merlot I am leaving. I am not drinking fucking Merlot! — the notorious line from the ragged, lonesome character Miles in Alexander Payne’s movie Sideways that came

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    Bordeaux, France, Wine
    Bordeaux, France, Wine

    Great Wine: Chateau Villemaurine Saint-Emilion

    A new Bordeaux—like the new Cité du Vin museum in Bordeaux, an exceedingly modern shrine dedicated to the history of wine culture—is a necessary progression from the trappings of the

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    Great Wine: Chateau La Pointe Pomerol

    How delightful!  When professional wine critics discuss wines from a serious region like Bordeaux, they have a tendency to take all the fun out of it. That’s a disservice to

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    Bordeaux, France, Wine
    Bordeaux, France, Wine

    Great Wine: Chateau Troplong Mondot Saint-Emilion

    You can really find out what a winery is made of by the wine they make in tough years. Some years in Bordeaux, like 2001, are looked upon more favorably

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    Great Wine: Frog’s Leap Merlot

    Full disclosure upfront: we have an unabashed love for this winery. Why? Because owner and winemaker John Williams (yes, there is another well-known John Williams out there other than the

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    California, Wine
    Bordeaux, France, Wine

    Great Wine: Clos de L’Oratoire Saint-Emilion

    When you see the word “Clos” on a wine label, expectations are raised. For example, the Fevre Chablis “Les Clos” is one of the finest Chablis there is. The Krug

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    Great Wine: Chateau Bourgneuf Pomerol

    And darkness fell across the whole land. And weeping could be heard throughout the land. Varied depictions of Jerusalem after Christ’s crucifixion can be found within the New Testament.  The

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    Bordeaux, France, Wine
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