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    Great Sustainable Wine: MERAYO “Las Tres Filas” Mencia

    Granted, the market for Mencia wine outside of Spain—for the moment—is miniscule, relatively speaking.  But don’t let relative obscurity stop you from seeking out this fantastic wine for the money.

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    Spain, Wine
    Spain, Wine

    Great Wine: EMILIO MORO Resalso Tempranillo

    Like a young, brash Pablo Picasso who’s ready to change the world but doesn’t quite know how yet, the 2016 Resalso Tempranillo from one of the great Spanish wine artists,

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    Great Wine: Cleto Chiarli Vecchia Modena Lambrusco

    Nothing sets the mood like a great Lambrusco.  Lambrusco is northern Italy’s version of a sparkling pink rosé, and when it’s good—it’s so so good. Good Lambrusco will lift up

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    Italy, Wine
    France, Wine

    Great Wine: Clos La Coutale Cahors (Malbec)

    For insight into the nature of French Malbec, which is the O.G. (original gangsta) Malbec—not Argentinean, although you’d be forgiven for thinking that—look to Cahors, a small wine region in

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    Great Wine: Valderiz Ribera del Duero

    Dark toned, big, plump, rich and concentrated—and with a hint of a bit of a tortured soul—this Ribera Del Duero red wine is the equivalent of a Francisco Goya painting.

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    Spain, Wine
    Spain, Wine

    Great Wine: Camins del Priorat

    Pretty label, but how’s the wine? It’s a real find. The wine equivalent of a travel blogger posting a selfie from a place you’ve never heard of. And your reaction

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    FORCE MAJEURE | Reviews of Current Wine Releases

    The estate vineyard of Force Majeure winery is located in Washington State’s Red Mountain winegrowing region. The majority of Washington wine production comes out of the southeast end of the

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    Washington, Wine
    Italy, Wine

    Great Wine: COS Nero di Lupo

    Easy Summer Italian Reds: A Trilogy – Part Three.  We return, once again, to Sicily for the final part of this series focusing on lighter, easy red wines that are

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    Great Wine: Saladini Pilastri Rosso Piceno Superiore “Montetinello”

    Easy Summer Italian Reds: A Trilogy – Part Two. From one of the least familiar regions of Italy, called Le Marche (mar-KAY, not mar-SHAY) comes a native Italian wine that

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    Italy, Wine
    Italy, Wine

    Great Wine: Planeta Frappato

    Easy Summer Italian Reds: A Trilogy – Part One.  To coincide with Brian’s IPA Trilogy, this is the first in a series focusing on light, easy red wines from Italy

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    Great Wine: Hentley Farm “The Stray Mongrel”

    Stunningly vivid a red blend for the price, HENTLEY FARM’s “The Stray Mongrel” demonstrates why the wines of the new Australia are something to jump into right here, right now.

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    Australia, Wine
    Spain, Wine

    Great Wine: Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha

    Like many Fleetwood Mac hit songs, there’s a reason why you never get tired of coming back to certain things in life over and over again. You could say the

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