If you worry about taking wine too seriously, consider “Spuma!” Frizzante, a light, fun, and fizzy quaff that used to delight Italian vineyard farmers.
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Denny Bini “Spuma!” Frizzante is a delightful lightly sparkling natural wine. It pours with a foamy white mousse that falls back fast, revealing a pretty orange-bronze color. Its complex aroma is challenging to sort out: There’s subtle strawberry and tart cranberry, a hint of white grapefruit and an earthy suggestion of damp clay. Its fresh, slightly fizzy fruit flavor is consistent with the aromas, with mouth-watering acidity cloaking just a hint of sweetness.
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“Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile,” the ancient Greek poet Homer wrote some 2,700 years ago.
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Quick! Who can tell me what a wine maker and a chef have in common? Stumped? They can both blend ingredients to create delicious flavors.
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Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc-Viognier presents a symphony of citrus and stone fruit on the nose and palate: mango and peach, mandarin oranges and lime, with hints of honey joining in a bright, fresh flavor with just a hint of fresh-fruit sweetness well balanced by zippy acidity. It’s all fruit without a touch of oak, and easy sipping at a modest 12% alcohol.
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Some days it feels as if inflation is unstoppable: Food, gas, real estate. Where will it stop? But a familiar New Zealand wine offers a wisp of hope.
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I opened a favorite Provence red wine the other day, and much to my surprise, it was closed with a real, whole cork. You don’t see that much anymore. Particularly in the range of good, dry table wines in the $10 to $25 range where I usually prowl, whole natural corks have all but disappeared.
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All-organic Mas de Gourgonnier Les Baux de Provence Rouge is a varietal blend of Syrah (38%), Grenache (22%), Cabernet Sauvignon (22%), and Carignan (18%). Scents of fresh raspberry, blackberries, black cherries, black pepper and fresh basil mix in subtle complexity, with black fruit flavors formed by mouth-watering acidity, wispy tannins, and earthy minerality.
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When Neil Duarte visited Italy this spring, he and his wife wanted to stay in a Roman neighborhood and mingle with the locals, so they decided to spend their entire time in Trastevere, a neighborhood just across the Tiber from the ancient part of the city. He especially wanted to see what wines were served in the local trattorias. Read article.
When the conversation turns to Italian wine, I immediately think of delicious reds like Chianti and Brunello. But Italy makes really good white wines, too.
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