Whiplash: I bought a tasty Rhône rosé on a balmy spring day last week. Now it’s rainy and almost too cool for rosé. It was a great value. But tariffs may soon change that.
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A pale golden-pink Rhône blend of Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvèdre, and Syrah, Perrin Côtes du Rhône Rosé Réserve is a truly refreshing wine for spring and summertime. Appealing, complex aromas focus on strawberries, with peaches and honeysuckle playing harmony. All this fruit comes through in a fresh, dry, and appropriately acidic flavor, with grapefruity citrus joining the party.
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Read about the Côtes du Rhône and browse wines from the region at this Wine-Searcher link.
Wine-Searcher offers this link to a Famille Perrin info page with a clickable list of vendors for Perrin’s portfolio. Read article.
Unfamiliar varietal blends can yield wines as delightful as a chef’s creations, or as scary as Frankenstein’s monster. Or even both at the same time!
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Quick! Name a wine from Portugal! Who said “Port” or “Madeira”? That’s the obvious answer, but there’s lots more to discover in Portuguese wine.
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A blend of the Port wine grape Touriga Nacional with Alicante Bouschet and Syrah in undisclosed proportions, Casal Garcia “Alegria” Vinho Tinto is a dark reddish-purple color with a thin, clear edge. Ripe and juicy red-berry and cherry scents grab your attention, and carry over on the palate in a fresh cherry-berry flavor that’s dry and acidic, adding hints of cranberry and red plum.
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Read about Portugal’s Tourigo Nacional grape and browse other wines made from this variety at this Wine-Searcher link.
Go to this Wine-Searcher link for information on Portugal’s Lisboa (formerly Estremadura) wine region. Read article.
Gewürztraminer! It’s a tasty, aromatic white wine, but that name is so daunting that some nervous wine lovers avoid it out of simple embarrassment.
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Chilean wine has had a French accent since Bordeaux wine makers fled to Chile to escape the phylloxera vineyard plague in the late 1800s.
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A throwback to Chile’s wine foundations, Viña Maitia Aupa Pipeño is a traditional blend of 80% País (Mission) with 20% Carignan made in the 400-year-old Chilean pipeño process. Ruby color, clear and rather light, it has a fresh, appealing scent of red cherries, raspberries, and pomegranate, with subtle notes of mint and fennel.
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Read about Chile’s Maule Valley and browse a variety of its wines at this Wine-Searcher link. Read article.
Long ago, when Baby Boomers were young, we thought wine was stuffy, snobbish, and expensive. But then we took another look, and everything changed!
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Stick a star on the map of Italy to highlight the most sought-after wines, and you’ll likely post it in the north and northwest: Tuscany or Piemonte.
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