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      Wine Country Hospitality in Amador County

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    What We’re Drinking – 2013 Murrieta’s Well “The Spur” Red Blend

    David Honig
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    This is a powerful brute of a wine dressed in lace and finery. The nose smells like freshly-baked blackberry pie, with black fruit, pastry and vanilla aromas exploding out of the glass. The vanilla runs through the palate, as well, which is loaded with blackberry, mulberry, and blueberry. There is a
    Alice Bonaccorsi's extraordinary 18th century terraced vineyards (Photo Simon Woolf)

    Return to the Volcano

    Simon J Woolf
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    Almost five years ago, I visited Mount Etna for the first time. Back in 2012, it already seemed like the world's most famous volcanic wine region was exploding in terms of global interest, having transitioned from near abandonment in the 1980s to 60 serious producers. But that was only the beginning.

    What we’re drinking – Carpenè Malvolti 1868 Extra Dry Conegliano

    David Honig
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    I sat down to write a review and nearly forgot, having to pour a third glass before I started to write. Gorgeous clear straw color, loads of tiny bubbles, and yeasty aromas from the moment the cork is popped. On the palate, fresh crusty bread and hints of sweet peach

    The Good Wines of Lirac

    Jill Barth
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    I’m in a vineyard on top of a graceful hill overlooking the Rhône River from the right bank. Right bank meaning not Châteauneuf-du-Pape. In the Southern Rhône Cru Lirac. The morning was incredibly rainy; driving to Lirac from Avignon, water poured down the sloped roads and normally-sunny Provence was saturated.
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    California’s Champagne Affair

    Roger Morris
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    Can California wineries make Champagne? Of course they can! Over the past three years, at least four California wineries have started doing so. Before I get sabered by a regiment of WSET candidates for dealing in alternative facts, let me hasten to add that these Californians are making their signature

    What We’re Drinking – 2016 Eighty Four Wines Albariño

    David Honig
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    Eighty Four Wines is a new project from Doug Shafer, of Shafer Wines, and Elias Fernandez, Shafer's long-time winemaker. The grapes came from four acres they planted in Carneros in 2012. The nose shows honeysuckle, citrus blossoms, key lime and fresh peaches. Vibrant and fresh on the palate, barely ripe

    What We’re Drinking – 2016 Martin Day Rosé of Pinot Noir

    David Honig
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    The color is beautiful, pink with hints of copper, clear and bright. Strawberries with a light sprinkle of sweet cream waft up from the glass. Strawberry is joined by citrus on the palate, sweet tangerine and tart lemon, with a clean grapefruit-pith bite. The finish lingers nicely. This is a
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    DISCOVERIES: Chile & Argentina – Old & New, Hot & Cold

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    So I got invited to visit Chile and Argentina early this spring, right at the beginning of harvest in the Southern Hemisphere. I leapt at the chance. No matter that I was invited by one particular company, Montes. They are known for experimenting in the vineyards, and I wanted to
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