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Roederer International Wine Writers’ Award Finalists

David Honig
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1 min read
Palate Press is very proud  of its nominations as the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Award Finalists. Erika Szymanski - Emerging Wine Writer of the Year 2012 Evan Dawson - Emerging Wine Writer of the Year 2012 Palate Press: The online wine magazine - International Wine Website of the Year 2012

A Spaniard in Italy—Tuscan Tempranillo

Elisabetta Tosi
Feature Stories
5 min read
San Miniato is a delightful town in the province of Pisa, in Tuscany—it is also known as San Miniato al Tedesco meaning “of the German,” to distinguish it from another nearby San Miniato called “al Monte,” which is a convent in Florence about forty kilometers to the northeast. In this

Try Zweigelt This Summer

Meg Houston Maker
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6 min read
Quick! Name an Austrian wine. Did you say Grüner Veltliner? Take two points—and double that if you’ve drunk one in the last six weeks. Did you say Zweigelt? You just won a geek badge. Grüner is indeed the most widely grown grape variety in Austria, and there’s about as much

Astringency In 1,024 Words

Erika Szymanski
Features
5 min read
It’s a flavor! It’s a feeling! It’s an airplane! No, it’s astringency! On the surface, astringency seems like pornography. It’s easy to recognize, even if it’s difficult to define. The problem is that it isn’t really all that easy to recognize. In wine, astringency is easily and often confused with