Spirit Spotlight - Palate Press

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Penelope Bourbon is one of our favorite bourbon producers, crafting small batch, beautifully elegant expressions year after year. Their newest...

Bellenda San Fermo, Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG Prosecco Superiore, Brut

Becky Sue Epstein

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This wine is a new classic style: Prosecco Brut. It has a balanced aroma with some light florals, and a...

2018 Monte del Frà – Cà del Magro Custoza Superiore

Becky Sue Epstein

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This wine is a star of the very small Custoza DOC appellation in the western part of the Veneto region, near Lake Garda. Opening the bottle is like plunging into a wonderful garden of aromatic white flowers. A couple years of age on this “Custoza Superiore” does amazing things in

2017 Gary Farrell Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, Sonoma County, Martaella Vineyard

Becky Sue Epstein

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After my one night stand with Gary Farrell’s Pinot Noir from McDonald Mountain Vineyard, I was ready to settle down by the time I got to Martaella Vineyard. And it is a more settled type of wine, with more body and gravitas. This is pinot noir with many of the

Everybody Needs More Frappato in Their Lives

Fabian Jauregui

Feature Stories

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“It’ll be just like Hell today, but with more humidity,” joked the radio weatherman. I believed him; it was one of those brutal summer weeks in the low country – near Charleston, SC – where not only did the mercury-read more-