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What We’re Drinking – Las Rocas Garnacha

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Cherries, red licorice, and freshly-turned earth come out on the nose. Candied cherry erupts on the palate with red licorice close behind. The mid-palate, too, has deep earthiness. The overall impression is red fruit candy. Drink with pot roast. Recommended. 86 points. DBH WHO: Las Rocas de San Alejandro WHAT:

Sardinia: Beyond Cannonau

Roger Morris
Feature Stories
4 min read
Is Cannonau the magic elixir that keeps Sardinia’s centenarians clicking their heels rather than turning up their toes? So it’s said. Is the Mediterranean island the place of origin inscribed on Grenache’s birth certificate? There are Tweets that argue that Spain’s paternity claim is “fake history.” It certainly is true

What We’re Drinking: 2016 M de Minuty Rosé

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A classic Provencal pale salmon-pink, this wine has a slight jasmine aroma at first, with a nice chalky minerality on the nose and on the palate. A streak of spiciness weaves its way throughout the tasting experience, along with moderate acidity. On the end-palate dark red fruit gives way to

Cariñena Campaign

Michelle Locke
Features
5 min read
Unusual winter rains turned the Cariñena vineyards in northeastern Spain into a technicolor swirl this spring, the variegated soils glowing red, yellow, orange under windswept skies. It was a moment of glory for a region which can get overlooked in the busy category of Spanish wine. After all, many consumers

The Good Wines of Lirac

Jill Barth
Feature Stories
7 min read
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.

El Dorado is worth searching for

W. Blake Gray
Features
5 min read
The divide in California wine seems simple: the coasts are cool, the interior is not. But then there's El Dorado. El Dorado doesn't neatly fit into any category. It's much cooler than most of California's interior because it's so far above sea level. In fact, the Fair Play subappellation, which