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      2022 Merriam Blanc de Noirs, 25th anniversary sparkling wine: sustainably made

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      Santa Rosa Craft Beer and Food Take Center Stage

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      Downtown Healdsburg for Fine Wine and Gourmet Dining

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      Enjoy Cancun-adjacent Isla Mujeres at Coco B Villas

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      Chianti Classico News – a new wine category

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    Should Piedmont Be Known for White Grapes, Not Red?

    Patricia Thomson
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    Walter Massa would be the first to admit that timorasso is a vexing troublemaker. “It’s a difficult grape that produces badly,” he says in Italian. “I’m not saying little, I’m saying badly, which is different.” This coming from the mouth of the man who single-handedly rescued the grape from oblivion

    Tenuta di Castellaro Bianco Pomice 2016

    Fabian Jauregui
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    This is a fascinating dry wine made on the astonishingly beautiful Aeolian Islands, just north of Sicily (which are known mostly for their sweet passito wines). 60% Malvasia di Lipari and 40% Carricante, vines are grown using the Alberello technique, an ancient method each vine is staked to grow by

    2017 Amici Pinot Noir Russian River Valley – crafted in a Burgundian style

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    If you are like me, secretly crossing your fingers and hoping for a taste of Burgundy when you sip California pinot noirs, you will be rewarded here. Sip lightly for the first few minutes until the wine opens up in the glass and more red berry aromas blossom on the
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    2017 Olema Chardonnay Sonoma County – ask this Chard to dinner

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    With streaks of buttery vanilla and a lip-smacking citric finish, this is not your everyday California Chardonnay. Part was fermented in oak and part in stainless steel, which gives the wine a little more restraint. It’s not overblown with fruit and the acidity begs for food, so serve it with
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    2016 Amici Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast: an everyday Burgundy white wine – but it’s from California

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    If you’re ever thinking you might want to be drinking more French, try this Burgundian-style chardonnay. Compared to many California chardonnays this wine is refined; in Burgundy, it would  be a beautiful everyday wine. The wine has typical aromas and flavors of earth, lime, limestone with apricot on the end-palate.

    2015 Nals Magreid Kerner, a wine for a warm summer evening

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    For relaxing with friends on a warm summer evening, this wine turns out to be a great choice. It comes from the far northern region of Italy called Alto Adige – an area so close to Austria that it is also known by its German name, Sudtirol. The wine is

    2016 Edna Valley Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc – a white wine to ease you into dinner

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    Start as an aperitif, and pour another glass for lunch or your first course at dinner. Some earthiness and creaminess mixed with herbs in the aroma. Clean and light on the palate, with a subtly citrus, refreshing end-palate and a touch of orange oil in the finish. WHO: Edna Valley

    2017 Olema Pinot Noir, Sonoma County – a lightly exuberant wine

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    In the glass, the wine’s pinkish red color and clear edges indicate that this California pinot noir has a touch of French style, too. An aroma of red berries flows into the flavors the palate, with some sharp bramble character too. Light tannins close the finish nicely. And the winemaker
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