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Showing posts with label Tempranillo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tempranillo. Show all posts
Monday, April 19, 2021

Raptor Ridge offers diverse, exciting Oregon portfolio

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Raptor Ridge Winery has been building up a reputation for classic Oregon wines for more than a quarter century now. Founder and winegrower S...
Friday, January 3, 2020

Digging into the Rioja Wines of Bodegas LAN

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For me, Rioja has always carried with it this sense of noble history and tradition. I associate Rioja with old, dusty cellars, giant oak v...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

Wine Reviews: New Releases from Around the Globe

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This week’s report covers wines from all over the globe, including Chile, France, Israel, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The new vintage of Co...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Incredible Wine & Value from Lodi: Fields Family Wines

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This week I have to rant a bit about some really impressive wines from Fields Family Wines . This Lodi estate and winery was purchased by ...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Paso Robles - Beyond Bordeaux & Rhone Reds

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A vineyard in the Templeton Gap District of Paso Robles, which I visited in early September. Paso Robles built its reputation on big, ju...
Thursday, September 7, 2017

Excellent, Ageworthy, Old-School Rioja from Viña Ardanza

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Viña Ardanza is the flagship wine of La Rioja Alta, S.A., which is celebrating its 75 th anniversary this year. Even though it is only...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Delicious Value Wines from Spain's Navarra Region

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A vineyard in the Spanish region of Navarra. Credit: Navarra US. This week, I’m delving into a range of wines from the Spanish region of...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Arinzano: Stunning Wines from a Spanish "Grand Cru"

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This post first appeared on the daily wine blog Terroirist. Sancho Fortuñones de Arínzano first produced wine in this Navarra site in ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Time to Explore American Tempranillo

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This post first appeared on the daily wine blog Terroirist. I recently tasted through a half-case of American Tempranillo, and found myself ...
Sunday, November 8, 2015

2001 Rioja - Strong, Beautiful Wines With Many Years Left

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I recently attended a 2001 Rioja tasting, a vintage widely heralded as “historic.” Grapes struggled through early problems with an April f...