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Classic Rioja Gran Reserva from Bodegas Muriel

Gran Reserva Rioja is generally a great choice if you’re looking for a value bottle in top end wine. This region delivers above its price point consistently. The higher classification wines also age effortlessly, and become smooth, complex juice with tobacco, leather and delicate fruit. The Gran Reserva is at the top of the Rioja

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Cellar Selection: 2003 Chateau Cantenac Brown

Let’s look at an older Bordeaux just pulled from the cellar to see how things have fared over the past 17 years. The bottle in question is a 2003 Bordeaux. The 2003 vintage is considered to be very good, was somewhat fruit forward, and not all of the wines were built for long term aging.

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Absolutely Beautiful Beaujolais

Beaujolais wine, made from the Gamay grape, is widely known as light and fruity. Beaujolais Nouvea, which is released every November, is made to be drunk young and is a poster child for that light and fruity image. But there is much more to talk about than light and fruity wine. Beaujolais makes bigger and

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Quality and Sustainability from the Alentejo Region of Portugal

The wines of Portugal have been recognized more and more on the world stage over the past decade. High scores from the major wine reviewing publications, and spots on Top 100 lists reinforce it annually. This country has a wine history as long any, and wine is an integral part of their heritage. Whites, reds,

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Solid Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc from Emmolo

Here is a good value, really solid Sauvignon Blanc to consider. Made by Jenny Wagner, Emmolo wines use fruit from family vineyards. The name Emmolo comes from Jenny’s grandparents on her mom’s side, and she makes this wine in their spirit. She makes an excellent Merlot as well.

Wine: 2017 Emmolo Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc

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Rioja under $10? Yes!

Rioja is generally a great value wine. It tends to over deliver at all price points. You can find excellent Crianzas under $15, Reservas under $20 and Grand Reservas under $30. Even the younger Joven wines can be excellent as well. Here, we’ll tell you about a wine that sells for $7 or so, and

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Two Low Priced, Italian Wine Values

In this article we’ll review two Italian wines from classic grape varieties, Pinot Grigio and Montepulciano. They are both modestly priced, and over deliver from a value perspective. Both wines are also imported by Mack & Schühle, which imports wines into the US from around the world. Let’s see what we have here. First the

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Affordable Sonoma Wines from Ron Rubin Winery

Ron Rubin grew up with the wine industry, as his family owned a wholesale liquor business in Illinois. Ron followed a love of wine to UC Davis in 1971 and 1972, studying viticulture and enology. Another 40 years would go by before Ron would realize his dream of owning and operating his own winery. In

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Summer Wines from Gonzalez Byass

Gonzalez Byass is a fifth generation, family owned business which has a collection of wineries spread across Spain’s heralded wine regions. These include Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Rueda and many others. They also represent a group of international wineries. We’ve got examples of both in for review, so let’s see what’s in the bottle.

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Two Amazing Reds From 3 Rings in the Barossa Valley

We’ve frequently said how one of the best things about wine is finding that gem, the wine that drinks far, far above it’s price point. They are always out there, and everyone runs across a few here and there, but even among the gems there are the diamonds. When you find one of these it’s

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