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We’re going to be taking a virtual wine tour of France for a while here at Red Wine Please!, and the first installment featured some excellent Vouvrays. For this article we travel just a bit east of Vouvray, still along the river, to the commune of Montrichard. We also switch grapes, from the Chenin Blanc Continue reading Back to France Part 2: Touraine Sauvignon Blanc from Domaine Paul Buisse https://www.redwineplease.com/back-to-france-part-1-the-loire-valley-vouvray-and-the-wines-of-clos-du-gaimont/ 
When I first started to get seriously into wine some twenty years ago, the wines of France were instrumental in igniting the passion. There were several reasons for this. One was that they have always had a reputation of being the best. Names like Bordeaux and Burgundy are known to all, even those not interested Continue reading Back to France Part 1– The Loire Valley, Vouvray and the Wines of Clos du Gaimont https://www.redwineplease.com/review-of-the-latest-releases-from-seamus-wines/ 
We wrote about the boys from Seamus a little over a year ago. We liked their story, we liked their wines and we liked them. They’re doing some great things with quality sourced grapes from the best wine regions in California. This is small lot production including Cabernet Sauvignon from Somoma (along with a Reserve Continue reading Review of the Latest Releases From Seamus Wines https://www.redwineplease.com/tradition-and-innovation-from-mendoza-the-wines-of-valentin-bianchi/ 
It’s time we took a look toward South America on our wine investigations. Over the past twenty years the wines of Argentina and Chile have emerged on the world stage, earning a reputation for value along the way. In this article we’ll focus on the Mendoza province of Argentina, and specifically the wines of Valentin Continue reading Tradition and Innovation from Mendoza – the Wines of Valentin Bianchi https://www.redwineplease.com/a-sense-of-place-the-wines-of-galerie/ 
The more you talk with winemakers, the more you realize how broad the spectrum is of inspirations that drive them, and experiences which mold them. It could be a childhood spent around wine, a chance encounter later in life or an early recognition followed by a fanatical pursuit of a goal. It varies, just as Continue reading A Sense of Place – The Wines of Galerie https://www.redwineplease.com/visit-to-diamond-hill-vineyards-in-cumberland-ri/ 
Something we generally do at least once every year, and preferably more than that, is take the short drive up Route 295 to visit Diamond Hill Vineyards. As we have previously reported, Diamond Hill is one of our favorite New England wineries. There are a few reasons for that, including the fact that they still Continue reading Visit to Diamond Hill Vineyards in Cumberland, RI https://www.redwineplease.com/visit-to-leyden-farm-vineyards-and-winery-november-2015/ 
We recently stopped by another of our local New England wineries, this time Leyden Farm in West Greenwich, RI. Leyden Farm is a relatively new winery, only being open for business for the past three or four years. We visited about two years ago to see how things were going, and they had just opened Continue reading Visit to Leyden Farm Vineyards and Winery – November 2015 https://www.redwineplease.com/a-bottle-to-remember-forever/ 
I recently had the good fortune to tag along on a distributor trip to the Vinska Klet Goriska Brda winery in the Brda region of Slovenia, just over the eastern Italian border. This is a beautiful wine country of hills, valleys and terraced vineyards, reminding me in some spots of the hills of Barolo and Continue reading A Bottle to Remember . . . Forever! https://www.redwineplease.com/la-jota-vineyard-company-mountain-wine-making-in-napa-valley/ 
We’ll continue our look at some smaller producers in Napa and Sonoma with another mountain winery, La Jota Vineyard Company. We previously wrote about Mt. Brave, which you can read about by clicking here, and there are many parallels between the two, including Napa Valley mountain sites and sharing the same vineyard manager and winemaker, Continue reading La Jota Vineyard Company – Mountain Wine Making in Napa Valley https://www.redwineplease.com/grgich-hills-wine-tasting-august-2015/ 
You’ve probably heard of Grgich Hills Estate. It’s a fairly iconic Napa Valley winery headed by a very iconic winemaker, Miljenko “Mike” Grgich. Mike was born in Croatia and started his enological studies there, but fled the Communist regime and found his way to the U.S. He arrived in 1958 and proceeded to work with Continue reading Grgich Hills Wine Tasting – August, 2015 |