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Napa Valley maintains a reputation as one of the preeminent wine producing areas in the world. This reputation was enhanced, and actually created for all intensive purposes, by the celebrated Judgement of Paris in 1976, where both a white and a red wine from the valley beat much heralded French wines in a head to Continue reading Wines from Clif Family Winery – Checking in with Winemaker Laura Barrett https://www.redwineplease.com/riverbank-wines-from-chile-and-concha-y-toro/ 
Riverbank Vineyards – courtesy of Concha y Toro website Concha y Toro is, by now, a venerable name in wine. Certainly they are one of the most well known names when it comes to Chilean wine. We have reviewed many of their wines over the past few years, and are rarely disappointed. Here, Continue reading Riverbank Wines from Chile and Concha y Toro https://www.redwineplease.com/visit-to-hawk-ridge-winery-in-watertown-ct/ 
On a very soggy winter afternoon, we recently found ourselves in western Connecticut, and at the Hawk Ridge Winery in Watertown, CT. Fortunately for us the winery has a big, beautiful new tasting and function building, so we were dry and warm while we tasted through the Hawk Ridge portfolio. This place must be gorgeous Continue reading Visit to Hawk Ridge Winery in Watertown, CT https://www.redwineplease.com/riesling-one-of-the-great-white-wines-some-examples-from-dr-h-thanisch/ 
Riesling is clearly among the great white wine grapes in the world, capable of producing refreshing whites, complex and profound whites, and long lasting, age worthy whites. They can range from dry to very sweet. Some can bring significant body and complexity. It is a broad canvas. Mosel River Hillside Vineyards Traditionally, the Continue reading Riesling – One of the Great White Wines: Some Examples from Dr. H. Thanisch https://www.redwineplease.com/two-value-carmeneres-from-chile/ 
The Carmenere grape has a long history, and was a standard part of a typical Bordeaux blend up until the mid-1800s. Then the Phylloxera scourge hit Europe, and much of the existing vineyards were devastated. When the industry recovered using new, Phylloxera resistant rootstock, the Carmenere grape was sort of forgotten in Bordeaux. They did Continue reading Two Value Carmeneres from Chile https://www.redwineplease.com/back-where-we-began-rioja-and-the-wines-of-carlos-serres-the-final-spanish-series-article/ 
We started drinking wines from Rioja decades ago, and it was a favorite area early in our wine journey. We didn’t know what Crianza really meant back then, but we drank a lot of it. So when we think of Spanish wine that is the specific area which always comes to mind first. There are Continue reading Back Where We Began – Rioja and the Wines of Carlos Serres – the Final Spanish Series Article https://www.redwineplease.com/a-quick-trip-back-to-rioja-the-spanish-series-part-13/ 
Landscape near Bodegas Loa We’re going to take a look at a few more wines from Rioja before we explore a new area in the Spanish series. Previously we had introduced Rioja, and covered several producers in the region. You can read the first article on Rioja by clicking here. This is an Continue reading A Quick Trip Back to Rioja – the Spanish Series Part 13 https://www.redwineplease.com/part-12-of-the-spanish-series-terra-alta-and-wines-from-celler-pinol/ 
We continue our Spanish series in Cataluyna, or what is better known as Catalonia in the U.S. More specifically we are in Terra Alta, which is one of the seven recognized denominations of origin (DO) within Catalunya, and likely not one of the ones you have heard of. Several of the seven you likely have Continue reading Part 12 of the Spanish Series: Terra Alta and Wines from Celler Pinol https://www.redwineplease.com/the-spanish-series-part-11-yecla-and-a-great-red-from-senorio-de-barahonda/ 
Barahonda is the oldest winery in the Yecla DO region. The Candela family established the bodega in 1925. When you talk about Yecla, you’re talking primarily about the Monastrell grape. It makes up 80% of the vineyard production. You’ve may have heard of Monastrell, it is better known as Mourvédre in France’s Chateauneuf-du-Pape appellation, where Continue reading The Spanish Series Part 11: Yecla, and a Great Red from Barahonda https://www.redwineplease.com/sustainable-farming-in-chile-single-vineyard-carignan-from-oveja-negra/ 
People who grow wine grapes, whether they sell the grapes to other producers or make the wine themselves, think of themselves as farmers. That’s what they are, and most great winemakers will tell you that great wine is really made in the fields. Some go so far as to characterize their responsibility as winemakers as Continue reading Sustainable Farming in Chile – Single Vineyard Carignan from Oveja Negra |