*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Gallo Family Wines I’ve had Martin Codax wines before. In fact, I used to frequently purchase the Albariño, finding it to be a good deal for what you got in the bottle. The same can be said for the Temprañillo, especially at the $10 price tag [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Pasternak Imports. When I think of sparkling wine from Italy, my mind goes immediately to Prosecco. I’m not actually sure that I’ve had sparkling wine from Italy made from other grapes before this bottle, so I was interested to give it a try. The Valdo Nerello [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample to participate in a Twitter Taste Live event. Yikes. So I’m a tad behind in putting up my reviews these days. I’m trying to get back on track now that my baby is occasionally taking a nap and put up more than one post a week. (Newborns [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Folio Winemakers. I’ve written before about Folio Winemakers. (And a brief line about this wine before…my notes from 2 years ago actually track fairly well with these new notes!). The whole concept is a Michael Mondavi project, where wines are imported from various countries as well [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Rodney Strong Vineyards So how about we spring into a more spring-like wine? Corny? Indeed. But so is waiting for a large rodent to see its shadow or not every year. Plus, it’s 20 degrees here as a I write this…so I’m not seeing any sign [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery. Produced by Hope Family Wine, the Westside Red Troublemaker is a blend of three vintages of wine, the 2007, 2008, and 2009. On first sniff I said “Syrah!,” and later upon examining the promotional materials that accompanied the wine I found that it is [...]
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