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Wine of the Week: 2009 Familia Zuccardi ‘Serie A’ Chardonnay-Viognier

23 August 2011

At $10, this blend of 50% Chardonnay and 50% Viognier from Mendoza’s Familia Zuccardi winery could easily have been one of Glenn’s “Plonk Picks” – a very good wine at a very good price. The nose has lots of melon, tropical notes, and a surprising stony minerality. Mango and butter, underscored by oak, dominate the [...]

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Beyond Malbec: Argentina’s Unique Sauvignon Blanc Style

21 July 2011

Think quick! If I say Sauvignon Blanc and South America, what comes to mind immediately? I would bet it’s probably not Argentina, though it is fairly easy to find in US stores. As a varietal, Sauvignon Blanc is associated with Chile more often than with Argentina. After all, Sauvignon Blanc is the most planted white [...]

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Wine Review: 2009 Trivento Amado Sur White

17 July 2011

As a big fan of Torrontés, Argentina’s signature white varietal, I have relished the interest that this wine has been receiving of late. It has been great to see the number of wines coming from producers stretching from Salta down to Mendoza expanding on store shelves. There aren’t many blends among them, but the Trivento [...]

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Wine Review: 2008 90+ Cellars Malbec Reserve (Lot 36) – Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza

11 July 2011

I grumbled all the way to the store to pick-up one of 90+ Cellars’ newest releases, the Lot 36 Malbec Reserve, and hoped that it would be worth the trip. I detest the concept of bulk warehouse stores like Costco and Sam’s, but this wine, according to 90+ Cellars’ most recent newsletter is available exclusively [...]

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Beyond Malbec: Bonarda, Argentina’s Other Red Grape

29 June 2011

Bonarda is the second most popular red grape in Argentina – after Malbec, of course. Nearly 19% of red grape vineyards are planted with Bonarda. The origins of this varietal were under dispute until 2008. Was Bonarda brought to Argentina from Italy’s Piemonte region, where it is known as Bonarda Piemontese? Or was it related [...]

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Wine of the Week: 2008 Viña Cobos Felino Cabernet Sauvignon

16 June 2011

Argentina produces some of the best Cabernet Sauvignon on the market today. That may be too much of a sweeping generalization, so I will qualify it a bit by saying relative to Cabs coming from other New World producers, such as California, Chile, and Australia. I think this is particularly true in the [...]

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Celebrating Malbec World Day: Part II

20 April 2011

And here are the final three wines of our Malbec World Celebration!
2007 Bodega Monteviejo Lindaflor
Bodega Monteviejo is owned and operated by Catherine Pere-Verge of Chateau Le Gay. With international winemaker Michel Rolland heading up the winemaking, the winery is seeking to produce very high quality wines. Glenn and I tasted the entire Monteviejo line [...]

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Celebrating Malbec World Day: Part I

19 April 2011

We have been eagerly anticipating Malbec World Day ever since we first learned about it a couple of months ago.  Despite my early efforts to not overthink the wine selection, I did just that.  In the end, I tried to find representation from some of the key winemakers in Argentina today – the ones have [...]

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Malbec World Day Decisions – Part II

14 April 2011

After much pondering, some of it with the help of Malbecs from Ruta 22 and Graffigna, I decided to focus our Malbec World Day tasting on some of the key winemakers – Catena, Balbo, Hobbs, Cipresso, Antonini, de la Mota. But even this is proving to be a difficult decision, as there are many Argentine [...]

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Decisions, Decisions: Drinking My Way To Malbec World Day

11 April 2011

Malbec World Day is only six days away and the Wine Dine With Us team is eagerly looking forward to celebrating the occasion together. Since I will be hosting, I have been working on gathering the wine selection and creating a short, but appropriate, menu of snacks to enjoy with the wines. But it’s not [...]

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