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ANSWER: Check out yesterday's "Wine FAQ" post. A wine such as the Kendall-Jackson Riesling described therein would be good.
Another solid choice: Gewurztraminer.
The Perfect Chinese Restaurant "BYOB" Wine |
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Can Riesling Be "Enhanced"? |
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ANSWER: It's rare--especially in Germany and the Alsace region of France, where some of the world's best Rieslings are made--but it does happen.
We haven't checked out more recent vintages, but the 2005 California Riesling from Kendall-Jackson was just barely a Riesling by legal definition.
Don't Hate Me for Being Beautiful |
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ANSWER: Sometimes.
A colleague has opined that any bottle with a picture or drawing of "a cute animal" on it should be avoided like the plague.
We wouldn't go that far, because a quality-minded winery that also invests in attention-getting artwork for its label should not automatically be plopped into the "cheap plonk" category.
Frankly, We'd Like More Cab Franc |
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ANSWER: That's what we'd like to know!
Cabernet Franc makes a lovely varietal wine with a sweet floral aroma. But most of it...
In Search of "California Chianti" |
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ANSWER: Just as the only "real" Champagne comes from the Champagne region of France, the only "real" Chianti comes from Italy. But that didn't stop a number of California wineries from calling their generic red wines "Chianti," particularly prior to the 1970s.
Those "jug wines" not only weren't real Chianti, they weren't anything like real Chianti.
Grape Harvesting by the Light of the Moon |
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ANSWER: It's called the "fall" harvest season, but a good deal of winegrape picking takes place late in the summer, when it can still be very hot in wine country.
Typically, the just-picked grapes are placed in large bins...
What Makes Wine "Legs" Nice? |
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She said, "'legs' refer to the little droplets of wine that run down the inside of a glass after the wine has been swirled." I guess my next question is, "What makes those 'legs' nice?"
What the Nose Knows |
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ANSWER: Good question! Truth be told, we tend to use those terms interchangeably - but they do have slightly different definitions. Let's break them down...
The World's Top Wine-Producing Countries |
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ANSWER: This is one marital spat we are happy to say has no winner... and no loser. You're both wrong...
The Many Guises of 'Going Green' |
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ANSWER: Sustainable farming is a widely used term but has no legal definition - so it can mean just about anything. It's typically used by wineries that are just beginning to embrace concepts that protect and perpetuate the land, rather than stripping it...
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