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Grapelines: Much maligned Merlot merits reconsideration
Business Gazette, MD The excellent Twomey Merlot 2005 ($45) exhibits slightly smoky blackberry, currant and spicy plum flavors with a hint of tobacco. My wife's current favorite is the value-priced Red Truck Merlot 2006 ($12) that has big jammy blackberry and raspberry … |
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Grapelines: Much maligned Merlot merits reconsideration – Business Gazette
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Risotto without rigidity – San Jose Mercury News
Risotto without rigidity
San Jose Mercury News, USA
Just about any dry white that you'd enjoy drinking will work (such as chardonnay), but we liked dry vermouth best. It is a fortified wine with a consistent sweet, dry flavor. Be sure to cook off the wine entirely before adding the stock (the pan should … -
Wine: More good values, red and white – San Jose Mercury News
Wine: More good values, red and white
San Jose Mercury News, USA
Dancing Bull also makes an attractive chardonnay; the 2007 ($12) has crisp pear and apple flavors with persistent acidity. The 2007 Francis Coppola "Gold Label" Chardonnay ($15) is also zippy, with flavors of lemon, green apple and apple peel and a … -
The Secret Life of a Well-Dressed Man – Esquire
EsquireThe Secret Life of a Well-Dressed Man
Esquire
He "tends to like wines that are probably in the middle of the palate, chardonnays and pinot noirs." In his effort to become more educated about enology, he has purchased, from World Market, a set of glasses that includes something for every type of … -
Expensive wines doesn't always mean they're better – The Oregonian – OregonLive.com
Expensive wines doesn't always mean they're better
The Oregonian – OregonLive.com, OR
Pinot noir is much in demand today, so prices go up accordingly. And if your wine gets a stratospheric score from one of the big-name wine critics, then demand skyrockets and so too does the price. The bottom line, in every sense, is that there's no …