Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Carménère. The word itself ripples across the tongue like a whisper of a stream or the purr of a cat, but it is certainly no secret that...
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
Certainly, it seems that Jack Frost has opened up his Frigidaire and is letting all of the deathly cold into the world. These three wines will not...
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
What the heck is a Nebbiolo, anyway? The Nebbiolo is a Piedmontese varietal whose name is about as foggy as its past. Some attest that the...
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
There’s a relatively little-known varietal that has been sprouting on the pages of menus of many wine bars and lists of wine tasting rooms in...
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This white varietal roams the world using different monikers: in Italy, it’s called Pinot Grigio. In Germany, it’s known as the Grauer...
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Folsom’s Back Wine Bar is set in the recesses of a desolate strip mall that is itself located amidst a colony of bleak track housing. The rather...
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You’re out on the Sac scene, wine-wending through the hours of conversation. Tongues and taste buds have gone bland with the usual Cabs, Zins...
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Ooo…what a little Halloween Moonlight can do. Leave the candy with Casper the friendly ghost! Wail with the wraiths, weave a wicked spell, and...
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The view from Lava Cap’s deck, just outside of their tasting room, is like something out of an English Romantic idyll: tendrils of mists are...
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Tucked just inside an alleyway off Sutter Creek’s Main Street, Vine 49 is a newcomer to the burgeoning wine tasting room scene in Sutter Creek....
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