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Forget the fruit, savor these salty wines
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- By Shana Clarke
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Everyone talks about the fruit notes in wine, but have you ever heard someone call a wine “salty?” As strange as it may sound, it’s a common flavor profile, and a delicious one at that. Whether you’re digging into a platter of oysters or sipping a glass on your patio, these intriguing whites are sure to give your palate a jolt.
La Poja vertical: The rebel of Valpolicella
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- By Aldo Fiordelli
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Aldo Fiordelli takes a closer look at a real rarity; a "cru" wine produced in Valpolicella.
La Poja is a “Chinese-box” cru on top of La Grola hill in Valpolicella, owned by the Allegrini estate.
Tasmania has more in common with Burgundy than with the Barossa
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- By Fiona Beckett | @winematcher
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Tasmanian wine can be hard to track down, but it’s well worth the effort!
The frustrating thing about this column is that many of the more interesting wines I come across aren’t very easy to track down. Tasmania is a case in point. This unique region of Australia is far cooler than anywhere else on the continent, and it has more in common with Champagne and Burgundy than with the Barossa Valley.
Santa Cruz Mountains producers to know
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- By William Kelley
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William Kelley picks the names to look out for...
Santa Cruz Mountains at a glance
How this $3 bottle of wine came to be so beloved
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- By Maria Yagoda
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“We used to drink pretty occasionally. But now that we’ve discovered the good cheap wine, we drink more frequently.”
On a recent trip to a Supermarket Fiesta in Houston, Rosa Garcia was lugging twelve bottles of Concha y Toro Frontera wine when a woman stopped her and asked her if that stuff was any good.