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Casa Silva Quinta Generacion 2008 Red Blend

December 23, 2011
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Casa Silva is located in one of the best wine growing regions of Chile, the Colchagua Valley in centre of this long and thin country. The vineyards were founded in 1892 by Emile Bouchon, a Bordelais who dreamed of producing quality wines from the valleys of Chile. At one time, the winery was one of [...]

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Cono Sur Reserva Merlot 2009

October 10, 2011
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Considering Cono Sur‘s Pinot Noir remains my corner shop / supermarket wine of choice – and has done for going on two or three years now – I find it pretty odd that I’ve never tried their Merlot before: either their common or garden Merlot or this spangly several-pounds-more-pricey Reserva model. Knowing (and loving) the [...]

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Odfjell Armador 2007 Syrah

September 26, 2011
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I recently wrote about the folks of DVine Wine and their organic and biodynamic wine selection. I’m not one who is too bothered by whether or not a wine proclaims itself to be either of those designations. I enjoy a wine if it’s well made, balanced and tastes good. However, I do find that increasingly [...]

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Vina Leyda 2010 Reserve Pinot Noir

August 8, 2011
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I was out to dinner the other night with some friends and the issue of what to drink with our meal came up. Now, I was having a hamburger and my friend was having moules. What one wine would you choose to pair with such an eclectic range of food? I was leaning towards a [...]

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Casillero Del Diablo Carménère – What Does and Doesn’t Go With It

November 19, 2010
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One of the great things about living in East London is the plethora of bring-your-own-wine Vietnamese restaurants on Kingsland Road. The restaurants are very reasonably priced and you can easily get away with spending a tenner each on dinner including your own wine. My friend Niamh had just gotten back into town and when she [...]

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Montes Limited Selection Pinot Noir 2009

October 21, 2010
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The Pinot Noir grape is notoriously fickle and difficult to grow. Many a vineyard owner has tried and failed in the past and the variety tends to be grown in very specific areas of the world (Burgundy probably being the most famous) where the climate and topography are exacting to the conditions that the grape [...]

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Alternative New World Red Wines

February 18, 2009
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The colour of red wines varies tremendously, yet it is not their flavour that separates them but the presence of tannins, which intensify the “mouthfeel”. The most popular red wine grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay, Grenache, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese, Syrah, Tempranillo and Zinfandel. Syrah is the grape responsible for the fine wines of the [...]

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