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Preto Branco, Portuguese Red Wine

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Portugal has so many diverse and unknown wine regions that it would be easy to spend a day just talking about all that we don’t know about the country and it’s wines. Sure, everyone knows about the Douro Valley and their justly famous port wines and some may be familiar with Vinho Verde – the [...]

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Red Wine Guides for 2012

January 30, 2012
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Why not make 2012 your year for discovering or rediscovering red wine? If you have spent the last few years sticking to your tried and tested favourites then take the opportunity of a new year to kick start your adventurous side. There are a plethora of reliable wine guides for 2012 to help you find [...]

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Pazzia is “Crazy” in Italian – Primitivo di Manduria

January 6, 2012
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According to  my Italian flatmate, “pazzia” means crazy in Italian. I had her translate the back label of the 2008 Pazzia Luccarelli Old Vines Primitivo di Manduria because my Italian is not so pretty. According to the label, everyone thought that the producers were crazy to think they could coax any grapes from the poor, [...]

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Umberto Cesari – Sangiovese Riserva 2008

December 31, 2011
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Emilia-Romagna is not a wine producing region in Italy that is well known for turning out wines of quality but one producer believed in the area and founded his vineyards there over 40 years ago. Emilia-Romagna is not that far from Tuscany, situated to the north east of the area on the other side of [...]

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Romantic Red Wine For a Romantic New Year’s Eve

December 27, 2011
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If you and your partner have eschewed a night on the tiles to celebrate New Year’s Eve in favour of a romantic evening in, then you need the perfect bottle of red wine to make you feel warm and mellow. What better than a couple of glasses of a winter warmer red wine to put [...]

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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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Château Le Boscq 2003

October 31, 2011
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I am not ashamed to admit that I bought this wine because of chicken nuggets. We had run out a few Sundays ago so the wife packed me off to buy some and I couldn’t face going to one of the local big supermarkets for just one thing. I ended up in my local Co-op [...]

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Porcupine Ridge Syrah Viognier 2009

August 24, 2011
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Continuing with my animal-on-the-label-theme here, you wouldn’t expect to choose a Porcupine as the most endearing or glamorous animal to represent a bottle of wine. It seems as if everyone is getting in on the act though and the more exotic the animal on the label the better the chances of someone saying “Ooh, look, [...]

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Vriesenhof Kallista 2004

August 1, 2011
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The major disadvantage of supermarkets dominating the retail sale of wine is that sometimes it can be difficult to find something different or a bit special produced by an independent, smaller and more boutique estate or vineyard. The big supermarket chains force huge discounts on their suppliers that only really those that produce huge volumes [...]

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Priorat – Spanish red wine, Scala Dei 2005

June 2, 2011
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I tried the Scala Dei Cartoixa 2005 the other day along with my dinner of steak and potatoes. Scala Dei is from the Priorat region of Catalunya in Spain and is a blend of the classic Grenache and Carignan along with a dash of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Priorat has been making wine for centuries [...]

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McGuigan Shortlist GSM 2009

May 31, 2011
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McGuigan Estate is one of the biggest wineries in Australia but that doesn’t mean they don’t produce wines of excellent quality. Their wines are such excellent value for money that Majestic has just taken on the entire UK order of their new range, The Shortlist for all their shops in the UK. I was able [...]

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