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Category: Portugal Wines

Beginning of Year, End of Vintage Sale

January 7, 2016
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| Canary Islands, French Wines, Portugal Wines, South African Wines, Spanish Wines, Tastings

This week’s tasting features six fantastic wines for 25% off or more!   Altes Herencia Garnatxa Blanca 2014 Terra Alta, Spain. 100% Garnatxa Blanca (white Grenache). “A short maceration on skins is followed by pressing and fermentation. The wines spend 2 months on fine lees to gain texture and complexity.Very aromatic with notes of melon…

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Posted in Canary Islands, French Wines, Portugal Wines, South African Wines, Spanish Wines, Tastings Tagged Altes Herencia Garnatxa Blanca, Domaine Lombard La Cote, Esporao Blanco Reserva, Esporao Tinto Reserva, Fronton de Oro Tinto, Neil Ellis Sincerely Chardonnay, SALE Leave a comment

This Week’s Wine Tasting

August 27, 2015
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| Bordeaux, Portugal Wines, Tastings

Martine’s Wines Presented by Regional Manager Jennie Mass   Martine Saunier was born in Paris. “Although she lived and attended school there, she spent every summer vacation at her aunt’s home in Prissé, near Mâcon. Her aunt owned a winery with approximately 10 acres of vineyards planted with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. When Martine moved to the…

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Posted in Bordeaux, Portugal Wines, Tastings Tagged Charles Audion Bourgogne Rouge 2012, Chateau Respide-Medeville Domaine de Justices Bordeaux Blanc 2013, Chateau Respide-Medeville Graves Rouge 2011, Chateau Respide-Medeville-, Dirk Niepoort Ruby Port nv, Domaine Charles Audion, Féraud-Brunel, Feraud-Brunel Rasteau 2011, Laporte Sancerre 'La Rochoy' 2014, Niepoort

This Week’s Wine Tasting: Wine Abroad

May 21, 2015
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Imported by Frederick Wildman and Sons Wines from France, Portugal and Italy   Frederick Wineman and Sons– “Following the repeal of prohibition, Frederick S. Wildman, a Connecticut-born wine connoisseur, bought the century-old Bellows and Co., a wine importer and fine-food emporium. That same year Wildman traveled to Europe’s finest vineyards to pursue suppliers and to…

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Posted in French Wines, Italian Wines, Portugal Wines, Tastings Tagged Cavicchioli 1928, Cavicchioli 1928 Spumante Demisec nv, Churchill's Estates, Churchill's Estates Duero Red 2012, Churchill's Late Bottled Vintage Port 2005, Churchill's Port, Frederick Wineman and Sons, Hugel et Fils, Hugel et Fils Classic Riesling 2012, J.J. Vincent, J.J. Vincent Bourgogne Blanc 2011, Jaboulet Parallele 45, Jaboulet Parallele 45 Rouge 2012

This Week’s Wine Tasting

April 23, 2015
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Portugal and Spain   Esporao– “The Alentejo’s landscape lazily unfolds among the gentle slopes that host the vineyards, corn fields, olive groves and holm and cork oaks interspersed with hill-top farms and whitewashed villages. Successively inhabited by local peoples, Romans, Visigoths and Muslims since pre-history, Reguengos de Monsaraz has been Portuguese since the reconquista in…

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Posted in Portugal Wines, Spanish Wines, Tastings Tagged Alicante, Canary Islands, Esporao, Fronton de Oro, Fronton de Oro Tinto 2012, Herdade do Esporao Reserve Red 2011, Herdade do Esporao Reserve White 2013, Herdade do Esporao Verdelho 2013, Octave Vinho Verde 2014, Primitivo Quiles, Primitivo Quiles Cono 4 2012, Spain, Vinho Verde

This Week’s Wine Tasting

July 24, 2014
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| French Wines, Italian Wines, Portugal Wines, Tastings

France, Italy and Portugal   Olivier Leflaive– “We vinify and age the equivalent of 120 hectares of vines (including 17 of our own), the majority of which are white wines from the three prestigious Côte de Beaune villages of Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Meursault, as well as from Chablis and the Côte Chalonnaise. Our daily mission…

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Posted in French Wines, Italian Wines, Portugal Wines, Tastings Tagged Banfi, Banfi Col di Sasso 2013, Churchill's Estate, Churchill's Estate Rose 2013, Hecht & Bannier, Hecht & Bannier Minervois 2011, Hugel et Fils, Hugel Gentil 2012, Olivier Leflaive, Olivier Leflaive Bourgogne Blanc 'Les Sentilles' 2011, Secco Bertani, Secco Bertani Ripasso 2010, The Wine Advocate says of H&B

This Week’s Wine Tasting

July 17, 2014
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Portugal and Spain   Herdade do Esporao “Herdade do Esporão, like the Alentejo, reveals itself slowly. Located little more than 180 kilometres from Lisbon, in the depths of the Alentejo, in Reguengos de Monsaraz, the landscape lazily unfolds among the gentle slopes that host the vineyards, corn fields, olive groves and holm and cork oaks…

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Posted in Portugal Wines, Spanish Wines, Tastings Tagged Herdade do Esporao, Herdade do Esporao Alandra Branco 2013, Herdade do Esporao Alandra Tinto 2012, Herdade do Esporao Monte Velho Branco 2012, Herdade do Esporao Monte Velho Tinto 2012, Las Colinas del Ebro, Las Colinas del Ebro Garnacha Blanca 2012, Las Colinas del Ebro Syrah/Garnacha 2012

This Week’s Wine Tasting

July 3, 2014
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| Argentina Wines, Austrian Wines, Californian Wines, French Wines, Portugal Wines, Tastings

Happy Independence Day! This week we will celebrate the 4th of July with a seasonal, fun and FREE line-up of two whites, two roses and two reds from various regions. Join us tomorrow night for a fantastic line-up.   Hofer Gruner Veltliner 2011- Austria. $13.99   Legado Torrontes 2013- Argentina. $13.99   Orlana Vinho Verde…

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Posted in Argentina Wines, Austrian Wines, Californian Wines, French Wines, Portugal Wines, Tastings Tagged Domaine de la Manarine Rose 2013-, Happy Independence Day, Hofer Gruner Veltliner 2011, Legado Cabernet Franc 2013, Legado Torrontes 2013, Orlana Vinho Verde Rose 2013, Route 152 Pinot Noir 2012- California

Wine Tasting of the Week

April 25, 2013
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Spain, Portugal and Argentina This week we will try a variety of wine including three whites and three reds from Spain, Portugal and Argentina. They are imported by various companies including Grapes of Spain, Bourgeois Family Selections, William Harrison Imports and Lunau USA. The whites are light, fresh and aromatic, while the reds are a…

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Posted in Argentina Wines, Portugal Wines, Spanish Wines, Tastings Tagged Acentor Garnacha, Adegas Gran Vinum 'Mar de Vinas' Albarino, Bodegas Latue Airen, Catalayud D.O., Mar de Vinas, Octave Vinho Verde, Parados Cabernet Sauvignon, Parados Malbec Leave a comment

October 20, 2011: Compare & Contrast: White Burgundy, Valpolicella, 10-Year Tawny Port

October 20, 2011
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This week we will sample six wines that will be presented in pairs and tasted in a compare/contrast manner. Specifically these will include two white Burgundies from different appellations that are made by Domaine Roger Luquet, two Valpolicellas made by Tenuta Sant’Antonio, a “classic” and Ripasso, and two 10-year old tawny ports from different producers, Warre’s and Taylor Fladgate. In…

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Posted in French Wines, Italian Wines, Portugal Wines, Tastings Tagged Domaine Luquet Pouilly-Fuisse Bois Seguin, Domaine Luquet Saint-Veran Vers les Monts, Taylor Fladgate 10-Year Old Tawny Porto, Tenuta Sant'Antonio Valpolicella Nanfre, Tenuta Sant'Antonio Valpolicella Ripasso Monti Garbi, Warre's Otima 10-Year Tawny Port Leave a comment

Compare & Contrast: White Burgundy, Valpolicella, 10-Year Tawny Port

October 20, 2011
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| Italian Wines, Portugal Wines, Tastings

This week we will sample six wines that will be presented in pairs and tasted in a compare/contrast manner. Specifically these will include two white Burgundies from different appellations that are made by Domaine Roger Luquet, two Valpolicellas made by Tenuta Sant’Antonio, a “classic” and Ripasso, and two 10-year old tawny ports from different producers, Warre’s and Taylor Fladgate. In…

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