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Not ‘Arrogant,” A Winemaker States His Case

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Categories: Reds · SummerTags: Raise Your GlassLeave a comment

Award-winning French winemaker Jean-Claude Mas has a good sense of humor, and he has used it to create the line of witty and delightful Arrogant Frog wines.

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A Pink Wine Meant for Green Palates

July 25, 2018August 8, 2018 Categories: Rose · SummerTags: Raise Your GlassLeave a comment

If you’re looking for something boring and pretentious this summer, then Apothic Rosé is not for you, the 30-something pitchman says as he strolls past dull-looking young men and women dressed in tennis garb at a ponderous garden party. They populate an ad that runs on the winemaker’s website.

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From Spain, a Wine Ideal for Summer

July 11, 2018August 8, 2018 Categories: Summer · WhitesTags: Raise Your GlassLeave a comment

Marques de Caceres Verdejo de Rueda is an excellent, refreshing summer wine made from a rising star white grape grown in its own corner of Spain.

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A Good Wine’s Owner Leaves a Sour Taste

June 27, 2018July 1, 2018 Categories: Summer · WhitesTags: Raise Your GlassLeave a comment

Chateau Ste. Michelle Sauvignon Blanc is crisp and refreshing, a wine that’s an excellent choice to sip on a sultry summer night or to have for dinner with seafood or chicken dishes.

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Sharp Label Heralds a Wine of Character

June 13, 2018June 17, 2018 Categories: Summer · WhitesTags: Raise Your GlassLeave a comment

De Proprio Gravitas is a Bordeaux-style blend with dignified fruit flavors and aromas that make it an excellent choice for a summer drink for sipping or to have with light fare or seafood.

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Wineries With a Can-Do Attitude

May 30, 2018June 8, 2018 Categories: Reds · Rose · Summer · WhitesTags: Raise Your GlassLeave a comment

When I first spotted wine in a can a few years back, my first reaction was that it had to be awful. I didn’t need to try it, so I put it out of my mind.

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With Vinho Verde, Youth Is Served

September 6, 2017September 6, 2017 Categories: Summer · WhitesTags: Raise Your GlassLeave a comment

I know the rules. I was raised in the South where it’s written into the legal codes — no white apparel or wines after Labor Day.

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Give a Wine a Second Chance

August 23, 2017August 24, 2017 Categories: Summer · WhitesTags: Raise Your GlassLeave a comment

For some long-forgotten reason, I developed a bias a while ago against Chateau Souverain wines, and I suspect it was during the murky years of the winery’s history.

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Bargain Rosé Benefits Co-op Farm Families

August 9, 2017August 15, 2017 Categories: Rose · SummerTags: Raise Your GlassLeave a comment

Not only is Riojana rosé a very good wine that sells for an incredibly low price, but it is also a wine that you can feel good about drinking.

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New Zealand White Is Worth a Higher Price

July 26, 2017August 3, 2017 Categories: Summer · WhitesTags: Raise Your GlassLeave a comment

Don’t let the price of this wine put you off. It’s a bit expensive for my purse too, but it frequently goes on sale for much less, and it is an excellent and well-balanced New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc that won’t drown you with overpowering grapefruit flavors or aromas of bruised tomato vine like some of the country’s cheaper wines do.

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Warren Johnston’s column, which appears in newspapers and on-line, is designed to help readers cut through the sea of wine offerings that crowd the shelves of stores and find well-made, available wines that sell in $10 range.
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