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Vino: NV Villa Puccini Vin Santo

Name: NV Villa Puccini Vin Santo Grape: Trebbiano & Malvasia Region: Tuscany, Italy Price: $12.00 Vin Santo, Italy's wine of friendship and hospitality is the traditional Italian dessert wine given a...

Vino: On Buying Wine from Fresh Direct

Fresh Direct’s new marketing campaign caught me, hook, line and sinker. After receiving a gift card, I decided to give them a try. A sinfully easy process, I found myself buying all the fixings for ...

Vino: 2004 Baudry Chinon "Les Granges"

Name: 2004 Baudry Chinon "Les Granges" Grape: Cabernet Franc Region: Loire Valley, France Price: $15.00 to $17.00 Chinon (pronounced she-non), like many other French wines, is both a wine and a town....

Vino: Thanksgiving Wine

An amalgamation of flavors; sweet potatoes, green beans, cranberries, pumpkins, breads, cheeses, dips; it is nearly impossible to choose just one bottle of wine for Thanksgiving dinner. Often though...

Vino: TJ Treasures

Trader Joe's is a unique grocery store and although I love shopping for food at Trader Joe's, I will openly admit that 2-Buck Chuck, really turned me off of their wine department. ...

Vino: 2004 Avalon Napa Valley Cabernet

Name: 2004 Avalon Napa Cabernet Grape: Cabernet Region: California Price: $12.99 to $14.99 Inexpensive Napa Valley Cabernet, does such a thing exist? With today's skyrocketing land prices and the ...

Vino: 2004 Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha

Name: 2004 Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha Grape:Grenache Region: Spain Price: $9.99 to $13.00 You may not realize this, but Spain has more planted vines than any other country in the world. With all the...

Vino: 2004 Porter Creek Carignane

Name: 2004 Porter Creek Carignane Grape:Carignane Region: Russian River Valley, California Price: $17.99 to $19.99 Very few people work as hard, or even try as hard as Alex Davis, the winemaker, wine...

Vino: 2005 Domaine Monte de Luz Tannat

Name: 2005 Domaine Monte de Luz Tannat Grape: Tannat Region: Uruguay Price: $6.99 to $12.99 Uruguay, one of South America's most literate and peaceful countries, is also home to nearly three hundred ...

Vino: 2004 Barco Reale di Carmignano

Name: 2004 Barco Reale di Carmignano Grape:Sangiovese, Cabernet sauvignon, Canaiolo & Merlot Region: Tuscany, Italy Price: $10.99 Fall is in the air and the garden is overflowing with tomatoes. It ...

Vino: Piper Heidsieck Brut NV

Name: Piper Heidsieck Brut NV Grape:Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier & Chardonnay Region: Champagne, France Price: $25.99 to $29.99 The pop of a champagne cork screams celebration! I cannot think of a more...

Vino: 2004 Sybille Kuntz Riesling

Name: 2004 Sybille Kuntz Riesling Grape:Riesling (pronounced Reece-ling) Region: Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany Price: $15.99 to $16.99 Riesling is difficult to understand! Just last weekend while shoppin...

Vino: 2001 Tbilvino Tsinandali

Name: 2001 Tbilviino Tsinandali Grape:Rkatsiteli & Mtsvane Region: Khaketi, Republic of Georgia Price: $8.99 A strange mood overcame me last evening while I was shopping for our evening's wine, as I ...

Vino: 2003 Honig Cabernet

Name: 2003 Honig Cabernet Grape: Cabernet Region: Napa Valley, California Price: $27.99 to $34.99 I am lucky enough to be hanging out in Napa Valley right now where I am reawakening my love for Cabe...

Vino: 2003 Villa Antinori Toscana

Name: 2003 Villa Antinori Toscana Grape: Sangiovese with a touch of Merlot, Cabernet & Syrah Region: Tuscany, Italy Price: $19.97 to $27.99 It happened last night for the first time in weeks: I cra...

Vino: Bouchard Bourgogne Rouge

Name: Bouchard Bourgogne Rouge Grape: Pinot Noir Region: Burgundy, France Price: $14.99 to $17.99 Red wine and summertime are not the best partners; however last week’s temperature dip brought out ...

Vino: 2005 H.u.M. Hofer Grüner Veltliner

Name: H.u.M. Hofer Grüner Veltliner Grape: Grüner Veltliner Region: Austria Price: $8.99 to $10.99 Dang, it's hot! Grüner Veltliner (pronounced: Grooner Veltleener) is a crisp, dry, ...

Vino: Cristalino Cava Brut

Name: Cristalino Cava Brut Grape: 50% Macabeo, 35% Parellada, 15% Xarello Region: Spain Price: $6.99 to $9.99 If you like Prosecco, odds are you're a Cava fan too, although you may not know it yet. ...

Vino: Labouré-Roi Pouilly-Fuissé

Name: 2004 Laboure-Roi Pouilly Fuisse Grape: 100% Chardonnay Region: Macconais, France Price: $14.99 to $15.99 All the talk this week about Chardonnay has me craving Pouilly-Fuissé. That's right, a...

Vino: 2004 Villa Sparina Gavi

Name: 2004 Villa Sparina Gavi Grape: Cortese Region: Piedmonte, Italy Price: $18.99 to $21.99 Legend has it that Gavi, the yellow-hued wine made from Piedmonte's native Cortese grape, is named after...

Vino: 2004 Peachy Canyon Zinfandel

Name: Peachy Canyon Zinfandel Grape: Zinfandel Region: Paso Robles, California Price: $7.99 to $10.99 Zinfandel is almost as American as apple pie. Though its roots trace back to ancient Greece and ...

Vino: Zardetto Prosecco

[We were surprised to see that Eric Asimov's column in yesterday's NY Times (A Sip, a Smile, a Cheery Fizz, June 21, 2006) was about Prosecco, since we'd already received Jenny's post about the same w...

Vino: Amarone

Name: Amarone Grape: Corvina, Rondinella & Molinara Region: Veneto, Italy Price: $24.99 to $50.00 Amarone: wine made from raisins not grapes. Most wines are made fresh, juicy grapes that are picked...

Vino: 2003 Catena Malbec

Name: 2003 Catena Malbec Grape: Malbec Region: Mendoza, Argentina Price: $14.95 to $24.99 South American wines are undergoing a revolution. Inexpensive land prices and a farming culture that dates b...

Vino: A to Z Pinot Noir

Name: A to Z Pinot Noir Grape: Pinot Noir Region: Willamette Valley, Oregon Price: $10.00 to $15.00 Considered the Holy Grail among winemakers, Pinot Noir is a finicky and difficult grape that will ...

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