Posted on June 22, 2009, 10:30 am, by Frank, under
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Chateau Jouclay Cabardes 2006
Wine makers no matter where they are located within the wine world need to respond to consumer demands. So many wine makers in the Old World, most European countries, are responding to consumers love for new world wine. They are doing this by working to create riper fruits and greater fruit concentration. [...]
Posted on May 2, 2009, 1:10 pm, by Frank, under
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Vina Aliaga Navarra Garnacha Vieja 2003
Navarra is huge wine region within Spain which along with La Mancha really produces a large amount of bulk wines with mixed success. However if you can find a quality wine in this region that delivers you are normally onto a winner as they are always at good price points.
A [...]
Posted on March 24, 2009, 9:45 am, by admin, under
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Last week, I described the northern Rhône. This week it’s time for the southern Rhône. The Rhône valley runs north to south for about 230km which allows for a big variation in climate and soil type.
Where the north has a continental climate, the southern Rhône has a hotter Mediterranean one. Where the northern Rhône has [...]