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Doņa Paula, Luján de Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina) Shiraz - Malbec 2006 ($16, Vineyard Brands)
There are four new releases from Doņa Paula Estate, and this is the pick of the litter.
It is dark and densely pigmented, with a very nice balance between fruitiness and a more restrained, meaty character.
The fruit recalls dark berries but there's also a notable red fruit note, with nice freshness and purity but also a very faint earthiness. Wood notes are quite subtle, and this would be a fine choice for moderately-robust red meat dishes.
89 - Michael Franz
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Ever wonder how Virginia's best wines stack up against those from the best wine regions in the world? Sign-up for the seminar we're offering at the Virginia Wine Showcase to find out. The Showcase includes tastings, shopping (with exhibitors of all types, not just wine), music, and wine-related seminars (including the one mentioned above). And the Washington Wine Academy is offering up VIP treatment. Just register with us and you get VIP bus transportation to the event from the Vienna metro station. Plus, we'll give you your tickets, check IDs, and issue wine glass tickets on the bus so you can be tasting moments after you arrive ... while everyone else is waiting in line! |
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September 5
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October 18 - 26, 2009
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How much wine can you drink?
If you were asked to name grape varietals, how many could you name? Maybe a dozen? Two or three dozen if you're a wine afficiando? Either way, you'd probably be hard pressed to name more.
Yet, if you wanted to name all varietals of wine grapes within the genus Vitis and the species vinifera, you would have to know the names of 10,000 different grapes. And to taste every one of these varieties, you would have to drink a different wine every day for more than 27 years!
Luckily for those of you who are overachievers, not all 10,000 varietals are made into commercially available wines.
However, if you had time to explore the back roads of Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece, you may be able to encounter 1,500 different varieties... a number that, at the one variety per day rate, would only take you four years to complete.
And for the rest of us? Most of us will encounter fewer than 50 varieties during a lifetime of normal wine enjoyment. |
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- Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel
Germany, $3 per 500 ml bottle
- Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier
Germany, $5 per 500 ml bottle
- Pilsner Urquell
Czech Republic, $8 per six-pack
- North Coast Red Seal Ale
U.S., $9 per six-pack
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U.S., $11 per six-pack
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