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Santa Rita, Colchagua Valley (Chile) Carmenère "Pehuén" 2005 ($70, Palm Bay Imports) 
This impressively intense, deeply flavorful wine provides another nail in the coffin for the view that Carmenère is just a useful blending agent rather than a potentially great wine grape variety in its own right.
Packed with scents and flavors of sweet dark berries, it also shows accents of spicy oak, cocoa powder, and black licorice.
There's plenty of tannin to provide structure, but there's also so much sweet fruit that the balance works out very harmoniously.
92 - Michael Franz
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With spring right around the corner, do you have spring fever? Dreaming of the pink petals that our area is so famous for around this time of year? Then come celebrate the Cherry Blossom Festival with us! That's right, we're holding our own celebration, a Cherry Blossom "Soiree" at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Hope to see you there! |
Make Sure you BYOB!
Looking for something to do next Friday? Join the Washington Wine Academy
for the 14th version of our Great Wines series! WHEN: Friday, March 27, 7-11 p.m. WHERE: Near the Courthouse Metro in Arlington, Virginia. (You have to register to get the address.) PRICE OF ADMISSION: $12.50 + a bottle of wine (per person) to share. No payments at the door. You must register in advance.INCLUDED IN THE COST: light appetizers
and hourly door prize drawings
to win wine themed items, wine accessories, and
event tickets. NOTES ABOUT WINES: To
guarantee quality sampling for all guests, please
ensure the value of your bottle meets the minimum
value of $10 (no Barefoot or Charles Shaw)! We challenge
you to bring a bottle from a location or a varietal
you have not sampled before. Never been out West?
Then Pinot from Oregon or Chard from CA is cool.
Never had Alvarinho? Seek it out! Got a bottle
sitting in your rack from last year's winery tour?
Leave it home... stuff you've already had doesn't
cut it. To ensure a broad spectrum, we suggest if your
last name begins with the letters A-M bring a
Red, N-Z bring a White. Confused? Bring a Rose.
We look forward to seeing you there
as we continue our 8th year of Great Wines events. |
 Weekly WWA Events:
Every FRIDAY at the Arlington Cinema 'N Drafthouse - 6:15 p.m.
Every Saturday and Sunday in partnership with Reston Limousine!
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Top 10 Barbecue Wines *
If you're anything like us, the little bit of warm weather has you itching to fire up the grill. In honor of the impending warm weather, we offer you some good barbecue wines...
- White: 2006 Monterey Riesling (Jekel Vineyards, $11)
- White: 2007 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc (Whitehall Lane Winery & Vineyards, $16)
- White: 2006 Napa Valley Chardonnay (Cakebread Cellars, $38)
- Rosé: 2007 Rosé de Cabernet (Domaine Salliès, $10)
- Red: 2005 Mandolina Sangiovese (Lucas & Lewellen Vineyards, $18)
- Red: 2006 Estate Pinot Noir (Iron Horse Vineyards, $40)
- Red: 2003 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (Stonestreet, $40)
- Red: 2005 E Minor Shiraz (Barossa Valley Estate, $12)
- Dessert: 20 Years Old Tawny Porto (Dow's, $56)
* List courtesy of Novus Vinum.
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