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If I Could Buy Only One – January 9th VINTAGES Release
If you could buy only one wine from this release, which one would it be and why? Nals Margreid Punggl 2018 Pinot Grigio, Südtirol-Alto Adige, Italy $29.95, Mondo Vino David Lawrason – For most of my career I have been only moderately enthusiastic about Italian pinot grigio as a genre. Because the vast majority, even […] More
Buyers’ Guide to VINTAGES January 9th, 2021
John Szabo’s VINTAGES Review January 9th: Smart Buys By John Szabo MS, with notes from Sara d’Amato, David Lawrason and Michael Godel There’s nothing I wish to say about recent world events, at least that would be appropriate here. Rather, let’s escape to a place of simple pleasures, where quality and price line up in […] More
D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves – Episode 16
Green Austria Part 1 The Wine Thieves launch 2021 on a highly positive note: “Green Austria”, the first in a mini-series on Austrian wines. This small country in the heart of Europe has quietly been green, and getting greener for over a century, showing the way towards more responsible, earth-friendly wine production. Austria registered the first […] More
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View Award-Winning WinesCostly to produce, capricious, relatively low-yielding and sensitive, pinot noir has been nicknamed the "heartbreak grape" by winegrowers and winemakers who insist on producing it, as they seek to elicit from it the remarkable finesse and depth it is able to generate. In its home in Burgundy, it produces a mind-boggling range of nuances, which are highly sought by wine lovers from around the world. In the broadest terms, Pinot Noir tends to be of light to medium body with an aroma reminiscent of black cherry, raspberry or currant. Traditional red Burgundy is famous for its fleshy, 'farmyard' aromas, but changing fashions and new easier-to-grow clones have favoured a lighter, fruitier style. However, an emerging style from California and New Zealand highlights a more powerful, fruit forward and darker wine that can approach syrah in depth. Pinot noir is also often used in the production of Champagne.