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#WineWednesday: Southern Right Sauvignon Blanc 2009

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Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail  90 percent of the time, when someone asks you if you want white wine, they mean Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc. I don’t know if that’s true, but 90 seemed like a good percent. Sauvignon Blancs are crisp, dry,…

Wine on Wednesday: Jacob’s Creek Reserve Pinot Noir

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Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail I’ve never been to Australia, but now I have another reason why I’d like to visit: Australian wine. Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail…

#WineWednesday: Torbreck Woodcutter’s Shiraz

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Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail Shiraz (Also known as Syrah in France) is the most widely planted red grape in Australia. There are a lot of different styles of Shiraz that are produced as well, ranging from jug wine (think: the ones with…

#WineWednesday: Pouilly-Fuissé (White Burgundy)

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Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail For the longest time, I thought I didn’t like Chardonnays.   When I think of Chardonnay, I think of big, bold California wines that have been aged in oak barrels and have a buttery aroma. But Chardonnay grapes…

#WineWednesday: Wines to Drink on a Snow Day

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Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail THIS JUST IN: it snowed in Chicago. When I moved here everyone warned me about the brutally cold winters, the biting wind and the endlessly dreary gray skies that would usurp the horizon from November – May. I…