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Bodega Ángel Rodríguez Martinsancho Verdejo Rueda DO 2008

Posted in Recommended, Spain, Value Pick, tagged , , on November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Spain has an appellation system for wine like France and Italy with the main classification of quality wine is Denominación de Origen (DO). Rueda gained DO status in 1980, the first DO to be approved in the Castilla y León region. While Sauvignon Blanc and Viura can also be used, only wines produced with at [...]

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Viñedos de Ithaca Odysseus Pedro Ximénez 2008

Posted in Recommended, Spain, tagged , , , on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This wine is made from Pedro Ximénez, traditionally known as a sherry grape. Joseph and Silvia Puig make the only still Pedro Ximénez in Spain. The grapes are sourced from a 75-year old vineyard near Scala Dei. The wine is carefully fermented in the “old-style” without temperature control. A cold maceration for between 10 and [...]

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Domaine Richaud l’Ebrescade 2005

Posted in France, Recommended, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Marie and Marcel run Domaine Richaud, with Marcel as winemaker and Marie as manager. Marcel makes some wonderful wines, mostly of the little known village appellation Cairanne. Many consider him one of the top 2 or 3 producers in the appellation. His estate is made up of plots inherited from his parents as well [...]

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Daniel Bouland Morgon Vieilles Vignes 2008

Posted in France, Recommended, Value Pick, tagged , , , , , on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Another wine from Weygandt Wines, the new wine store in DC featuring importer Peter Weygandt’s portfolio. One of the great things about the store is that they taste wines every day. They usually taste the same half dozen or so wines for the week, but last Saturday they tweeted that they tasting some different wines [...]

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Domaine Alary Cairanne La Font d’Estevenas 2007

Posted in Recommended, tagged , , , on November 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, DC has a new wine store. Weygandt Wines is the best wine store in DC and in the same league with the best in the country (Chambers Street, Kermit Lynch, K&L, Astor and the Wine Exchange). At Weygandt it’s not the range of the selection (albeit impressive), [...]

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Viñedos de Ithaca “Akyles” Priorat 2007

Posted in Recommended, Spain, Value Pick, tagged , , , , , , on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I learned late yesterday that Silvia Puig was pouring her wines at a dinner at Tallula in Northern Virginia last night. It wasn’t enough notice for me to make it and regretted not being able to attend.  Tonight, I came home and attempted to remedy the situation by opening a bottle of their Akyles.
The Akyles [...]

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Les Aphillanthes Côtes du Rhône 2007

Posted in France, Recommended, tagged , , , , , , , on November 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »

What makes Daniel Boulle so special, in my opinion, is his absolute perfection in growing. His yields are minute and the fruit is perfect. ~Peter Weygandt
As I wrote in a recent post, there is a fantastic new wine store in DC. Weygandt Wines is owned by Peter Weygandt and Todd Ross. Peter Weygandt has [...]

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