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2009 Covey Run Riesling
Nothing boutique here. A giant winery owned by a giant wine conglomerate. Still, if you can find this for $5 a bottle, as I did recently, it represents off the charts QPR. This tastes like very good cheap riesling. It’s … Continue reading
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2011 Red Newt Lahoma Vineyards Riesling
Finger Lakes rieslings are probably the best value in North American white wine, and this bottle of Red Newt adds more evidence to the case. A step up from the their “circle label” bottling, this off-dry bottle is rich and … Continue reading
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2006 Château d’Orschwihr Crémant d’Alsace
The deal is this: This could pass for champagne. Like, real champagne. Not the best stuff, certainly, but something that you’re too poor to drink on a weeknight. And yet. This costs something like $16. WINNER WINNER WINNER. All of … Continue reading
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Finger Lakes Rieslings: Forge and Konstantin Frank
We drank two Finger Lakes rieslings this week. One, a 2010 semi-dry from the large and venerable Konstantin Frank, and the second a dry, 2011 from the hot newcomer Forge Cellars. Both were impressive, and sterling examples of different styles … Continue reading
2010 Mercer Estates Riesling
Here’s an example of the kind of white wine North America does best at this price point. Clean, crisp riesling. This wine tastes like peaches and apples with a bit of powdered sugar and a whiff of petrol. It’s awesome, … Continue reading
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