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Hester Creek Trebbiano, 2019
Trebbiano in the Canadian Okanagan. Who knew? And old vines at that. To be fair, we knew; during the stay at home C19 days of stir crazy stillness. And we knew where to score it at the vineyard price, in Vancouver, at $23, rather than, say, Marquis, at $29. So why bother blogging about that […]
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Envinate Palo Blanco, 2018
Woodsy, walk in the dewy woods, if you will, dampness and pungent, sour, acidic, and heavy, like an earthen pot; and look at the glass, that mellow amber hue. This is the Yin to, say, an ethereal Alsace white Yang. And it is novel; pretty much unlike any white you’ll have in the cellar. I […]
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Jean-Maurice Raffault Chinon, 2015
From the cellar: Ah yes I remember it well (said Maurice Chevalier in Gigi for anyone under 102). This gorgeous wine straddles the fence of sticky, crushed blackberries, inky on the fingers after picking, with cleaning the stalls at the racetrack. There is a deep, dark, currant and savoury streak crossed with the barnyard, undeniable […]