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Beaujolais, France &
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.

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Don Benigno, Amontillado Sherry, Jerez, Spain, Wine Casual
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March 21, 2019
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by Reggie Solomon, Wine Casual

Don Benigno Amontillado Sherry – A Medium-Sweet Sherry

Don Benigno, Amontillado Sherry, Jerez, Spain

Tasting Note: A medium-sweet Amontillado Sherry that combines aromas and flavors of biological and oxidative aging.[Read more]

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Famiglia Pasqua, Romeo & Juliet Passione Sentimento Bianco, Veneto, Italy, Wine Casual
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March 21, 2019
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by Reggie Solomon, Wine Casual

Famiglia Pasqua Romeo & Juliet Passione Sentimento Bianco 2017 – An Easygoing White

Famiglia Pasqua, Romeo & Juliet Passione Sentimento Bianco 2017, Veneto, Italy

Tasting Note: An easygoing white to pair with an unceremonious midweek meal.[Read more]

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Don Benigno, Fino Sherry, Jerez, Spain, Wine Casual
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March 20, 2019
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by Reggie Solomon, Wine Casual

Don Benigno Fino Sherry – A Basic, Entry-Level Fino That Delivers Tart Fino-Sherry Goodness

Don Benigno, Fino Sherry, Jerez, Spain

Tasting Note: A basic, entry-level Fino that delivers tangy, tart, Fino-Sherry goodness.[Read more]

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Famiglia Pasqua, Passimento 2016, Veneto, Italy, Wine Casual
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March 20, 2019
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by Reggie Solomon, Wine Casual

Famiglia Pasqua Passimento 2016 – A Balanced Red Blend

Famiglia Pasqua, Passimento 2016, Veneto, Italy

Tasting Note: A red blend from Italy that employs one of the country’s oldest winemaking techniques that is enjoyed by lovers of Amarone.[Read more]

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Don Beningo, Cream Sherry, Andalucia, Spain, Wine Casual
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March 19, 2019
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by Reggie Solomon, Wine Casual

Don Beningo Cream Sherry – A Good, Uncomplicated House Sherry

Don Beningo, Cream Sherry, Andalucia, Spain

Tasting Note: A good, uncomplicated house Sherry that is straightforward and does its job.[Read more]

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Il Bastardo, Sangiovese di Toscana 2017, Tuscany, Italy, Wine Casual
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March 19, 2019
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by Reggie Solomon, Wine Casual

Il Bastardo Sangiovese di Toscana 2017 – A Good-Value Sangiovese

Il Bastardo, Sangiovese di Toscana 2017, Tuscany, Italy

Tasting Note: A good-value sangiovese with bright fruit to pair with a midweek meal.[Read more]

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Blandy’s, 5 Years Old Bual Madeira, Portugal, Wine Casual
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March 18, 2019
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by Reggie Solomon, Wine Casual

Blandy’s 5 Years Old Bual Madeira – The Next-to Sweetest of the 4 Traditional Styles of Madeira

Blandy’s, 5 Years Old Bual Madeira, Portugal

Tasting Note: This is the next-to sweetest of the four traditional styles of Madeira.[Read more]

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Brix Chocolate, Medium Dark Chocolate, Wine Casual
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March 18, 2019
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by Reggie Solomon, Wine Casual

Brix Chocolate Medium Dark Chocolate – Like a Brick of 24-Karat Chocolate Gold

Brix Chocolate, Medium Dark Chocolate

Tasting Note: You’ll see why this chocolate is called Brix when you take it out the packet and find it resembles a brick of 24-karat chocolate gold.[Read more]

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Fields Family Wines, Zinfandel 2014, Stampede Vineyard, Lodi, California, Wine Casual
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March 17, 2019
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by Reggie Solomon, Wine Casual

Fields Family Wines Zinfandel 2014 – An Elegant Zinfandel with Welcome Constraint & Complexity

Fields Family Wines, Zinfandel 2014, Stampede Vineyard, Lodi, California

Tasting Note: On the red zinfandel, flavor-intensity scale, this elegant zinfandel provides welcome restraint while delivering complex aromatics and flavors that underscore fine winemaking.[Read more]

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Blandy’s, 5 Years Old Sercial Dry Madeira, Portugal, Wine Casual
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March 17, 2019
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by Reggie Solomon, Wine Casual

Blandy’s 5 Years Old Sercial Dry Madeira – Pronounced-Intensity Flavors

Blandy’s, 5 Years Old Sercial Dry Madeira, Portugal

Tasting Note: Madeira comes in various levels of sweetness and Sercial is the driest of the styles made from one of the four noble grape varieties Sercial is grown on the northern side of Madeira on terraced vineyards at high altitudes.[Read more]

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