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Great Wines for Labor Day: New Age from ArgentinaWe attended a Passport to Argentina celebration and wine tasting at our local Central Market a few months back. Looking up to check which wine was next, I noticed glasses filled with ice and slices of lime. I was curious, as well as skeptical. Ice in wine?
New Age White Wine NV This fun wine from Bodegas Valentin Bianchi is a 50/50 blend of Malvasia and Sauvignon Blanc harvested from the vineyards in San Rafael, Mendoza. The color of new straw, the fruit and floral notes are light, yet intense, in balanced acidity. Best served cold and over ice, drop in a lime and serve as an apéritif or with spicy Asian cuisine. Just 9.5% alcohol by volume, it’s also a great addition to fruit-based cocktails! Pick up several bottles – this wine is priced around $11. New Age Rose NV A dark lipstick pink, the New Age Rose pairs perfectly with barbecued chicken. Floral with wild raspberry on the nose, this is a blend of 50% Malbec and 50% Merlot. Also sourced from vines in San Rafael, Mendoza, the grapes were picked by hand from the Valentin Bianchi Estate vineyards, then crushed and cooled. 12 hours of cold maceration pulls the color from the skins. Also just 9.5% alcohol by volume, served over ice this is the perfect refresher after a night of Salsa dancing! Priced around $11, it also makes a unique South American-style sangria. Both of these semi-sparkling wines are available in wine shops and upscale grocery stores. For a closer look at Bodegas Valentin Bianchi check out this video. Warning: It will make you thirsty! Want more? You can read about another great Argentina sparkler also perfect for barbecue. And watch for our upcoming live blogging on red Wines of Argentina coming up on Thursday, September 16th! Cheers! The WineWonkette 
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Often we visit a tasting room, love a wine, and purchase bottles to ship home, only to find that once at home, the wine does not live up to the tasting room experience. This was certainly not the case with the 2008 Quarry Butte from Alexandria Nicole Cellars, a red blend crafted from their Estate [...]
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When Margaret Ryan at Olson Ogden Wines contacted us about their newest release last Spring, I was delighted to learn it was a white Rhône blend. We really enjoyed the Olson Ogden Wines‘ Pinot Noir and Rhône varietals we had tasted, so we were pretty confident that this one would not disappoint. It most certainly [...]
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For at least two decards, it was thought that Plavac Mali was the ancestor, or Croatian counterpart of Zinfandel. Coincidentally, it is thought that Zinfandel arrived in California around 1852. And when, between 1890 and 1900 most of northern California’s vineyards were destroyed by phylloxera, Zinfandel was among the survivors.
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At the tasting we met a delightful couple, Don and Judy Phelps, owners of “Hard Row to Hoe” Vineyards. They poured a refreshing Sangiovese Dry Rosé. And Judy told me the story behind the name. Seems that back in the late 1930s, there was a brothel located at Point Lovely.
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