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Less than a decade ago, you didn’t hear about red blends. Sure, red grape varieties have been blended by European winemakers for centuries, but producers were limited by law to specific varieties.
Editor’s Note: This biweekly column is sponsored by Dominion Wine and Beer (107 Rowell Court, Falls Church). This column is written by Dominion owner Arash Tafakor. In part one of our red wine blend ...
Some red blends are self-evident, shelved in the “Red Blends” section of the wine store. Others, shelved by geographic source, require more effort to ferret out. While the former type tend to be ...
Decanter, Gold; Wine Enthusiast (WE), 90 points; International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC), Gold; San Francisco International Wine Competition (SFIWC), Gold; Wine Spectator (WS), 90 points.
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Boxed wines can offer tremendous value and convenience and often have a lower carbon footprint than standard bottles. But they vary in quality, and the format is sometimes a convenient way for ...
They seem to be everywhere these days: red wines whose labels bear a fanciful name (think The Spur or Wildebeest) instead of the name of a grape variety. Red blends are a hot category in wine these ...
Dan Berger debunks the anonymous red wine blends of America and offers a few global alternatives. The trend du jour for the American wine industry is the amorphous red wine blend, which I consider to ...
Red blends are a big trend in domestic wines that neophyte drinkers are embracing. WSJ's Lettie Teague discusses what to look for. Photo:iStock/gmast3r Nielsen’s January 2015 report says the domestic ...
Given the recent media attention on red blends, one would think that the idea of combining grape varieties into a single wine is a novel concept. Hardly. It’s rare to find a Bordeaux made from one ...