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Taste Test: Alcohol-Free Sparkling Wines

Imbibe Magazine

The caliber of many widely available NA sparkling wines has improved dramatically in recent years, making it easier than ever to pop bottles everyone can enjoy. It has the most wine-centric nose of the bottles we tasted, with white grape juice and tart lemon rind followed by faint floral and red berry notes. . $44,

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8 of the Best Red Wines From Italy’s Puglia

VinePair

It says something when a well-known TV series about Italian food, in an episode about Puglia, ignores the wines of the region in the heel of the boot of southern Italy. But the wines? I guess the show’s host (a well-known actor) and producers must have figured that Puglia is still a backwater region when it comes to wine.

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The VinePair Podcast: Is Napa’s Cult Wine Bubble Close to Popping?

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But lately, a certain group of “cult Napa wineries” have been commanding premiums upwards of $1,000 per bottle. It’s all about the lifestyle and exclusivity, even if the wines themselves aren’t always that great. Even entry-level Napa Cabernets are pricey. Nonetheless, the VinePair Pod trio argue that these wineries are here to stay.

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Are ‘Legendary Vintages’ Becoming a Tired Wine Marketing Cliche?

VinePair

Even a wine novice can wrap their head around the mystique of a game-changing moment in time or a deliciously Gallic middle finger to the freshly defeated Reich. But besides these rarities, we’ve been spoiled rotten over the past 20 years by a crate full of vintages trumpeted as legendary by the wine industry and media.

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Berry Bros & Rudd Expands ‘A Sense Of Place’ Collection With World Whiskies

The Whiskey Wash

The Berry Bros & Rudd ‘A Sense of Place’ Coasts & Shores Collection: Berry Bros & Rudd Berry Bros & Rudd , Britain’s oldest wine and spirits merchant, has unveiled the second installment in its ‘A Sense of Place ‘ collection. A full list of bottlings and RRPs can be found further down this article.

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Cava Reclaims Its Identity and Charts a New Way Forward

Imbibe Magazine

Eduard Viader grabs a bottle from a riddling rack, pulls off the metal brace that secured the cork, and with his index finger covering the closure to keep it from flying off, uses his clawlike wrench to ease the cork out of the bottle. He spins the bottle to tamp down the fizz and turns it upright.

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5 Iconic Food and Wine Pairings From the Masters Champions Dinners

VinePair

Keeping in line with the theme, the menu featured two classic wines from northern Spain’s Rioja region including the Imperial Gran Reserva 2012 and Contino Blanco 2020 from the historic Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España winery, also known as C.V.N.E. Served in honor of Mr. Tiger Woods.

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