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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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The Best Place to Buy Rare and Hard-to-Find Wines

Advanced Mixology

Wine is an excellent base for cocktails. However, if you want to up the ante, use high-end wines to make your seasonal beverages extra special. Marketview Liquor should be your first stop for some of the most sought-after rare wines on the market at affordable prices. Mike and his staff have never looked back.

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Tasting the Wines of Vega Sicilia with Winemaker Gonzalo Iturriaga de Juan

Drinkhacker

There are cult wines and there are cult wines. You can probably name a dozen of these most prized wine brands, and I’m willing to bet that Vega Sicilia is among them. Despite some tart boysenberry and underripe blueberry notes, the earth maintains its grip on the wine throughout. Tempranillo with some merlot.

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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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Where to Drink in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Imbibe Magazine

Achilles Heel Before the Greenpoint riverfront was a near unbroken string of high-rise condos, restaurateur Andrew Tarlow (Diner, She Wolf, Marlow & Sons), opened Achilles Heel in 2013 on a tucked-away side street. Lise & Vito If your query is where to find natural wine in Greenpoint, the answer is … well, virtually anywhere.

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The Countries That Produce The Most Red and White Wine

VinePair

The International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) released its most recent update on wine production data last week, which showcases the changing production patterns of red, white, and rosé wine over the past two decades. Italy is currently in the lead for largest producer of red wine, accounting for 17.3 percent.

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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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