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Review: 2017 Appassionata Pinot Noir Dundee Hills Andante

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2017 is the current vintage for this pinot noir from Oregon’s Appassionata , which is curiously made by the same winemaker as Germany’s Dr. Loosen. A- / $55 / appassionataestate.com The post Review: 2017 Appassionata Pinot Noir Dundee Hills Andante appeared first on Drinkhacker: The Insider's Guide to Good Drinking.

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Review: Banfi 2017 SummuS and 2019 Magna Cum Laude

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2017 Banfi SummuS Toscana IGT – “SummuS, Latin for “highest.” A / $50 banfiwines.com The post Review: Banfi 2017 SummuS and 2019 Magna Cum Laude appeared first on Drinkhacker: The Insider's Guide to Good Drinking. ” is a wine of towering elegance.” ” A 15.5%

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Review: 2017 Moretti Omero Vignalunga Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG

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The post Review: 2017 Moretti Omero Vignalunga Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG appeared first on Drinkhacker: The Insider's Guide to Good Drinking. It’s a commanding, dense wine deserving of a hearty meal or full-bodied cigar as a sparring partner. Consider opening this a few hours in advance of drinking to let it breathe.

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Sicilian Wine Review: 2022 Corvo Irmana Nero d’Avola and 2017 Florio Marsala

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A- / $20 2017 Cantine Florio Vecchioflorio Marsala Superiore – Marsala is hardly a category we cover much around here — or at all — but there’s no reason not to start now. Versatile and expressive, and a massive bargain at this price.

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Review: Herminia Riojas – 2018 Crianza and 2017 Reserva

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A- / $18 2017 Herminia Rioja Reserva DOC – Equally pushy, this wine, 24 months in barrel, is heavier on red fruits — cherries and raspberries — before letting a more brooding blackcurrant character into the picture. And apparently, she liked really huge reds. A- / $20 viñaherminia.es

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Review: 2017 The One in a Million Petit Verdot

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A / $350 / oneinamillionwine.com The post Review: 2017 The One in a Million Petit Verdot appeared first on Drinkhacker: The Insider's Guide to Good Drinking.

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Remembering Steven Liles

Imbibe Magazine

In 2017, Steven Liles—a career bartender then working at Smuggler’s Cove in San Francisco—was named Bartender of the Year as part of that year’s Imbibe 75. Excerpts from that interview appeared in our January/February 2017 issue. Liles, who passed away this week after a brief and sudden illness, was a bartender’s bartender.

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