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Preparing for a Washington Reds Tasting

What type of wine tasting participant are you?  Do you grab something you’ve never had before on your way to the tasting OR are you anal-retentive like us an perform your own week-long tasting competition just amongst yourselves to pick the “perfect” bottle for the party?  Sure, there’s often some praise or prize for the [...]

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Cheap & Easy

Ideal for a week night, these are tasty value wines that we found at the local grocer (Kroger/Whole foods). By cheap, I mean generally in the $8-$12 range. Easy means both easy to find and easy to quaff. Kona Baru 2005 Cabernet from Chile – $8.50 – dense in color, big round tannins, hint of [...]

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