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Review: Coppola Reserve Syrah

Coppola Reserve Syrah
I’m so excited because our fall shipment of Coppola Wine just arrived last week. The first bottle out of the box was the Reserve Syrah.  I poured myself a glass before dinner and before I could finish it, I spilled the last few drops on the carpet.  Recently the hubs and I have been talking about new flooring in the living room and dining room.  So instead of getting angry over spilled wine, I sai...
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Review: Noble Vines 2013 The One Black Red

Noble Vines The One
Noble Vines 2013 The One Black Red is a blend of several red varieties: Merlot, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec among others. This wine was awarded the Best Buy award by Wine Enthusiast.  Jim Gordon, a contributing editor for the magazine, wrote, “An extremely deep, almost black color is the first sign that something unusual is going on in this bold but not heavy wine. It smells like ...
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Red Wine 101

red wine at dinner
I am not a wine expert, and I don’t try to act like one. But, I have tried to educate myself about wine enough so that when I’m standing in the isle, filled with hundreds of different types of wines, I want to know what I’m looking at…and spending my money on. OK, I know what you’re all thinking: “In such a small town, how can you pick from hundreds of wines?” Well, we don’t! But, when we trave...
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