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Monday, June 24, 2024

Donnafugata Pantelleria wines: 2021 Lighea Sicilia DOC Zibibbo and 2021 Ben Ryé Passito di Pantelleria DOC

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I have previously reported on the grape-growing environment, viticultural practices, and wine types associated with the Zibibbo grapes grown...
Sunday, June 23, 2024

PDO Muscat of Rhodes

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My exploration of the Muscat family of cultivars continues herein with Greece's PDO Muscat of Rhodes. The Greek Muscat wines studied to ...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Puglia's Moscato di Trani

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I have been flipping between the Muscat wines of Greece, Italy, and Turkey and between the Petits Grains and Alexandria branches of the Musc...
Friday, June 14, 2024

The Zibibbo (Muscat of Alexandria) wines of Pantelleria

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In his book  Italy in a Wine Glass , Marc Millon refers to the Donnafugata Ben Ryè Passito di Pantelleria as  ... a glorious, wondrous expre...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024

PDO Muscat of Cephalonia

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The Muscat grape is one of the oldest and most widespread grape families in the world and I have periodically reported on instances of its i...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Tasting the first 10 vintages (2005 - 2014) of Pritchard Hill's Continuum plus a 2022 Sentium and a 1980 Robert Mondavi Fumé Blanc

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The launch of Continuum represented an attempt to resurrect (in short order) the Robert Mondavi branch of the winemaking family tree. The li...
Saturday, May 25, 2024

Tasting Tignanello 1990 - 2020 (Selected vintages)

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A small group of Orlando-area wine enthusiasts have been holding monthly in-depth tastings of specific wines in order to improve our underst...