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Jordan Mackay’s article in April’s Decanter “California Pinot Noir 2005” gives the Hanzell 4 stars and includes it in the Pick of the Crop.
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Dozens of new producers have been awarded the right to produce champagne under the first substantial expansion of the tightly controlled wine region since 1927. Thirty eight communes (village districts) were named after decades of lobbying and feuding among councils...
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An hour and a half south past Siena is Montalcino country and we dined and tasted with the Sesti’s, who are famously hospitable.
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We then had a very long drive south to Carmignano to see the charming and very tall Beppe Rigoli at Fattoria Ambra to taste his Carmignano Riservas, a DOC which was the first to include Cabernet with the Sangiovese. The...
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James Suckling at Wine Spectator has followed the 2005’s with great enthusiasm whilst also being aware of the rapidly increasing prices.