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Best Wine to Pair With Pork Chops
I know my mother shied away from cooking pork chops in the 1970s when the scare was on regarding worms from undercooked meat. Although she was a wonderful cook, what resulted on our plates looked like...
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Cuvaison 2022 Chardonnay, Kite Tail
Kite Tail has always been a very expressive Chardonnay and this iteration is no exception. It deviates from traditional Chardonnay and delves into richer, more mature elements. What’s surprising then...
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Cuvaison 2022 Pinot Noir Debut Cru
Cuvaison’s Small Lot program (typically wines produced under 300 cases) has been a goldmine for Cuviason and winemaker Steve Rogstad who shows his deft touch with nearly every wine in this portfolio....
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Acumen 2021 PEAK Cabernet Sauvignon, Edcora Vineyard
A rich and opulent style of Cabernet, this benefits from decanting, but it is less about tight tannins and more about letting the fruit open up to show its macerated side. This 100% Cabernet is replete...
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Turnbull 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon, Amoenus Vineyard
Comprised entirely of Cabernet Sauvignon, this differs from many Napa Cabernet in that there is a quiet rusticity to this wine. Rather than bright up front fruit, the fruit here is rather muted,...
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Lucas and Lewellen 2021 Pinot Noir
Santa Barbara is Pinot Noir country, and the range of expressions in this county are varied. One of the stalwarts, having first started in 1975, is Lucas & Lewellen. For an inexpensive Pinot Noir,...
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Flying Goat 2023 Pinot Gris, Shoestring Vineyard
Flying Goat has been making wine in Santa Barbara for nearly 25 years. Best known for his various expressions of Pinot Noir, winemaker Norm Yost also produces sparkling wine and Pinot Gris. This is the...
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Bousquet Cameleon 2022 Chardonnay
Bousquet has long been producing quality winds coming out of Argentina at enviable price points. This Chardonnay straddles that line between a linear reductive style and a more malolactic fermented,...
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Whitehall Lane 2021 Malbec
It’s not that Malbec is a forgotten grape, it’s that it doesn’t get the love it deserves. Enter Whitehall Lane, who makes this impressive Malbec that you will love. The fruit is supported by a tannic...
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Argyle 2019 Brut Sparkling Wine, Knudsen Vineyard
Founded in 1987, Argyle wanted to make sparkling wines that could hold their own with Champagne. Comprised of mainly Pinot Noir, there is 4% Chardonnay blended in with this 2019. What at first seems a...
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