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Shiraz
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2000 Jim Barry, The McCrae Wood, Shiraz
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Syrah is a dark-skinned variety of grape used in wine. Syrah is grown in many countries and is primarily used to produce powerful red wine, which enjoy great popularity in the marketplace, relatively often under the synonym Shiraz. Syrah is used...
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2006 Black Box Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon
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15
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2004 Geyser Peak "Block Collection, Walking Tree Vineyard" Alexander Valley Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
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5
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Chardonnay
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G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut
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30
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Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is believed to have originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new and developing wine...
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2004 Domaine Prieur Brunet Jehanne de Chantal
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100
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1999 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet "Morgeot"
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2005 Peconic Bay "La Barrique" New York Chardonnay
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2005 Bedell Cellars "Artist Series" New York Chardonnay Blend
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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2004 Passalacqua "TR Passalacqua Vineyard" Dry Creek Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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100
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Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Canada's Okanagan Valley to Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Cabernet...
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2003 Beaulieu "Georges de Latour Private Reserve" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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100
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2005 La Capitana Cabernet Sauvignon Barrel Reserve
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2005 Calistoga Cellars Napa Valley Zinfandel
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15
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1993 Araujo "Eisele Vineyard" Napa Valley Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
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Pinot Noir
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G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut
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45
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Pinot noir is a red wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines produced predominantly from Pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the french words for "pine" and "black" alluding to the varietals'...
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1999 Domaine Romanee Conti La Tache
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2005 Gallo Sonoma County Pinot noir
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2005 Domaine Gabriel Billard "Milliane" Bourgogne Rouge
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100
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2005 Sojourn Cellars "Sangiacomo Vineyard" Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
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Zinfandel
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2005 Ridge "Pagani Ranch" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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96
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Zinfandel is a variety of red grape planted in over 10 percent of California wine vineyards. DNA fingerprinting revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grape Crljenak Kaštelanski, and also the Primitivo variety traditionally grown...
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1991 Ravenswood Dickerson Vineyard Napa Valley Zinfandel
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100
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2005 Ravenswood "Barricia Vineyard" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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2005 Ravenswood "Belloni Vineyard" Russian River Valley Zinfandel
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78
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2005 Ravenswood "Big River Vineyard" Alexander Valley Zinfandel
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100
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Alicante Bouschet
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2005 Ridge "Pagani Ranch" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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1
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Alicante Bouschet is a wine grape variety that has been widely cultivated since 1866. It is a cross of Grenache with Petit Bouschet (itself a cross of the very old variety Teinturier du Cher and Aramon). Alicante is a teinturier, a grape with red...
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2005 Ravenswood "Belloni Vineyard" Russian River Valley Zinfandel
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2005 Ravenswood "Old Hill Ranch Vineyard" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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2005 Acorn "Heritage Vines, Alegria Vineyards" Russian River Valley Zinfandel
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10
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2006 Bucklin "Bambino, Old Hill Ranch" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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10
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Carignane
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2005 Ravenswood "Belloni Vineyard" Russian River Valley Zinfandel
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Carignan is a red wine grape that originated in Cariñena, Aragon and was later transplanted to Sardinia, elsewhere in Italy, France, Algeria, and much of the New World. Along with Aramon, it considered one of the main grapes responsible for France's...
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2005 Ravenswood "Old Hill Ranch Vineyard" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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2005 Ravenswood "Teldeschi Vineyard" Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel
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2005 Ravenswood "Old Vine" Sonoma County Zinfandel
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4
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2005 Ravenswood Napa Valley Zinfandel
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3
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Nebbiolo
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1995 Bruno Giacosa Gallina di Neive Barbaresco
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100
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The Nebbiolo (Italian), or Nebieul (Piedmontese) is one of the most important wine grape varieties of Italy's Piedmont region.
The grape is thought to derive its name from the Piedmontese word nebbia which means "fog." During harvest, generally in...
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2000 Michele Chiarlo Barolo Cerequio
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100
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Barbaresco Ris. Rabajà '01 Bruno Giacosa
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Pinot meunier
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G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut
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25
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Pinot meunier, also known as Meunier, Schwarzriesling, Müllerrebe, and Miller's Burgundy, is a variety of black wine grape most frequently used in the production of Champagne. It was first mentioned in the 1500s, and gets its name and synonyms ...
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Grenache
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2005 Ravenswood "Old Hill Ranch Vineyard" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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Grenache (pronounced gren-ash) (in Spanish, Garnacha, in Catalan, Garnatxa) is probably the most widely planted variety of red wine grape in the world. It ripens late, so needs hot, dry conditions such as those found in Spain and in the south of...
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2005 Bucklin "Old Hill Ranch" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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2005 Shenendoah Vineyards "Special Reserve" Amador County Zinfandel
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2
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2005 Sobon Estate "Hillside" Amador County Zinfandel
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4
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2005 Sobon Estate "Old Vines" Sierra Foothills Zinfandel
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2
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Sangiovese
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2005 Poggiarellino Rosso di Montalcino
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Sangiovese is a red wine grape variety originating in Italy whose name derives from sanguis Jovis, "the blood of Jove". It is most famous as the main component of the Chianti blend in Tuscany, but winemakers outside Italy are starting to experiment...
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2005 La Fortuna Rosso di Montalcino
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100
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2005 Baricci Rosso di Montalcino
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100
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2005 Alexander Valley Vineyards "Temptation Zin" Zinfandel
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8
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1999 Clos du Bois Sonoma County Zinfandel
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4
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Petite Sirah
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2005 Ridge "Pagani Ranch" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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2
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2005 Ravenswood "Barricia Vineyard" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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2005 Ravenswood "Belloni Vineyard" Russian River Valley Zinfandel
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2005 Ravenswood "Old Hill Ranch Vineyard" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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2005 Ravenswood "Teldeschi Vineyard" Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel
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Mataro
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2005 Ridge "Pagani Ranch" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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1
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2005 Ravenswood "Old Hill Ranch Vineyard" Sonoma Valley Zinfandel
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2003 Saxon Brown "Old Vine, Casa Santinamaria Vineyard" Sonoma Valley Estate Zinfandel
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Sauvignon blanc
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2003 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc
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100
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2006 Gerard Boulay Sancerre Chavignol
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Syrah
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2005 Alderbrook "Confluence" Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel
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40
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2003 Ballentine "Old Vines" Napa Valley Estate Zinfandel
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11
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2003 Ballentine "Block 9, Pocai Vineyard" Napa Valley Estate Reserve Zinfandel
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5
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2005 Cartlidge & Browne Zinfandel
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3
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2005 Elyse "Morisoli Vineyard" Napa Valley Zinfandel
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Black Muscat
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2005 Bella Alexander Valley Late Harvest Zinfandel
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2
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Swanson "Les Trois Filles" Napa Valley Muscat
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Field blend
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2
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A field blend is a wine that is produced from two or more different grape varieties interplanted in the same vineyard.
In the days before precise varietal identification, let alone rigorous clonal selection, a vineyard might be planted by taking...
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Merlot
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2000 Clos du Bois North Coast Zinfandel
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8
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Merlot ('MERL-oh' in British English, mer-LOH in American English and standard French) is a red wine grape that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. Merlot-based wines usually have medium body with hints of berry, plum, and...
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2005 Magito "Panorama" Zinfandel
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3
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2006 Edmeades Mendocino County Zinfandel
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4
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2005 Edmeades "Perli Vineyard" Mendocino Ridge Zinfandel
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8
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2003 Elivette
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9
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Tempranillo
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1999 Clos du Bois Dry Creek Valley Reserve Zinfandel
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5
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Tempranillo is a variety of black grape widely grown to make full-bodied red wines in its native Spain. It is the main grape used in Rioja, and is often referred to as Spain's "noble grape". Its name is the diminutive of the Spanish temprano ("early...
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2004 Zarus Barrica Ribera Del Duero
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100
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Primitivo
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2003 Collier Falls Dry Creek Valley Estate Reserve Zinfandel
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7
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2005 Elyse "Couzins" Napa Valley Zinfandel
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47
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2004 Graziano Mendocino County Zinfandel
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1
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2005 Boeger El Dorado County Estate Zinfandel
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13
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2005 C.G. di Arie Amador County Zinfandel
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9
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Barbera
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2004 Lake Sonoma "Old Vine, Saini Farms" Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel
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1
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Barbera is a red wine grape variety that is either the most- or second most-planted variety in Italy. It gives good yields and can impart deep colour, low tannin and (unusually for a warm-climate red grape) high levels of acid.
Century-old vine...
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2004 Super Hero "InZINerator" Zinfandel
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24
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2005 Montevina "Terra d'Oro, SHR Field Blend" Amador County Zinfandel
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7
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2005 Shenendoah Vineyards "Special Reserve" Amador County Zinfandel
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3
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