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A Wine Lover’s Weekly Guide to $10 Wines – An Australian Sauvignon Blanc

This is our second Australian wine, and our first Sauvignon Blanc. Australia is a major wine producer partly because Australians drink well over twice as much wine per capita as do Americans. The wine reviewed below comes from Victoria, Australia’s

A Wine Lover’s Weekly Guide To $10 Wines – A Kosher Cabernet Sauvignon From Chile

Chile can be an excellent country for Cabernet Sauvignon. This one comes from the Central Valley viticultural region, which is Chile’s oldest and most traditional wine producing area. That region is divided into four areas, including the Maule Valley, which

Red Wine Grapes Guide

Have you ever wondered what kind of grapes go in to the wine you drink? There are several types of grapes grown in all different climates and parts of the world. Cabernet franc, Chenin blanc, and Dolcetto are just a

A Wine Lover’s Weekly Guide To $10 Wines – A Cabernet Sauvignon From South Africa

It may be hard to believe but this is our first bargain wine from South Africa, one very major wine country. The Nederburg winery was founded in 1791 near Paarl not far from the Cape of Good Hope. This wine

A Wine Lover’s Weekly Guide To $10 Wines – A Pinot Noir From South Africa

We have reviewed several South African wines lately, and many of them have been quite successful. Pinot Noir can be a fine grape; I often am fond of it. I like its classic tastes of earth and mushrooms and the