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		<title>Domaine Sigalas Santorini Assyrtiko 2022</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pale straw color; lemon-lime, peach, grapefruit, pineapple, passion fruit, pear, crushed sea shells, minerality, saline on the nose and palate. Dry, no tannins, very good acidity (3.23 pH). Medium-plus body, pleasing texture with slightly oily notes. Smooth, precise, easy drinker with extended finish. The 2022 vintage was a return to form after several challenging years <a class="read-more" href="https://www.gusclemensonwine.com/domaine-sigalas-santorini-assyrtiko-2022/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Grapes by the numbers 2-26-2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By best estimate, there are some 10,000 different grape varieties in the world. If you tasted a different one every day, it would take you more than 27 years to complete the task. Thankfully, the world of wine is confined to a smaller number. About 6,000 grapes belong to the principal fine wine species Vitis <a class="read-more" href="https://www.gusclemensonwine.com/grapes-by-the-numbers-2-26-2025/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Terre di Balbia Fervore Magliocco Calabria Rosso IGT 2018</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deep ruby color; blackberry, plum, dark cherry, chocolate, baking spice, coffee, tobacco, licorice, smoke on the nose and palate. Dry; light tannins; assertive acidity. Medium body. Magliocco dolce grapes hand-pruned from vines 30-plus years old. Grapes are hand-harvested into small crates and manually emptied into the crushing-destemming machine. Soft squeezed. Fermentation and maceration occurs in <a class="read-more" href="https://www.gusclemensonwine.com/terre-di-balbia-fervore-magliocco-calabria-rosso-igt-2018/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Varvaglione Papale Primitivo di Manduria, Puglia, Italy DOC 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deep ruby color; blackberry, black cherry, blueberry, redcurrant, raspberry, plum, cocoa, chocolate, licorice, earth, oak on the nose and palate. Dry; soft tannins and mild acidity. Plump, round, silky. Medium-plus body. Primitivo grape is essentially the same grape called zinfandel in the U.S., and although there are subtle differences because of terroir, techniques, and clonal <a class="read-more" href="https://www.gusclemensonwine.com/varvaglione-papale-primitivo-di-manduria-puglia-italy-doc-2020/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wine name revolution 10-2-2024</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 06:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you go into almost any wine shop, liquor store, or supermarket wine section in the United States—and now in most places in the world—you will find wine bottles arranged and named by the variety of grape used to make the wine. When the bottle contains a predominant percentage of a single grape variety (generally <a class="read-more" href="https://www.gusclemensonwine.com/wine-name-revolution-10-2-2024/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Old Vines 1-24-2024</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 07:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You likely have seen the description “old vine” on a wine label. What exactly does that mean and is it important? “Old vine” does not have a legal meaning, but generally in the wine world an “old vine” is a vine that is 35 years old. Thirty-five may not seem old, but in the wine <a class="read-more" href="https://www.gusclemensonwine.com/old-vines-1-24-2024/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Barton &#038; Guestier Les Petites Parcelles Vouvray 2021</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 21:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pale straw color; white flowers, grapefruit, lemon, pear, peach, pineapple, melon, honey, minerals on the nose and palate. Dry; no tannins, good but not cutting acidity. Excellent fruit; ripeness gives illusion of of sweetness, and there may be a pinch of residual sugar. Very smooth, silky, delicious. Refreshing finish. Light body. Serve chilled. Fermented in <a class="read-more" href="https://www.gusclemensonwine.com/barton-guestier-les-petites-parcelles-vouvray-2021/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California’s Goldilocks vintage 1-10-2023</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 07:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is a new year and time for some good news. Recent history has not been kind for wine. Demand, after decades of euphoric gains, has been flat. Mother Nature has not been kind to several regions with drought, hail, spring freezes, fires, bugs. All the usual suspects. California, however, enjoyed a Goldilocks year in <a class="read-more" href="https://www.gusclemensonwine.com/californias-goldilocks-vintage-1-10-2023/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to pair wine and cheese 9-13-2023</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You know wine and cheese were made for each other. You also know not all wine pairs with all cheese. What is a person to do? Relax. Most wine you purchase at your store will pair with most cheese you purchase at your store. Perfect pairing? Maybe not. But an abomination unto the Lord? No. <a class="read-more" href="https://www.gusclemensonwine.com/how-to-pair-wine-and-cheese-9-13-2023/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Salvatore Tamburello 797 N Catarratto, Sicilia 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deep gold color; abounds in yellow fruit, lotus flower, peach, chamomile, ginger on the nose; lemon, yellow grapefruit, yellow apple, orange zest, peach, apricot, ripe pear, minerality/saline on the palate. Dry, but the wine is so fruity and unusual it has powerful fruity-sweet taste. No tannins. Medium body. Natural, unfiltered, organic, unstablized; 100% catarratto bianco <a class="read-more" href="https://www.gusclemensonwine.com/salvatore-tamburello-797-n-catarratto-sicilia-2020/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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