FULL DISCLOSURE: I received this as a sample from the winery. In the whole of the United States, there are only two wooden basket Coquard presses present. Both of them are owned and operated by Laetitia in the Arroyo Grande Valley, a sub-appellation of the larger and better known Central Coast AVA. What does...
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For those who know me, you are familiar with my affinity for this particular bubbly. I’ve posted about it before and have never been disappointed by this wine. For the under $20 price point, it may be the best value in domestic sparkling wine. Mumm Napa is the only other contender for my personal...
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While I have sung the praises of the Mumm sparkling rosé a few times, both here and on social sites like Twitter, I’ve not yet really explored all the other great samples the winery provided me. So, to get this belaboring point out of the way and in the interest of FULL DISCLOSURE, this...
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Back to back bad wine reviews, what is the world coming to! With my wife out of town over the holiday weekend, I didn’t want to pop anything good. I still had a few leftovers from the last time she was traveling, things I’d bought I knew she wouldn’t care if she missed. I...
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Sometimes, you just find a wine that you don’t care for, but everyone else seems to like. I mean, everyone. This is the first actual bottle of the Gloria Ferrer Sonoma County Brut we’ve actually consumed and yes, FULL DISCLOSURE: It was a press sample. All other occasions of sampling this were just that,...
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