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Good value wines, such asDomaine Bila-Haut Les Vignes Bila-Haut, often result from quality producers moving into inferior wine regions. Roussillon sits on France’s Mediterranean coast, near the Spanish border. For more than a 1,000 years, it was a battlefield between those two countries, and befo...
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The dog days of August have been biting early, but drinking these three chilled rose’ wines is one way to muzzle the heat. And the prices are cool, too. The 2011 Saladini Pilastri Rosato is refreshing and redeeming. Its pure sangiovese grapes are organically farmed on hills...
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Sometimes you have to interrupt your career to be successful. Gerard Bertrand, the winemaker and owner of six wineries in the Languedoc region of France sets an illuminating example. Georges Bertrand owned Domaine de Villemajou in southern France’s Corbieres region. In 1975, his 10-year-old son G...
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Budgeting for your holiday party is easier when you select these well-made wines that also are a good value. Starting the party with a sparkling wine is always a sure way to bring smiles and set a bubbly mood. Champagne can be a budget buster, but you can enjoy a Champagne-method wine such as the S...
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Having plenty of tasty, good-value sparkling and white wines makes your summer parties festive and your pocketbook happy, too. Jean-Claude Mas is the fourth generation of a French winemaking family in France’s Languedoc region. He took the helm in 2000, bringing his entrepreneurial drive and tale...
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I love rosé wine in summer — still or sparkling, New World or Old. I prefer my rosé to be translucent. The light color sends a message of weightlessness, lifting summer’s oppressive humidity. I want it chilled but not cold, so that the delicate fruit aromas and flavors are able to stimulate m...
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Good value is not a term often linked to pinot noir, but the 2012 Domaine La Forge Estate Pinot Noir earns the label. Pinot noir was the fiefdom of Burgundy, followed by a coterie of collectors and worshippers of its delicate, translucent red wine. Their response to the exquisite aromas and flavors...
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