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Easy-drinking summer wines.

Sparkling Shiraz: A Confession

It’s not cool, but I like it.

Good Imported Wines Under $10

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This fizzy wine has a bad rep, but suddenly everybody’s talking about it.

'Asti that I have been drinking lately, which can exhibit complex floral and white fruit notes, these sweet Lambruscos aren’t that interesting. I live in the SF Bay Area, but I can’t imagine you wouldn’t be able...

A perfect family setting marred by not-so-perfect Prosecco.

discovered Lambrusco, a mildly carbonated red wine. Was cold duck just a bad version of Lambrusco? One day wandering down the ailes of Raley’s I noticed that Andre was selling cold duck. Ok, Andre is not fine wine at its...

Lambrusco. In terms of white, what about a nice Vinho Verde, also a wine with a slight fizz, but not as bubbly as champagne. It has more of the qualities of a white wine spritzer. It is a lovely summer wine in Portugual. It is...

Lambrusco amabile, if you can find some.

You want two different wines? I would do a sparkler for the first two courses. Lini makes a terrific white Lambrusco for $17 that would work really well. I might consider a Southern Rhone for the main course, assuming that you...

Where’d the OP mention tomatoes? My reccos were based on the assumption that this is a white pizza. But even if it weren’t and even agreeing that tomatoes present a challenge for some red wines, there are plenty of...

with Balsamic Glaze Pairing: Was thinking Dry Lambrusco? Starter: A vegetarian savory tart—not sure what yet, but have Marscapone or Fennel floating in my head. Pairing: Txaxolina (sp...) (but trying to keep it Frizzante)...

Any Pakistani/Indian places (like Naan and Curry on Jackson and Columbus), Chinese places (Sam Lok, NWLG) will not charge corkage. Most Japanese restaurants seem to. A German Riesling, Alsatian/Oregon Pinot Gris, Alsatian Gewurtz...

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Yeah, I’d say when the flavor profile is closer to grape juice than wine. Grapey is the principle descriptor for muscat or lambrusco. Funny, we did talk about LambruscO, but I can’t recall what Arrigo recommended. As...