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2008 Cellar No. 8

This wine was a surprise find at Harris Teeters this week. The wine was on an end cap near the express lane registers and the price was right. I’d never actually heard of the wine before but this blog provides … Continue reading

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2008 Coppola Claret

This week I will review the most frequently consumed wine at my house. Wine: Claret Price: ~$13 @ Costco Vintage: 2008 Varietal: 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petite Verdot, 5% Malbec, 3% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc (from Coppola’s website. I only … Continue reading

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1998 La Vita Red Table Wine

Welcome back. This week’s wines are bottles that we had on hand. As such they will be more expensive than the wines that I had originally intended on reviewing. Wine: La Vita Price: ~$50? It was 11 years + too … Continue reading

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Atalaya 2008

Ok, so here I am saying I don’t particularly dig Spanish wines and yet I’m reviewing two of them back to back. I noticed this one at Costco on the last trip and it had a reasonable price and a … Continue reading

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2001 Marques de Caceres Reserva

Ok, so while I’m proficient at enjoying all varieties of wine, the wine review thing is fairly new to me. Here’s the first attempt: Wine: Marques de Caceres Reserva Price: ~$20 Vintage: 2001 Varietal: 85% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha Tina & … Continue reading

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