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LEARNING ABOUT WINE Spain’s DOs: Why Spain Has So Many Wine Regions?

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Spain’s DOs: Why Spain Has So Many Wine Regions? In Spanish wine, place often comes before country. Rioja, Rías Baixas, Ribera del Duero, and Jerez appear first. Those names belong to a legal system. In Spain, the most familiar unit in that system is the DO, short for Denominación de Origen. A DO ties a … Read more

Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

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2021 Siegerrebe Blue Grouse Duncan, BC $25.99 Lemon yellow with light intensity.  The nose is fresh and inviting with melon, juicy stone fruit, gooseberry, and Meyer lemon aromas.  This wine is drier than the nose would lead you to believe.  Very good balance.  A cacophony of flavours and perfume on the palate followed by a … Read more