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The COVID-19 pandemic has confined us to home for almost a year now, leaving many with a thirst to travel as soon as possible.
Today we try to fill the gap by taking you to Europe for less than $20 a day, sort of. The idea is to take you there via a bottle of wine selling for less than $20.
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The wine world has long been carved into two parts: the Old World and the New World. Europe is considered Old World while North and South America, Australia, and South Africa fall under the New World moniker. The New World is catching up to the Old World at light speed, and there is even some evidence the Old World is already pursuing new paths suggesting there is a third world of wine at play we could term the Next World.
Some delicious examples are made by Rebecca Willson, the winemaker at Bremerton wines in Langhorne Creek, South Australia. Her Scottish family heritage is borne out by the names of the wines such as the Selkirk Shiraz which is an excellent Shiraz that has a rich spicy flavour with a hint of pepper and a long, lingering finish that matches well with haggis.
This grape in the Rhone Valley, known as the Syrah here, has a similar lovely complex ripe berry fruit and peppery spice notes with more structure from slightly more obvious tannins.
Look out for wines such as Cotes du Rhone Villages wines that are aromatic and full of flavours of raspberries, blackberries and blueberries on the palate. This is also true for wines such as the Esk Valley Syrah from Hawkes Bay with lingering notes of spicy stewed plums and underlying complexities of dark chocolate, savoury mushrooms and spicy prunes.
This chianti will put you under the Tuscan sun and ground you with earthy flavors, too
Dave McIntyre, The Washington Post
Jan. 15, 2021
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From left, L Erta di Radda Chianti Classico 2017; Churchill s Estates 2017; Domaine la Roubine, La Grange des Briguières 2018; El Capricho Assemblage TTC 2017; Loma Larga Vineyards, Lomas del Valle Sauvignon Blanc 2019.The Washington Post
In my corkscrew travels I often like to revisit familiar, favorite regions looking for unfamiliar wines. Here s a thrilling Chianti Classico, a vivid reminder not to take Tuscany for granted. We also have a deep, savory red from Portugal s Douro Valley, and a powerful Rhone Valley blend that resembles a higher-priced Chateauneuf-du-Pape. To wrap up the week, we also have a delicious and lively red from Uruguay and a refreshing sauvignon blanc from Chile.
Julia Jenkins
Tryanuary offers an opportunity to experiment on your wine choices.
- Credit: Flagship Wines
Although I applaud those who can stick with it, as you might have guessed, I’m not joining in Dry January as I know I would fail miserably within a week, but I am taking part in Tryanuary.
By this I mean I’m trying to cut down on how much I eat and drink, aiming to do this by trying unusual wines and drinks and promoting quality not quantity!
The latter remit is the easy one – if you usually enjoy a couple of glasses of a £7 bottle for example why not have just one glass of a £10 bottle of wine?