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Forget Franzia. Here s a truly great new boxed California wine, endorsed by our wine critic
Forget Franzia. Here s a truly great new boxed California wine, endorsed by our wine critic
The light red blend comes from Ryme Cellars, which was recently in the news for being Elizabeth Olsen s favorite winery
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Wine of the Week, a series in which Chronicle wine critic Esther Mobley recommends a delicious bottle that you should be drinking right now. Last week, she highlighted a creamy, complex Aligote from Santa Barbara County.
Check for a online every Wednesday.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working through a box of wine in my refrigerator. It’s been a joy. Turning the spigot on the bag-in-box makes me feel like I’m a college student again, pouring myself a cupful of Franzia at a house party only this time, I have replaced the red Solo cup with real glassware, and the wine in my fridge is about one thousand times better than Franzia.
This bacon-laced, umami-rich Syrah is why I love wine from high-altitude California vineyards
In the latest Wine of the Week, critic Esther Mobley recommends Halcón s delicious $32 Syrah
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Welcome to
Wine of the Week, a new series in which Chronicle wine critic Esther Mobley recommends a delicious bottle that you should be drinking right now. Last week, she every Wednesday.
Syrah is a meat lover’s wine. When made in a certain style, it can seem to approach the pinnacle of deep, savory, umami-packed flavors: bacon fat, black pepper, salumi, olives.
The trick of a truly great Syrah, though, is that it can balance those intense, meaty notes with bright, refreshing acidity (think of chimichurri sprinkled on a grilled ribeye) and more delicate, floral nuances. Syrah’s most famous iterations, from areas of France’s Northern Rhone Valley like Cote-Rotie, often mingle a heady black-pepper aroma with lavender and violets.