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How is this lovely California red blend a jaw-dropping sub-$15? It uses leftover fine wine Critic Esther Mobley recommends Bedrock Wine Co. s value-priced, nonvintage Shebang bottling FacebookTwitterEmail Bedrock Wine Co. makes Shebang, a multivintage red blend, from leftover wine that didn t quite make the cut for its top bottlings.Esther Mobley / The Chronicle The wines of Bedrock Wine Co. are not exorbitantly priced to begin with. The Sonoma winery’s entry-level bottling, Old Vine Zinfandel, usually sells just shy of $25. But its Shebang label, which sells for $10 to $15 depending on the store, represents a truly jaw-dropping value for a well-made California wine. ....
Best kept secrets of East Greenbush dining Susie Davidson Powell highlights Chez Mike, Nic s Trattoria, SriSiam in this Critic s Notebook Susie Davidson Powell FacebookTwitterEmail 1of35 Pizza is cooked in a 750-degree wood-fired oven at Nic s Trattoria in East Greenbush. (Photo by Konrad Odhiambo/For the Times Union.)Konrad Odhiambo/For the Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of35 Inside the wood-fired pizza oven at Nic s Trattoria in East Greenbush. (Photo by Drew Harris/Nic s Trattoria.)Drew Harris/Nic s TrattoriaShow MoreShow Less 3of35 4of35 Cocktail at Nic s Trattoria in East Greenbush. (Photo by Drew Harris/Nic s Trattoria.)Drew Harris/Nic s TrattoriaShow MoreShow Less ....