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[The Wine Front] The (beautiful) picture on the front page of the Castelli Estate website - at Denmark in the Great Southern region - is it of .

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[ScienceBlogs Select] The Friday Fermentable: Thanks to Mark Giordano at Robert Oatley ...: 2007 Maretima Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC ~ Italy ($11) - A very clean wine with more restrained acidity than you might expect. I don't think this would work well by itself, but would be excellent with a variety of foods.

[WineLoversPage.com] 30 Second Wine Advisor: Offbeat Italian - wineloverspage.com: This one from a much less-known competitor is a revelation, boasting the fresh, clean fruit and earth flavors that we remember from a decade or two back, before so many Southern Italian producers turned to a more "international" style. Clear garnet in color, it shows fresh black cherries and subtle earth on the nose and palate, winding up with a lovely, gently bitter peach-pit finish.

[JancisRobinson.com] Organise your own wine tasting | Tasting Notes & Wine Reviews from ...: But M&S’s real red 2005 bargain is Ch du Parc - this intriguing wine is made of 40% Mourvèdre, the difficult to ripen grape of Bandol, plus Syrah and Grenache. It also comes from vines organically cultivated since 1990.

[The Pour] Pondering Pinots - The Pour Blog - NYTimes.com: Pinot Noir is a difficult grape to grow and vinify and you can see this by the many terrible example of this wine both in California and Burgundy. But there are many great California producers who offer a variety of styles including Adam Lee at Siduri.

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