Wine Regions & Grapes
Sampling of Wineries
Acorn Allegrini Atlas Peak Balletto Benziger Blandy's Bodega Navarro Correas Burgans Chronicle d'Arenberg Domaine Carneros Domaine de la Mordoree Dow's Dr. Loosen Fonseca Foppiano Foxen Gaston Riviere Glen Ellen Innocent Bystander Kendall-Jackson Korbel Madeira Wine Company Martin Codax Masi Merryvale Mulderbosch Napa Cellars Navarro Vineyards Noceto Paul Hobbs Reynoso Roederer Estate Ruggeri Sawyer Cellars Sbragia Shed Horn Six Sigma Winery Sonoma State Wine Business Institute St. James Trinchero Winery Vietti Wildhurst William Fevre Wilson Winery
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Gaston Riviere Pineau des Charentes Rouge
Gaston Rivière, Pineau des Charentes, Pineau François 1er, Red Pineau nv The smell of red grape juice really comes through, with a green, herbaceous essence and a whiff of chocolate. In the mouth it is sweet, thick and spiritous, like … Continue reading
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A different kind of Pineau
Gaston Rivière, Pineau des Charentes, Pineau François 1er, White Pineau nv This has the taste and smell of Cognac and grape juice and follows-on from its creation. The grapes are old vine Colombard, fortified with minimum one year old Cognac … Continue reading