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Jurancon Sec Chant des Vignes, Domaine Cauhapé 2010 review

Posted on September 13, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… doesn’t play remotely hard to get: extrovert, fruit-laden, immediate

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The Wine Society’s Chilean Pinot Noir review

Posted on August 30, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is just the kind of wine into whose welcoming alcoholic embrace you’d yearn to tumble after a day of bubblewrap and despair

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Mauricio Lorca, Angel’s Reserve Malbec review

Posted on August 18, 2011January 3, 2019by Old Parn

… is one angel that takes a while to grow on you — metamorphosing from an empty disappointment to a rather pleasant gob filler

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Villebois Sauvignon Blanc Prestige review

Posted on August 16, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… goes straight down the Sauvignon Blanc line. Doesn’t veer off at idiosyncratic angles or bisect it haphazardly like a drunkard playing hopscotch. Oh no. It goes down that line.

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Spy Valley Riesling review

Posted on August 12, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… doesn’t have that too-big-for-its-clingy-dress quality that some New World Rieslings have, thank the risen Lord

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Allegrini Valpolicella review

Posted on August 10, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is a happy wine. And the perfect stimulus for a collaborative essay about contemporary art

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Arabella Reserve Shiraz Viognier review

Posted on August 1, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… smells like Bulgarian woodsmoke in August; smells like respite from the guilt of being A Bit Shit With Bulgarian Orphans; smells like charmingly self-indulgent adolescent ennui

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Domaine du Salvard Cheverny 2009 review

Posted on July 29, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is a welcome contrast to some Sauvignon Blancs, that are a bit like ketamine-laced teenagers, spoiling for whatever it is ketamine-laced teenagers spoil for

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Mauricio Lorca Angel’s Reserve Torrontes review

Posted on July 20, 2011January 3, 2019by Old Parn

… is perfect for a reception or a party or a sly few mouthfuls before dinner with interesting company. Or even with boring company.

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The Society’s Exhibition Sauvignon Blanc, Elim, 2008

Posted on July 15, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is a breathtakingly, audaciously barefaced, joyously ebullient, in-your-face cliche of a sauvignon blanc

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