I’ve made a lot of noise over the past year about the awesome Sauvignon Blanc coming from Chile, and here’s another Chilean SB to get excited about.  But there’s something different about this one.  Most of the Chilean Sauvignon Blanc that’s knocked my socks off has been from the Casablanca Valley region, but this one [...]

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Although I rant and rave about the awesome Sauvignon Blanc coming from Chile, they can’t all totally blow me away.  Can they?
Root: 1 is a wine brand created through a partnership between Viña Ventisquero in Rancagua, Chile and Click Wine Group, a wine importer based in Seattle, Washington.  And when it comes to Chilean wine, [...]

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I haven’t had the opportunity to try many wines from South Africa, so I was glad to give this one a shot.  Two Oceans wine is named for the two oceans that converge at the Cape in South Africa.

The label on this wine says that it has “ripe gooseberry flavors” but I don’t think I’ve [...]

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This wine is a great example of why I like doing blind tastings.  If I had known what I was tasting, I know I would have had a bias against this wine.  Why?  My preconceived notion of this wine is that it’s basically a bulk-produced, “generic-label” wine and my expectations of quality are low.  But [...]

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I’ve made no secret of my preference for Chile when it comes to Sauvignon Blanc, and again I’ve come across another one that I love.  This one comes from Los Vascos in Chile.  We’ve previously reviewed the Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon and Los Vascos Reserve, both of which were great wines.  But this is the [...]

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It should come as no surprise to regular readers here that I’m officially a fan of Chilean wines.  I’ve consistently found high quality at reasonable prices with most wines I’ve recently tried from this region.  That doesn’t mean there aren’t some clunkers out there, but the majority of those I’ve tasted have been good.  And [...]

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I am a sucker for products that donate profits to charity.  And I know that in many cases “sucker” is probably an appropriate word to use.  There is a “feel good” factor that makes me enjoy products more if I think that the profits are going to support a good cause rather than going directly [...]

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