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Wine Characters - Red Wine Bottles - Wine Reviews

2017 Lavendar Oak Estate Red Wine

Big thanks to Christi for sharing a nine-year-aged estate red wine. Primary flavors include dried cranberries, tart plum, sage, and black pepper on the palate. Tertiary flavors are quite interesting,...

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Herb Quady, Quady North Winery

Herb Quady is the founder and winemaker at Quady North in Applegate Valley, Oregon. He grew up around his family’s winery but didn’t consider a career in wine until 1997, when...

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Kyle Knapp, Press Gang Cellars

Kyle Knapp is the winemaker and co-founder of Press Gang Cellars in Santa Barbara County, CA. He was born and raised in Lompoc, California. He launched the brand with his...

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Jessee Ring, JBR Vineyards

Jessee Ring is the founder and winegrower at JBR Vineyards in Giles County, Virginia. He was born and raised in the small town of Narrows, Virginia (in Giles County). After...

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Wine Characters - Red Wine Bottles - Wine Reviews

2022 Arterra Petit Verdot

Winemaker Jason Murray is staking a claim that Petit Verdot is Arterra’s most emblematic wine, but possibly also for the Blue Ridge Mountains and all of Virginia Wines. And you...

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Wine Characters - Rose' Wine Bottles - Wine Reviews

Archer Roose Rose’

Vibrant aromas of strawberry are immediately apparent in this blush-pink rosé. The fruit and acid are balanced; brightness in a can. This is an easy quaffing wine, at only 13%...

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Robert Bormuth, Weingut Feldtheorie

Robert Bormuth is the founder and winemaker of Feldtheorie (“Field Theory”) in the Kamptal region of Austria. He runs the winery with his partner, Ulrike “Uli” Filp. Both trained as...

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Jason Murray, Arterra Wines

Jason Murray is the winemaker at Arterra Wines in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Delaplane, Virginia. His lifelong passion for agriculture began with raising sheep through 4-H and working on...

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