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Naked Wine Show 1067 Quarterback McLaren Vale Red

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Med. density garnet core, solid to rim. Med. intensity nose of smoked meat, black cherry jam, pencil lead, and oregano.
Dry, full body, high tannin. Black cherry jam, pencil lead, vanilla, dark chocolate, and raspberry pie. High alcohol. Long length.

    

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Naked Wine Show 1066 Fontanafredda “Briccotondo” Barbera 2008

Naked Wine Show 1066 - Fontanafredda “Briccotondo” 2008by NakedWineShow
Med. plus density ruby core to purple rim. Low intensity nose of brine, black olives, pencil lead, and black plums.
Dry, med. to med. plus body, med. to med. plus tannin. Sweet black plums, pencil lead, blackberry, and cherry jam. Med. plus length.

    

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Naked Wine Show 1065 Illuminati “Ilico” 2007 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

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Med. density ruby colour. Low intensity nose of dark cherry, minerals, and cocoa powder.
Dry, med. body, med. tannin. Dark cherry, cocoa powder, wood [...]

Naked Wine Show 1042 - Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon

Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
(British Columbia, Canada)
Clear, med. garnet colour, moving to brick.
On the nose, cooked cherries and blackberries, vanilla, smoked meat, and green pepper.
Baked dark fruit, smoked meat, black pepper, and wood spice.
Great to drink now as is, or accompanied by a cheese plate, stew or your Sunday roast!

    

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Blog - Why, oh why, is the quintessence of wine kept from Ontarians?

Friday, June 12:
On a bike trip, 5 km can be a long way away, especially after you’ve had a big lunch. During my Naked Wine Show research trip in the Loire Valley, I have had a couple of occasions to realize this. In those instances where you simply can’t go tooling around the vineyards in [...]

Blog - And after all that food and drink, the lady got back on her bicyclette

Thursday, June 11:
Keeping on down the road in the Loire Valley, as I conduct research for The Naked Wine Show, I was happy to find myself at Vinci Cave (www.vinci-cave.fr) in Amboise.  It’s a nice little spot with a wine bar that includes sculptures by a local artist.  Really great, modern space, and some terrific [...]

Blog - How unbelievably inexpensive it is to get sufficiently boozy in France!

Wednesday, June 10:
Another day, another glorious round of cycling and culture here in the Loire Valley, as I conduct some research for The Naked Wine Show.
From Blois, my Blue Marble group moved on to Chaumont, via Onzain. After assembling a picnic lunch, we popped into a little “cave” in Chaumont to try, and buy, some [...]

Blog - Now imagine eating that filet of sea bream in your very own castle!

Tuesday, June 9:
As I travel through the Loire Valley (purely in the name of research, of course), I am seeing some of the most amazing castles. My Blue Marble Travel itinerary is set up to take cyclists past classic examples of what money could buy a few hundred years ago.
One of the most famous castles [...]

Blog - Evidently They Live Quite Well in France

Monday, June 8
In this week’s diary, www.nakedwineshow.com show Susan Sterling captures the scenic and culinary highlights as she sips and cycles across France and Spain with the touring bicycle company Blue Marble Travel.
Ah, France. How I miss you when I’m gone. Despite the strikes, the Gallic shrugging, and the fact that stooping and scooping [...]

Naked Wine Show 1041 - Prospect Winery Census Count Chardonnay

Prospect Winery Census Count Chardonnay 2006
(British Columbia, Canada)
Clear straw colour.
Low intensity nose of vanilla, baked apple and cinnamon; kind of smells like apple pie.
On the palate, flavours of baked apple, cinnamon, vanilla and a hint of lemon at the end.
This would be great with roast chicken, pasta with cream sauce, lobster with drawn butter or [...]