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Wine Valentine
Tasted
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Willamette Valley Vineyard](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7f0b7c_85a36115c78744c38d75d1676e0183f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7f0b7c_85a36115c78744c38d75d1676e0183f5~mv2.webp)
2015 Vintage 42 Chardonnay Willamette Valley Vineyard
Tualatin Estate Vineyard is producing a new Chardonnay. Of course, trying their new production was a must! … & if this Chard was as good...
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Tualatin Estate Vineyard](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7f0b7c_d5fb9fc45b0445eca00e9fdd1e8a619d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7f0b7c_d5fb9fc45b0445eca00e9fdd1e8a619d~mv2.webp)
2012 Pinot Noir Tualatin Estate Vineyard
Tualatin Estate Pinot Noir is my favorite American Pinot. I’ve been buying, drinking it since the late 1990’s and greatly enjoy each...
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Wines of Substance](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7f0b7c_dd373d67017f4d969b5bf97dc6309ab6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7f0b7c_dd373d67017f4d969b5bf97dc6309ab6~mv2.webp)
2015 Sauvignon Blanc Wines of Substance
Here is an interesting lable: SB. At first, I took it as a swear word, but read “Sauvignon Blanc”. It is a Washington State wine that got...
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2015 Malbec Susan Balbo Vineyard
At our last neighbors’ wine tasting party, a guest gifted us with a bottle of one of his favorite Argentine Malbec, grown in high...
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2013 Merlot Kendall Jackson
K.J. does its wines consistently. This’’13 Merlot makes a good T.V. watching sipping wine… Tune in a movie & sip along. There is a...
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2014 Sangiovese Torrebruna
It takes a lot of work to get from grape juice all the way to wine. This Tuscan wine stayed pretty close to grape juice. So I'm...
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Stone Hill Winery](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7f0b7c_f76a8411c7fe46e5b117a3ca885d4ad2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7f0b7c_f76a8411c7fe46e5b117a3ca885d4ad2~mv2.webp)
2015 Cross J Norton Stone Hill Winery
Fifteen years ago, we took a Missouri wine tour through and around Herman, MO. We did not find any Norton wines to write home about....
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