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Costco Advent Calendar Wine #20: Meadow Moon Riesling (Germany)
Christmas Day is approaching! Santa is buffing his sleigh, scalpers are hawking Nutcracker tickets…and we are almost to the last bottle in the Costco Wine Advent-ure Calendar. A light German Riesling is tonight’s designated wine. But does Meadow Moon Landwein Rhein deserve a stocking full of presents, or a visit from Krampus? Let’s gather ’round…
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Local Sips: Saturday Tastings at Pogo’s Wine & Spirits (Dallas, TX)
Free wine is good wine, for the most part. All but the most hardened wine snobs can generally agree on that proposition. And yet, the more you learn about wine–the more you explore and taste–the more it seems that generic, mass-produced wine loses its appeal. Even if you don’t have to pay for it. Sure,…
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Review: German Wine Collection “Prost” Mosel Riesling (2019)
“Prost” means “cheers” in German, and it’s the perfect name for this value-priced, deliciously drinkable German wine. My home state of Texas has a lot of German heritage. However, the noble grapes of Germany sadly don’t suit our climate, and quality German wine imports don’t always make it this far inland. “Prost, y’all!” is a…