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Weekend Wine Notes: 10 Reds, Not Cabernet, Merlot or Pinot Noir

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Fredric Koeppel
Mar 05, 2017
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Nothing against cabernet, merlot and pinot noir; fine wines are often made from these grapes -- if they're not allowed to get over-ripe or high in alcohol or battened and battered by oak -- but they're so ubiquitous. Let's give some other red grapes a chance, OK? Here then is a selection of that includes mourvèdre, tempranillo, petite sirah, petit verdo…

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