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Wine of the Day, No. 593

Wine of the Day, No. 593

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Fredric Koeppel
Jun 10, 2020
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I was thinking about grilled sausages, and that thought got me thinking about tempranillo wines from Rioja, the region in Spain where that red grape rules. Not gracefully aged, mellow, mature tempranillo, but young wines, the kind that are a little brash, robust, even rustic, to match the smokiness and meaty flavors of grilled sausages or just about any…

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