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Wine of the Day, No. 596

Wine of the Day, No. 596

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Fredric Koeppel
Jun 23, 2020
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The Fifth Hill Wines Pickberry Vineyard Red Wine 2016, Sonoma Mountain, is dominated by merlot grapes to the tune of 73 percent. However, federal guidelines stipulate that to feature a grape variety on the label, the percentage of that named grape must be 75 percent. The balance, in this case, is 13 percent each cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc and…

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