Wine of the Day, No. 832
A skin-contact alvarinho... (aka, albariño)
Our wine of the day, the Mendes & Symington Contacto Alvarinho 2023, Vinho Verde, is made from 100% alvarinho grapes—probably better known to American consumers by its Spanish name albariño. This is Portuguese, from the Vinho Verde region in the country’s extreme northwest, abutted by Spain on the north and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. The vineyard i…
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