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Wine of the Week

Wine of the Week

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Fredric Koeppel
Jun 20, 2011
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While many wines made from Sicily's nero d'avola grape are tarry, rustic and bumptious, Tonino Guzzo, winemaker for d'Alessandro, manages

to produce an example that's deep and dark without being tarry, robust without being rustic and lively without being bumptious. Yet the d'Alessandro Nero d'Avola 2008, Sicilia, still embodies the wild, slightly exotic …

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