Bigger Than Your Head

Bigger Than Your Head

Wine of the Week

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Fredric Koeppel
Apr 09, 2012
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Here's a sauvignon blanc wine not to be missed. The Hess Allomi Sauvignon Blanc 2010, Napa Valley, was fermented in stainless steel and

then spent six months in neutral French oak barrels, "neutral" meaning that the barrels have been used enough times that they impart little of the more obvious wood influences but can lend the wine subtlety of spice and …

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