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Japanese Koushu wine: Room for alternative styles?

Japanese Koushu wine: Room for alternative styles?

By Fri, Feb 25, 2011 6:25AM UTC View Comments Japanese Koushu wine: Room for alternative styles?

Tasting a slew of Japanese wines for a Tokyo magazine tasting-panel recently made me realize just how different foreign perceptions of wine’s role are to those among many Japanese. While I experienced a number of wines made from various grape varieties, many good enough to bring me back for a second and third taste, it...

Wine of the Week: Margerum Sybarite Sauvignon Blanc 2009

By Wed, Feb 16, 2011 11:06AM UTC View Comments Margerum Sybarite Sauvignon Blanc

It is rare that I order a glass of Sauvignon Blanc, let alone a bottle. That is not to say that I cannot appreciate certain examples from time to time but Sauvignon Blanc, or ‘savvy’ as the Australians irreverently call it, is conspicuous and can be too heady with brazen aroma of nettles, grass, passion...

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