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Snooth's Spirit of the Week is...
Jeff Quint, 9th Generation farmer started Cedar Ridge in 2003 with his wife Laurie. The Quint family has been in Iowa since 1881. They came from Germany...
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A Journey to the Heart of Rías Baixas
Have you ever tasted ten wines in sixty minutes? In my experience this is one of the best ways to get a crash course in a grape or region. You’ll come away...
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Snooth's Spirit of the Week is...
This Italian Vodka comes from the Piedmont region. The Sacchetto family has been producing spirits in Italy for almost 70 years. In 1987 they began...
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Ribera y Rueda: A Tale of Two Wines
Americans seem to be growing in curiosity about Spain. Numbers indicate Americans traveling to Spain are on the rise each year, while at the same time...
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Tasting Tommasi: Amarone for the Ages
Pierangelo Tommasi is the Co-Proprietor and Export Director of Tommasi Viticoltori, a family-owned winery founded by his great-grandfather in 1902 in the...
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Snooth's Spirit of the Week is...
Connacht Whiskey Company is run by three American’s and an Irishman. When they started the company their goal was to bring the production of Pot Still...
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Nebbiolo Grape News from the Source
News travels very fast in our hyper-digital age—sometimes too fast. Or maybe it’s not so much the speed of communication as the nature of the news...
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When your wine grapes get frosty…
One only has to look to Burgundy this spring to understand the ramifications of frost damage in vineyards. According to Chris Mercer of Decanter Magazine,...
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Snooth's Spirit of the Week is...
When sipping Rum became one of my favorite Spirits Dos Maderas PX 5+5 was one of the selections that made my head turn. That offering which sells for around...
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Vintage Update: Bordeaux 2015
Just a few short weeks before Bordeaux En Primeur 2016, I found myself back in Bordeaux to re-taste the 2015 vintage. Bordeaux’s 2015 vintage is proving to...
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Snooth's Spirit of the Week is...
Venezuela’s Diplomático recently launched a couple of new Rums. Planas and Mantuano join the long established Reserva Exclusiva to form the Tradition...
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Fire up the barbecue. Zin is in.
In 1991 the popularity of Zinfandel wasn’t a speck of what it is today. Wine lovers either didn’t know what it was or didn’t understand the grape....
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Snooth's Spirit of the Week is...
The uncle in questions is that of founder August Sebastiani. He both named and modeled this gin after Uncle Val. The botanicals used (Juniper, Cucumber,...
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Wine in America, Beyond California
According to the Wine Institute, in 2015, eighty-three percent of wine from the United States was made from grapes grown in California. Clearly, the world...
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Snooth's Spirit of the Week is...
Sipping Tequila has been on a precipitous rise in the United States over the last decade. Those of us ordering Tequila to drink on its own are far less...
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It’s the right time for sweet wine.
I was round at a mate’s house recently and he opened a bottle of Vin Santo. I’d forgotten how good this Italian sweetie is! Vin Santo is not so well...
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Snooth's Spirit of the Week is...
There are so many different styles of Whisky coming from a range of countries. Some stylistic choices are common in more than one region, others not so much....
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The Wine Trends Keep Coming
Snooth is proud to announce yet another successful year at ProWein, the International Trade Fair for Wine and Spirits in Düsseldorf, Germany. Over 6,500...
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Ask the Winemaker: Erik Kramer
Single vineyard Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir are the order of the day at Willamette Valley’s acclaimed WillaKenzie Estate. Erik joined the Willakenzie team...
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There’s another side to Sangiovese wines.
Sangiovese is touted as the most widely planted grape variety in Italy. It is most frequently associated with Tuscany; being the catalyst for Brunello,...
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