The Domaine de la Pépière Cuvée Granit 2006 is classified as a Vin de Pays (the link is to Wikipedia), which is a classfication level below that of the French wines, appellation d’origine contrôlée, that we’ve reviewed in the past, and the wine hails from a poducer known more for its whites — Muscadet, to be precise — than reds.     
Still, we found this blend […]

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Our close friends from New York City had rented a house for the week near Monterey, and this past Friday we met them at a winery of our choosing — Hallcrest Vineyards.   Hallcrest, a small, family-owned winery located in Felton, California, opened in 1941 with, as its website describes, “the intent to prove that the Santa Cruz Mountains […]

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