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Weekend Wine: Portuguese Red Blend (Niepoort Vertente Douro 2004, $22)

March 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Try this out: bake some Nestle toll house cookies and taste them with a glass of Niepoort Vertente Douro.  Strange as it sounds, this Portuguese red is a fantastic match with warm chocolate chip cookies, as we found out this evening, but this is just one of several features that make it a very interesting wine.
What else?  Light body and high […]

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