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  • Wine Department: Dancing on a Volcano A Quick, Encapsulated Look at Sicily’s Winemaking History

    • Posted: 3/12/2017
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    by Kevin Keith

    Sicily is an ancient place. Wine has been a part of the Sicilian culture for over 3,000 years. The Greeks brought over their winemaking technology around the 8th Century B.C. Romans traded Sicilian wine as a sign of their status and wealth. Most folks, when they think of Sicily, associate it as one of the birthplaces of the mafia (not sure why I make this point), yet for me, images of the city of Catania,

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  • Rhone On My Mind

    • Posted: 3/6/2017
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    To say I’ve been without much inspiration as of late is a conundrum.  In trying to figure out exactly what this little wine blog is going to be I have been staring blankly at the screen, attempting to write something that contributes to both the local and global wine conversations, all while attempting to compel more people out there in the world to drop in – both here to this little blog, as well as into our two rather enormous brick-and-mortar stores.

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  • Wine Department: Liquid Ambrosia: The Many Tales of Vin Santo, How It’s Made and How It Came To Be

    • Posted: 2/5/2017
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    Vin Santo, or “Holy wine,” is a special dessert wine from Italy, typically from Tuscany, yet these days Vin Santo comes from just about every wine region in Italy. It is typically made from grapes dried out on flat, wicker mats and laid out in warm, well-ventilated rooms so the water can evaporate slowly. The wine is generally thought of as a dessert wine, yet you can find some that are quite dry as well. Read article

  • A Host Of Friends

    • Posted: 1/30/2017
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    Recently I got to hang out with my dear friends Juan and Nola Palomar of Veleta Wines.  I met them 7 or 8 years ago(?) when I was across the river slinging juice, when they introduced their wines from the Spanish region of Granada to me for the first time.  Juan and Nola, coincidentally live part of the year in Dayton, Ohio, my hometown, and are just minutes away from my mom’s house.

    This occasion was something we’ve talked about for years,

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  • When The Name Alone Makes You Take Notice

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    Bruno Giacosa.  Maybe you’ve heard of him.  Born in 1929, he left school at age of 15, during World War II to learn the family craft of winemaking from his grandfather Carlo and father Mario, and the rest as they say, is history.  Considered one of the great winemakers of Italy and indeed the world, Bruno became renowned in the 1960s as one of the best producers of Barbaresco (along with Produttori del Barbaresco and Gaja), Read article

  • Wine Department: A Never Slight Love Affair With The Veneto’s Mighty Amarone

    • Posted: 1/15/2017
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    Amarone, or less succinctly, Amarone della Valpolicella, is a wine from the northern Italian region of Veneto comprised most commonly of (the grapes) Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara, although some other indigenous grape varieties from the region (such as Corvinone, Oseleta and Croatina) do find themselves in the mix, as it were. 

    The process, known as appassimento or rasinate, begins when grapes are harvested at maximum ripeness during the first fourteen days of October,

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  • A New Friend Turned Me Onto An Old Favorite

    • Posted: 1/7/2017
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    After a hectic, yet successful December, it’s time to get back into the thick of things, and what better way to do it than to taste some wine, because that’s what you do when you are in the wine business.  So it was a treat when Kyle Boyer from Washington’s Mercer Estates dropped by to show off some of the newest releases from Washington’s 5th generation of farmers.

    For some background,

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  • Brew Crew & Wine Passport – We’re Ready for 2017

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    Jungle Jim’s International Market might be your go-to destination for a wide variety of foods from around the world, but did you know we house some of the largest beer and wine selections in the region? Our award winning Beer & Wine Department is so full of awesome products, we decided that sending out a monthly set of newsletters was one of the best ways we could let everyone know what we’re excited about! Read article

  • Jungle Jim’s Holiday Wine Recommendations Fairfield 

    • Posted: 12/16/2016
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  • Wine Department: The Hardest Button to Button: A Nerds Love of Cabernet Franc

    • Posted: 12/2/2016
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    Cabernet Franc. One of the noblest of grapes, part of the quintet of Bordeaux reds and one of the parent grapes to the illustrious Cabernet Sauvignon. A black grape variety cherished by many wine industry geeks, it is somewhat lighter than Cabernet Sauvignon, less tannic, usually blended into Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon in Bordeaux to give it more acidity, finesse and elegance. It can be made into a 100% varietal wine, as in Loire Valley’s Bourgueil and Chinon regions, Read article
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