If You Need a Crowd-Pleaser (White) When it comes to parties, Chardonnay is the ultimate innocuous wine — you won’t offend,...
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Kevin Day is a Denver-based wine writer and photographer with a special focus on Italian and French wines. He is an Italian and French Wine Scholar™ with Highest Honors, a shortlisted nominee for the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards (Emerging Wine Writer 2019), and a member of the Circle of Wine Writers. He is the founder and main writer behind the popular wine website Opening a Bottle, which is supported by subscribers. He lives in Colorado.
An Elegant, Yet Easy-Sipping French Red
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Sousão. Alvarelhão. Tinta Roriz. Touriga Nacional. Touriga Francesa. Tinta Cão. I didn’t recognize any of these names. They may as well have...