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If you are familiar with my writings on wine, you know that for me the taste of a wine tops my agenda in criticizing that wine. It is not what the experts think and base their opinions on, it is basically the taste of the wine.

Not being a fan of tannic, oaky and heavy wines, I tend to recommend smooth, settling, and delightful wines that have a clean finish and lack aftertaste. So if you are a die hard California wine drinker that enjoy heavy Cabs and Merlots that have been vinified and developed in relatively new French oak barrels, and carry this conspicuous woody flavor and tannin that linger in your mouth, then you probably do not appreciate my articles as much.

However, if you are a wine drinker that enjoys and even prefers a certain smoothness in a wine that provides a sense of delight in your mouth, my next recommendation in these types of wines is an impressively enjoyable wine from the Rhone region of France called Gigondas.

Gigondas vineyards are located in the Dentelle de Montmirail region of Cote du Rhone in France. They profit from the red clay soil and Mediterranean like weather. Gigondas is a well-balanced and aromatic wine. It is very smooth and settles wonderfully in the mouth. It is a very inviting wine that has such an impressive effect on the consumer, that he or she would have a very difficult time not to completely finish the bottle.

The savvy wine makers of this region develop this wine so impeccably in most chateaus, that in my opinion need to be rewarded by constant recognition and commendations.

The grapes used to make this wine are, Syrah, Grenache, and Mouvedre. Gigondas is available in red and rose’.

Make your next purchase a Gigondas at your local wine shop and find out for yourself what jewel you have discovered. Although most chateaus produce decent wines in the region, I would go with a medium range bottle costing approximately $30. You can also consult with the wine clerk at the wine shop. 2004 and 2005 vintages are particularly very good.

Well, here is another wine by which you can impress your friends and family. Enjoy.

Cheers,

Author: Mike Samii
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It has always been so puzzling to me why people in Europe get to enjoy some of the best tasting wines on the planet coming from France, and we tend to stick only to wines that are produced here in North America using the grapes coming from France. Oh yes I know, we have been led to believe that we have some of the best wines here in the U.S., why drink wines from France or Europe?!

Kind of a limited thinking, don’t you think? Either that, or we just don’t know what wine to buy! Is it cool to admit that, and try to learn more about other wines too, or no, we don’t need to admit anything, we have the best wines from California and other regions and that’s all there is to it?

Do you really believe that? Is that REALLY true?

The unbiased facts are as as follows: Even though we do stumble on to good wines from California, Oregon, Washington and other parts of North America, we have to logically realize that most of these wines produced here in the U.S. and Canada are made with French grapes, pinot noir, cabernet, merlot, syrah, etc. Now if we have chosen to utilize the cepage or the grapes from France to produce wines, which by the way, have completely different taste from the native regions of these grapes due to climate and terrain, then these grapes must be good enough to make wines in their own native regions. Is that a fair assessment? Logically and unbiasedly the answer has to be a yes. If we are sensible and logical people, then would it be fair to say, we also need to examine the wines produced by these grapes in their native land where they first came in to existence. Logically and unbiasedly the answer has to be a yes.

Now, if the above statement makes sense to most of us wine drinkers, then lets put some of these French wines to test and find out for ourselves if they’re good or not.

Here is a small list of French wines available in our markets that are friendly to our pocket books:

Red: Perrin Reserve(producer) or Parrallele(producer) Cote du Rhone from the Rhone valley, Montagne St. Emillion from Bordeaux

White: Muscadet Sevre et Maine from the Loire valley, Sancerre from the Loire valley

Rose’: Rose’ d’Anjou from the Loire valley

Put these wines to test at your own convenience, and please comment on this article. Thank you.

Author: Mike Samii
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