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The number of months Barolo is legally required to age, eighteen of which must be in wood. For Barolo riserva, the total is sixty-two months. Barolo is one of the longest-aged wines in Italy.

In the Basque country of northern Spain, tapas bars serve a crisp, resiny white wine called txakoli, which is easier to pronounce than it looks (it’s: shah-ko-LEE). The wine is made from white hondarrabi zuri… Continue reading

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