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...best among their discoveries included the Chardonnay Barrique of Morocco ("the finest white wine in North Africa"), Algeria's Domaine Ouzeva 96 (cabernet sauvigon) from Medea ("an area too dangerous to visit"), the Moelleux (chenin blanc) from Réunion, and Richard Leakey's Kenyan Ol Choro Onyore Pinot Noir 2001. Having had a go at uncorking Africa, they have now set their sights on South America. "We hear we might find some of the highest vineyards in the world in Ecuador," says John. "If we get there, we'll drink to that." And devotees of their guide will look...
...points to Marchesi de Frescobaldi--best known for its Tuscan red wines, such as Nipozzano Chianti Rufina--which has acquired property in Friuli to make Sauvignon, Pinot Grigio and Ribolla Gialla white wines. "The Italians have figured it out--how to create tastes that suit the American palate," says John Fredrickson of Gomberg, Fredrickson & Associates, a wine-industry consultancy in San Francisco. In the U.S. market, Italian Pinot Grigios represent the largest import category. At the higher end of the market, the new category of Super Tuscans--such as Tignanello and Sassicaia--are commanding prices of $80 a bottle...
...tender marinated teriyaki beef and deep-fried shrimp, perfect for the faint-of-heart. And dishes of hot plentiful edamame beans—so heavily salted that they resemble an organic version of Fritos—make the perfect accompaniment to the range of sake or the excellent dry Pinot Grigio ($22) offered...
TRIFFON: Siduri Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir...
...Nobody gives Pinot! A drop-dead crowd pleaser, plush and decadent...