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Carmelo Patti: Old School in the New World
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From the outside looking in, Carmelo Patti is just another Italian-Argentinean man making wine in his garage. Most days of the week, he is here, at work in the stark cement warehouse-turned-winery, known as Bodega El Lagar, tucked away in the Luján de Cuyo region of Mendoza. The street outside is scarcely marked with a street sign, but the road is well-traveled by those...

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Learning Wine Aromas
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What happens in your mouth when you sip a wine is important, a wine´s texture, shape, acidity, sweetness, and length are all important style and quality markers.   And though the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body, the nose is really the powerhouse sensor when it comes to a cup of vino. There are hundreds of identifiable aromas in wine, scents that stretch...

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