Eric Asimov tastes American wines

WINE TALK
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/dining/drinks/trump-winery-virginia.html

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The experience doesn’t sound that much different from tasting at many other wineries - beautiful scenery, curious food pairings (though usually not ala carte), and a mixed bag of wines.

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I once regrettably visited a Rhode Island winery which bragged about sourcing Connecticut grapes.

Or was it the other way…?

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Nobody critiques the altar wine when you go church.

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Explains Manischewitz.

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The assessment of the New World Reserve, “more veneer than substance,” is a perfect summary. :wink:

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Uh…no it doesn’t.

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Not an altar wine, just “an opiate of the masses”.

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FIFY

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You haven’t been to my Episcopal Church then. :innocent:

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Funnily enough, members of the church I attend — knowing I’m in the wine business — have asked if there’s any way I could step in and give the sacrament a little upgrade…

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My last regular church used Welch’s grape juice. :frowning:

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That’s why they were regular.

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I said grape juice not prune juice! :rofl:

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