Fill Your 4 Cups with Hagafen

By Guest Columnist Eileen Goltz

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For those for whom purchasing wine makes them feel like the simple son, the uncomplicated explanation for the difference in wines is:

? Red wines are made from black (red) grapes fermented with the skin in the mix. The red skin is what gives the red color to the red wine.

? White wines are made from either black (red) or white (green) grapes, fermented without the skin in the mix.

? Sparkling wines (which can be made with either white or red grapes) like Asti and Champagne contain carbon dioxide that add the bubbles that we all expect in a sparkling wine. The preferences as to which you will prefer takes time and tasting. Lots and lots of tastings.

A few weeks ago I was able to spend some time with Ernie Weir and his staff, touring and tasting at his Napa Valley, CA winery, Hagafen Cellars. Let me be perfectly clear ? this talented vintner doesn

There are dozens of distinctive wines created at the Hagafen winery and they are sold under three different and distinct labels. They are Hagafen, Prix, and Don Ernesto. I can say, without hesitation or reservation, that every single wine I tasted was wonderful. In the end, after 3 hours of tasting and touring I had to pare my favorites down from 7 to 4 but the 4 wines I

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Fill Your 4 Cups with Hagafen

By Guest Columnist Eileen Goltz

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