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Smith-Madrone: Stu Smith on Wine and the Ephemeral Sense of Art
Post-Symposium for Professional Wine Writers, all I wanted to do was eat tacos and drink cocktails. And guzzle beer. But I am very glad I took a trip up to the top of Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain to visit Smith-Madrone. A few months prior, I’d had the wines–a Chardonnay, Cabernet, and Riesling–sent to me and [More]
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Tagged napa riesling, spring mountain cabernet, Wine Without Worry
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Spring Mountain Cabernet from Smith-Madrone: The Perfect Gift
There is something special about Spring Mountain. Leaving behind Napa Valley’s floor, you carefully wind your way up to higher altitudes where a new world unfolds. And it’s not just scenery that is transformed; the distinctiveness of the wines bear out that change as well. I was recently sent a trio of samples from [More]
