Wine is a global affair, yet
most wine production facilities/wineries, only make wine from one place – where
they are located. Some have a few vineyards in say France and California, or
something like that, (Paul Hobbs for example has vineyards in California and
Argentina) but few wineries offer wines made by them from places across the
globe in a single portfolio. Yes, it’s been done before, but with little
success. But Locations Wine is
finally getting it right.
Just after the 2010 harvest,
Dave Phinney was at the Charles de Gaulle airport, lamenting how existing wine
regulations were limiting his ability to make the kind of wine he wanted. He
joked about possibilities, imagining what he could do if there were no rules.
What if you could blend across French appellations? What if there were no
rules. Standing at the airport a taxi pulled curbside and he noticed the very
distinctive “F” sticker on the license plate. His mind exploded with thought
and possibility. What if he could take this idea and do this not only in
France, but also in Italy, Spain, and Portugal? Since great wine is made all
over the world, what if you could produce a range of wines across all of the major
wine regions of the world paying homage to each country? Enter Locations, with
wines from California, France, Portugal, Texas, Italy, Spain, Argentina,
Oregon, and Washington. Pretty impressive. I sampled through three of the wines
– line priced at $19.99 - the Portuguese being my favorite of the three, though
terrific quality with all of them.
The Italian, a blend of Negromaro and Nero d’ Avola offers black
berry, brambleberry, pomegranate and cedar, bing cherry.
The Portugal blend of Touriga Nacional, Trincaderia, and Touriga Franca
is full of black cherry, black berry, rhubarb, cassis, boysenberry and is
earthy and vibrant.
The French Rosé, all Grenache, is strawberry, hibiscus, rose water and
violets with a bold acidity, and that mineral/earthy quality that Grenache
offers. Locations Wines is a capital idea that lets you travel the Big World of
Wine.
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