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Wine of the Week: Damiani Wine Cellars NV Bollicine
June 19, 2025: This $20 mostly-cayuga white sparkler is better than quite a few of the sparklers I taste for twice the price
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Wine of the Week: Montezuma Winery 2023 Diamond Pet-Nat
June 12, 2025: This is one of the most consistently delicious pet-nats in the Finger Lakes
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The Cork Club June 2025 Selections
A myriad of pink wines for warm weather enjoyment (or for Thanksgiving)
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Wine of the Week: Sheldrake Point Vineyards 2023 "Beta Series" Blanc de Cabernet Franc
June 5, 2025: A chance encounter on the North Fork led to the discovery of this stunner of a sparkler
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May 2025

The Cork Report Tasting Table for May 23, 2025
With wines from Dr. Konstantin Frank, DuCard, Fjord, Fox Run, Heron Hill, Keuka Spring, King Family, Rosemont, Trestle Thirty One, and Weis
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Wine of the Week: Weis Vineyards 2024 Zweigelt Dry Rosé
May 22, 2025: This 100% Zweigelt rosé is balanced, intensely flavorful, and 100% delicious.
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Wine of the Week: Dr. Konstantin Frank 2024 Dry Rosé of Blaufränkisch
May 3, 2025: Another East Coast blaufränkisch rosé worth seeking out–if it makes it beyond Dr. Frank's wine club
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Wine of the Week: Beneduce Vineyards 2024 Dry Rosé
May 8, 2025: This 100% blaufränkisch rosé is as brisk and refreshing as it is full-flavored
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The Cork Report Tasting Table for May 2, 2025
Beneduce, Bluestone, Buttonwood, Chronicle, Damiani, Cape May, Heron Hill, Keuka Spring, Lakewood, Lieb, Macari, M Cellars McCall, Montezuma, Osprey's …
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April 2025

13 More Great East Coast Cabernet Francs
Because four "Wines of the Week" just weren't enough to highlight all of the great wine I tasted this month.
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Wine of the Week: Ravines Wine Cellars 2022 Cabernet Franc
April 28, 2025: At $25 this might be one of the best values in East Coast cab franc
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Wine of the Week: Paumanok Vineyards 2022 Grand Vintage Cabernet Franc
April 24, 2025: A splurge-worthy, age-worthy cabernet franc worth chasing down when it is released later this year
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