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Article: PLONKAPALOOZA
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 15, 2008
- Author:
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In medieval myth, the Land of Cockaigne was every peasant's
dream. Within its fabled borders, fruits ripened every month of the
year and rivers of wine flowed. Centuries later, although cabernet
still refuses to gush spontaneously from the earth, wine is nearly
that abundant. We are experiencing a Golden Age for the little wines
of the world. Never have small producers of relatively modest wines
had more access to markets, and never has so much of the produce of
their vineyards and cellars been readily available to consumers.
Our Plonk of the Month column of $12 and under wines is meant to
highlight the best of these - wines with the character and
versatility to make for pleasurable and ...
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