Pinot Noir Quartet

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Tasting within a category There are over 7500 wines from which we must choose to fill the only 500 (ish) options that occupy our shelves. While some of those are […]

Wine Discoveries 2023

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Our byline invites you to “shop locally, taste globally.” That is easier now to do than ever. Our distributors are working with more importers from more countries, bringing in wines made from grapes of which we’ve not heard, from regions for which we consult maps. Windham Wines now offers wines from 17 different countries. Within the US, we carry wines from 9 different states. The tasting team was active over 2023, and what a year of discovery it was for us.

October in Vermont – Wines for Fall from Windham Wines

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October in Vermont

It is hard to believe that summer is over and yet the autumnal equinox is behind us and we are now 3 weeks into fall. If ever there was a year to query where summer went, it is 2023. But fall is here, like it or not, and Windham Wines has a selection wines perfectly calibrated to the season.

Wine Recommendations

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White Wines Atilia Trebbiano d’Abruzzo, 2021 organic: $17 (liter bottle) Abruzzo is one of those regions that has captured our attention in the past few years. We are devotées of […]

Early Spring Wine Recommendations

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White Wines Palmento Costanzo Mofete, Etna Bianco, 2021 organic: $20 Owner-winemaker, Valeria Agosta, has been joined by her daughter, Serena, who recently graduated from the University of Montpelier with a […]

Explore! March Wine of the Month

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Zoppi Cristina

Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay dominate the American wine market, together accounting for over a third of the volume of wine purchased. Meanwhile, Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and Jose Vouillamoz have […]

Late Winter Wine Recommendations

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White Skouras, Assyrtiko, Wild Ferment, Pelopennese, 2021: $20 Assyrtiko is a grape variety that does very nicely in a hot, dry climate like most of Greece where it is indigenous. […]

Wine of the Month : Stolpman – La Caudrilla

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Stolpman La Caudrilla California $20, organic 75% Syrah, 15% Grenache, 10% Sangiovese We were introduced to the Stolpman wines late last summer and have become Stolpman groupies. The two that […]

Wine Book Recommendations

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Nonfiction Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France. Join Kermit Lynch, one of the U.S.’s most respected wine importers, as he visits his French […]