Sense of Place

Tag: Syrah

  • Tasting the Spanish Routes to Cuba

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, February 26, 2019 The earliest colonial movement from Spain to the Americas drew heavily from Andalusia. Peter Boyd-Bowman found that Andalusians made up the largest regional group among identified Spanish emigrants from 1493 to 1519; among 195 identified arrivals in Cuba from 1520 to 1539, 41 percent came from Andalusia (Boyd-Bowman…

  • Selected Notes on the Wines of Washington State

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, October 25, 2018 In the United States, Washington State is a top producer of powerfully structured, berry-driven Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon (MacNeil 2001). Its wine tradition began in the late 1800s with the arrival of German and Italian immigrants. By the 1960s, Washington vineyards were commercially producing northern white grapes, especially…