A few days ago, I blogged about being able to buy the 2007 vintage Vina Aguia Rioja Reserva. Today, I went back to the Costco in Greenville SC to stock up on that wine while it is still on sale. I found a lot of 2009 vintage in the cases that I could easily get to. The cases were stacked one on the other, but I searched until I found 2007 wine and was able to remove some from a lower case. If you are interested in this wine, it will pay to search for the 2007 vintage.
It has been a year since I have posted to the South Carolina Wine Blog. However, I was provided with an advance copy of the latest novel by Steven Laine entitled Dragon Vine for my review. Mr. Laine writes novels with a wine focused theme and I reviewed Mr. Laine's previous novel Root Cause in 2019, which I greatly enjoyed. The synopsis of Dragon Vine is as follows: When his father dies in a wildfire, Carmine Cooper takes over the family winery in the middle of harvest, putting his dreams of becoming an architect on hold. He soon finds himself fighting with a vengeful neighbor, blackmailed by a local gang, harassed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities, and the target of an ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives) investigation. Carmine’s only hope to solve his problems and finish his first solo vintage successfully rests in identifying an unknown grape variety his father grew and made into wine for a quarter century wit...
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