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The Malvasia from Santa Cruz winery Birichino is so aromatic that it could be bottled as...

Skip to main content This minty red blend shows how wines can take on the flavors of plants that grow nearby FacebookTwitterEmail Domaine de la Terre Rouge's 2013 Garrigue, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah from the Sierra foothills.Esther Mobley / The Chronicle “Garrigue” is one of those perfect wine words — a concise term that encompasses a larger, and very beautiful, idea. The word refers to the unique mix of vegetation that grows throughout parts of southern France, near the Mediterranean Sea: fragrant, shrubby plants including lavender, thyme, rosemary, white flowers and juni...

How is this lovely California red blend a jaw-dropping sub-$15? It uses leftover fine wine Critic Esther Mobley recommends Bedrock Wine Co.'s value-priced, nonvintage Shebang bottling FacebookTwitterEmail Bedrock Wine Co. makes Shebang, a multivintage red blend, from leftover wine that didn't quite make the cut for its top bottlings.Esther Mobley / The Chronicle The wines of Bedrock Wine Co. are not exorbitantly priced to begin with. The Sonoma winery’s entry-level bottling, Old Vine Zinfandel, usually sells just shy of $25. But its Shebang label, which sells for $10 to $15 depending on the...

Paso Robles winemaker Curt Schalchlin was making this translucent, ultra-fruity style of...

Wine wisdom suggests Aligote is boring. But this refreshing $18 California version is anything but In the latest Wine of the Week, critic Esther Mobley recommends winemaker Jim Clendenen's delicious Aligote FacebookTwitterEmail Welcome to Wine of the Week, a new series in which Chronicle wine critic Esther Mobley recommends a delicious bottle that you should be drinking right now. Last week, she highlighted a briny, oceanic Pinot Gris from Santa Cruz. Check for a online every Wednesday. When people talk about white wines from Burgundy, it’s assumed that they’re talking about Chardonnay...