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March 2012

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Payana: More Than Childsplay Payana is a popular children's game in Argentina that is commonly played with fi ve small stones. While one player picks a stone up and tosses it up into the air, picks another stone up from the ground with the same hand, and then catches the fi rst stone before it hits the ground. Payana wines hail from the steep stony slopes of the foothills of the Andes. Watered by only fresh moun- tain streams, the vines here ripen in the warm sunny days coupled with cool mountain nights to produces wines marked by power, elegance and balance. Casa E. di Mirafi ore: The Comeback Kid With picturesque vineyards along the hillsides of Piemonte, Casa E. di Mirafi ore has deep roots within Italian wine tradition. First established in 1870, the house rose to renown before lying dormant in the dark days in the wake of World War II. Today, the historic house style blends both old with new, applying extended macerations and medium-sized oak cask aging in keeping with centuries-old Piemonte tradition, while crafting their wines from perfectly ripe, healthy grapes. Revived and better than ever, today's Mirafi ore strives to represent a "life of value," in and out of the glass. Tasting Panel Publisher's Pick 96 Points "Head Over Heels in Love" Heart of Sonoma After several years in Hollywood, writer and THE TASTING PANEL con- tributor Daedalus Howell washed up in his native Sonoma County only to fi nd it transformed into "wine country." Part how-to guide, part satire as seen "through a wine glass, darkly," his new e-book I Heart Sonoma: How to Live & Drink in Wine Country is a hilarious and insightful selection of wine-soaked works for which Howell won "Best Humorous Column" from the National Newspaper Association in 2011. $4.99; available on Apple's iBookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, the Sony eBookstore and other sites. iheartsonoma.fmrl.com EU Organic 123 Certified Organic Tequila (Uno Dos Tres) 123Tequila.com march 2012 / the tasting panel / 31

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