In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2010 Opera Prima (first work or debut) Tempranillo (diminutive of Temprano aka Early). This wine comes from the La Mancha DO of Spain.

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J. García Carrión – winemaker

In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2010 Feeding Frenzy Cabernet Sauvignon from California.

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In this special episode of Leet Wine TV, I had the honor of sitting down with Joe Buonincontri, Owner of Luce Ristorante e Enoteca here in San Antonio and Jeremy Parzen the man behind the wine blog DoBianchi.com. This was prior to a food and wine blogger’s dinner at Luce on April 23, 2012. We got to talk about how Joe got started with the restaurant, his vision for the restaurant, and his wine list among other things. We also talked with Jeremy about his start in the blogging industry, his background, how he got into wine and other things.

If you live in the San Antonio area, please stop by Luce and say hi to Joe. The food and wine we had was excellent. The staff was wonderful too. Joe’s wine list is very focused on Italian wine which is refreshing compared to some of the other Italian restaurants in San Antonio. Luce is also on Twitter and Facebook so check them out there too.

If you are a wine person, which of course you are since you’re here, check out Jeremy’s blog. He not only writes for his own blog, but also about 20 others. He is an expert in Italian wine and and awesome person in general. Also follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

Note: The sound has been cleaned up as much as possible. While not horrible, there was a decent amount of background noise that I tried to eliminate.

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Luce Ristorante e Enoteca
Do Bianchi

In the video wine review, Mark reviews the 2009 Bell’Agio Chianti from Tuscany, Italy. This is a DOCG wine. The straw bottle is the “classic” look of a Chianti bottle and is called a Fiasco. According to the winery’s website, Bell’Agio means easygoing lifestyle. Really not able to confirm that elsewhere, but hey they’re the Italians and they should know.

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Banfi Vintners – Makers of Bell’Agio Chianti

In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2009 Man Vintners Chenin Blanc from South Africa. The M, A, and N is from the wives of the 3 men who started the winery.

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Man Vintners

In this video wine review, Mark reviews the Non-Vintage Florio’s Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a wine produced for Florio’s Pizza here in San Antonio by Weibel Vineyards. Florio’s is located at 7701 Broadway St. It’s actually on Nottingham Dr, but they have a Broadway address. No link for them, but I do have one for the company that makes the wine.

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Weibel Family Vineyards & Winery

In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2009 M. Chapoutier Belleruche Cote Du Rhone. This is a Grenache/Syrah blend from there Northern Rhone. Sorry, no creative title today Also, yes, the number did change. Needed to delay the “big idea.”

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M. Chapoutier

In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2010 Honig Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley California.

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Honig Vineyards

In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2009 Dynamite Chardonnay.

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Dynamite Vineyards

In this video wine review, Mark reviews a homemade wine from right here in Texas. All that is known about the wine is that it is from grapes picked in 1995, it was aged for 5 years in a wood barrel, and the grapes were from whatever was growing on the property.

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