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SHADES OF RED

In my experience, people who regard themselves as red wine drinkers very often have full-bodied reds in mind. Similarly, others, who declare they don’t really like red wine are also often thinking of that richer style. But both groups too often forget there’s a whole other category of red wine: one that can best be described as ‘light’.

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