Hailing from small lots planted on rocky, volcanic terrain at high elevation, the wind-blown vineyards of Bryn Mawr produce energetic wines. Appropriately, Bryn Mawr is Welsh for "high hill". Winemaker Rachel Rose leads both the vineyard and the winemaking program with the aim of integrating the natural world and its effects into her wines. These wines salute approximately the one-decade mark since Jon and Kathy Lauer purchased the 26-acre estate.
Read MoreWhatever format I receive a wine in, I always taste it in a tasting glass. After all, I mostly receive 750-ml bottles. (No, I don't take swigs from the bottle or employ a straw.) What was full-on astonishing to me was the difference in tasting this wine from my glass versus tasting it from the can. The perceptions were smashingly different. Going forward, I'll definitely be tasting wines packaged in cans both ways.
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