Why Some Wines Smell Like Bug Spray

By James Laube
Posted: Thursday, December 28, 2006

I got one of those 9-1-1 wine emergency calls at about 4 p.m. on Christmas day, a few minutes before we started prepping for dinner. My friend had just opened a bottle of Oregon Pinot Noir that he had.....

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