james laube's wine flights

Why Some Wines Smell Like Bug Spray

Posted: Dec 28, 2006 12:22pm ET

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 purchased on a recent trip to Willamette Valley, and the wine smelled like bug spray.

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