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Bridging the Gap Between Summer and Fall Wines

By PETER HELLMAN
September 17, 2008

It's now time for what I call segue wines, which are the equivalent of cotton sweaters. They're of a class whose duty it is to be not merely refreshing, like summer wines, or to carry weight and richness, like winter wines, but to be somewhere in between. They are the mid-weights that ease us into the season when the crickets become silent and the evenings turn crisp.

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