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My Valentine’s Day Wine Alternative
Happy Valentine's Day to all who celebrate. My wife and I agreed long ago that this holiday would never be a huge deal in our world. After all, we already...
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Culinary Trends are Changing the Way Wine is Consumed
We are firmly entrenched in the era of globalization, and the exchange of culinary ideas has reached a fever pitch. Both casual and fine dining are the...
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Superbowl Bagel & Wine Pairings
While I appreciate a good football game, the food and drink opportunities afforded by Super Bowl Sunday take precedent. Consider the de rigueur offerings –...
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How to really use Marsala wine
Famous British chef Delia Smith boosted sales of Marsala years ago when she poured the amber liquid into one of her famous recipes. Sadly, since then you...
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How to Choose the Right Cabernet
Cabernet Sauvignon is a shape-shifter. This is true for nearly every grape, but most especially Cab. Perhaps because it is grown in so many places, we are...
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Detox Wines for January Drinking
The holidays are over, but the wine celebrations never end – in our corner of the internet at least. January calls for easy-breezy wines that pair well...
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Five Fab Sparklers, One Location.
The rush for sparkling wine is here, and there’s still enough time for you to grab one of my all-time faves. Franciacorta is Italy’s answer to Champagne,...
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It’s Generation Prosecco.
I can hear the bottles popping already – it’s New Year’s Eve. There are roughly four million bottles of Prosecco circulating around the United States...
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One of Tuscany's Best Kept Secrets
You know the wines of Tuscany, sure – but it’s such a blanket term. Drill a bit deeper and there’s a world of hidden gems to discover far beyond the...
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Can you pair wine with curry?
After all the Christmas and New Year festivities, I have to escape for a good curry! We all have a favourite curry but matching these exotic dishes with wine...
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The Greatest White Wines In The World
A commune in the Cote d’Or, ten kilometers from Beaune, lies Puligny-Montrachet. The mere whisper of the name causes oenophiles to perk up. Why? This...
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Your Thanksgiving Holiday Show-Stopper
We ought to banish preconceived notions in all areas of life, especially wine. You’ve probably heard a lot about how Bordeaux’s late harvest wines should...
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This is your holiday pairing companion.
We’re all in a dish-pairing frenzy as the big holidays approach. Good counsel has arrived: One of my favorite wine educators, Lyn Farmer, sat down with to...
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Start a fight at Thanksgiving with these wine grapes.
Yesterday we focused on consensus wine grapes. The grapes enjoy name recognition, and they won’t threaten the wine newbies at your holiday table. Wine...
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The Best Wine Grapes for Thanksgiving
Wine grapes are deperately vying for your attention. There are over ten thousand varietals out there - that's fierce competition. It takes about two and a...
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There’s more to Bordeaux than meets the eye.
On a recent trip to Bordeaux, I had the extreme pleasure of exploring a particular group of appellations. A very particular group. This is the group of...
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Try this aperitif before heading out to dinner.
Roussillon’s dry wines are go-tos, especially around the holidays. The quality-to-value ratio is superb. In fact, we have a really nice set of Roussillon...
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Tavel Rosé Is The Only Wine You Need This Thanksgiving
Pause a moment and think about Thanksgiving. Do you roast, smoke, or fry your turkey? Do you season it with citrus and herbs or hickory and bacon? What about...
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Roussillon wines spread good cheer.
France's Roussillon region is south of Languedoc, and north of Spain. A large swath of its southeastern points border the Mediterranean Sea. The Pyrénées...
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Join the Italian Rosé Revolution
The Bardolino and Valpolicella winegrowing areas are located in close proximity to one another on opposite sides of the Adige River in the Veneto region in...
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