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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , America , Europe , France , Wine of the Week With the exception of White Zinfandel, Merlot may be the most-maligned wine in a couple of decades. In the 2004 movie Sideways , Miles, the main character and Pinot Noir lover, Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , New Products Wine corks. They're something of a troublesome little doodad. There's not much use for them once the bottle has been consumed and yet their substantial feel that makes many of us hesitate before chucking them in the garbage. Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , Beer , Champagne , Comfort Food , Spirits , New Year's Confession time: what's the wine you buy on autopilot, the wine you know inside and out like a wife of many years, the one that's reliable, trustworthy, and has stood by you through Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , Trends , America A few weeks ago I listed my 2009 wine predictions , including one under "wishful thinking" about box wine, PET bottles, and lighter, alternative forms of packaging becoming mainstream. Now it seems we're Read More...
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I'm inaugurating a wine blog today on Bay Area Bites. It's a labor of love for me. I worked for a decade in the wine trade in the seventies and eighties, in New York City, San Francisco, and the Napa Valley. I've kept a toehold in the industry since then, Read More...
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Show me an Epicurious reader, and I'll show you someone who loves cheese. As I've mentioned before, I recently learned about the hallowed Cheese Clock, a shorthand method of pairing cheese with wines, beers, and what have you. People asked for more challenging Read More...
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Filed under: Parties , Wine , Beer , Champagne , Celebrations , Holidays , Hanukkah , Christmas , New Year's , Winter Champagne or another bubbly might possibly be my stuck-on-a-desert-island drink of choice, but not everyone feels the love. Monday I Read More...
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A couple weeks ago, I wrote about my introduction to the Cheese Clock and the fundamentals of cheese pairings and entertaining with cheese. Some folks asked for more challenging pairings, so I shot an e-mail back to cheese guy David Monn and the Artisanal Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , Trends , New Products , America I posted recently about investing in wine futures vs. the stock market; now a Napa wine company has tied them together. Here's how it works: you pre-buy a bottle of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , Beer , Whisky , Vodka , Champagne , Cocktails , Gin , Rum , Stores & Shopping , Spirits , Liqueurs , Tequila , Brandy There's a stigma attached to those who extol the virtues of proper glassware. But the fact is -- they're right. Read More...
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Ok, so wine has numerous health benefits. It cures everything from cold sores to cancer. (Note: the above is not intended as medical device.) I tout wine's health benefits as much as anyone, but deep down inside, the truth is that I kind of like my wine Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , Champagne , Trends , New Year's , Food News Looking into my crystal ball for 2009, I forecast a year that centers around value wine. Not necessarily value as related to price, because there will always be people who can afford $200 Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , Books , Champagne , How To , Holidays , Hanukkah , Christmas , Winter There are times when it's not appropriate to actually buy someone a bottle of wine--say, if that person lives out of state and the crazy shipping laws don't allow Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , Champagne , Celebrations , Holidays , Hanukkah , Christmas , Winter , Edible Gifts It's that time of year again when you're making your lists and checking them twice. I'm not talking about the list you're making for Santa (we're all Read More...
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Wine lovers talk about how a wine should tell a story, that it must communicate terroir. By drinking a glass of vino, according to this theory, the consumer should be able to learn something about the geography, soil, climate, and therefore the flavors, Read More...
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