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Wines By Nature
Though I love to throw dinner parties, it is rare that someone does me the same honor. However, two months ago my friends Liz and Joel did just that—using the visit of my boyfriend and me as an excuse...
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A Summer Wine in the Tuscan Twilight
Though I am an enthusiastic scholar of red wine, and I drink it about 90% of the time (full disclosure: I am drinking Petite Sirah as I write this), I love white wine in summer. This love affair began...
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Dalliance: Everyone Wants a Taste of this Wine
Eating dinner with my family at Harwig’s in Steamboat Springs, CO, a restaurant famed for its wine list and multiple Wine Spectator awards, I asked the sommelier to suggest a bottle. “What do you...
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A Winemaker To Watch
Justin Kahler can appreciate the Extra Virgin lifestyle. He knows that taking an agricultural product like grapes, and turning it into a finished product like wine, requires infinite decisions and...
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One More White for St. Martin’s Summer
What better way to enjoy the autumn warmth and sunshine than with a wine from St. Martin’s Loire Valley? I suggest Guy Saget’s 2010 Domaine de la Perrière Sancerre. Jean-Louis Saget, scion of nine...
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So you’ve got your Big Bird costume and your hand-lettered “Will Work for Food” sign. Or you’re a redhead who’s going to hang loaves of bread from his clothes and be the Gingerbread Man. All dressed up...
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Need to get out of town before you get out of town?
Ahhh the winter holidays. While traveling to see family is a rewarding tradition, it is often a jam-packed week or two with little time for relaxation. Why not take a weekend’s rest and rejuvenation...
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Plush Elegance for the Holidays: Stags’ Leap Petite Sirah
It’s a time of year for stories and a time of year for traditions. And we gather around the table to celebrate those stories and those traditions. An excellent bottle of wine can transport a special...
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Moving? Don’t know where your wine opener is? I’ve got you covered.
I recently relocated. Beyond what fit in my truck around the carrier for one oversized, excessively furry cat, all of my posessions spent a few weeks under the guardianship of Wheaton van lines....
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A Lesson in Sangiovese: Tuscany’s Most Famous Varietal
An Etruscan export since the 7th century BC, Chianti is the 3rd most recognized wine in the world. But how much do you really know about Sangiovese, Chianti’s main grape? What? Chianti’s not just...
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