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07/06/2011
This you won't believe. But it's true. About 90 to 93 percent of all wine produced on the globe in a given year is...
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Better with each passing day
Age takes its toll on us, but it adds to the loveliness of winesThis you won't believe. But it's true. About 90 to 93 percent of all wine produced on the globe in a given year is...
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06/29/2011
In the mid-1970s, the contrivance of the wine called "white zinfandel" occasioned, simultaneously, both one of th...
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Like a cool breeze
Rosés fuse the best of whites (crispness, freshness) and reds (fruit flavors, juiciness)In the mid-1970s, the contrivance of the wine called "white zinfandel" occasioned, simultaneously, both one of th...
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06/22/2011
America, we're mad about ewe — and cow and nanny too. Perhaps the ultimate match of food with beverage is chees...
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American beauties
How to pair wines with artisan cheesesAmerica, we're mad about ewe — and cow and nanny too. Perhaps the ultimate match of food with beverage is chees...
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06/15/2011
A palpable energy radiates from emerging winemaking areas of Spain such as Toro, tucked away in a corner of Castilla y Leon...
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Tastes of Toro
Flavors and aromas charge from the glass of these Spanish redsA palpable energy radiates from emerging winemaking areas of Spain such as Toro, tucked away in a corner of Castilla y Leon...
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06/08/2011
More people — readers, students and folk on the street — ask me, "What wine goes with (name of food)?"...
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Window into Wine
Famed educator Kevin Zraly distills the complex into digestible formMore people — readers, students and folk on the street — ask me, "What wine goes with (name of food)?"...
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06/01/2011
Victor Hazan once told me, "The duty of wine is to be red," while sipping some of the same. Hazan, author of &quo...
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Italy's fairer grapes
Red varieties get all the love, but whites make stellar wines tooVictor Hazan once told me, "The duty of wine is to be red," while sipping some of the same. Hazan, author of &quo...
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05/25/2011
If you are a proponent of sweet wine — heck, even if you merely enjoy it — you face The Great American Wine Wil...
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Wines so good, you'll lick the glass
Embrace the flavors of the sweetIf you are a proponent of sweet wine — heck, even if you merely enjoy it — you face The Great American Wine Wil...
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05/18/2011
When I first visited Chile, in the late 1980s, its wine was suffering from an awful hangover. The taste in wines that Chile...
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Chillin' with sauvignon blanc
Cool-climate Chilean regions provide the sweet spot for sauvignon blancWhen I first visited Chile, in the late 1980s, its wine was suffering from an awful hangover. The taste in wines that Chile...
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05/06/2011
These days in wine, the bees have the buzzword. The word is "organic," the buzz being "let the bees be."...
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Buzz words
Organic and biodynamic: What they mean on your wine labelThese days in wine, the bees have the buzzword. The word is "organic," the buzz being "let the bees be."...
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04/27/2011
Chardonnay is the most ubiquitous fine wine grape grown on the globe. Wherever wine drinkers go, chardonnay wine was there ...
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Chardonnay: The great grape
The ubiquitousis wine is everywhere -- and for good reasonChardonnay is the most ubiquitous fine wine grape grown on the globe. Wherever wine drinkers go, chardonnay wine was there ...
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