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The Thanksgiving Menu: Simply Delicious
The Thanksgiving meal is the world’s simplest, and therein lies its beauty of presentation and flavor, simple wholesome foods that commemorate the first harvest that the…
6 min
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Ask the Wine Witch Who Tells the Truth As She Sees It
Dear Wine Witch: I visited Napa this summer for the first time and was surprised by the afternoon breezes and cool nights. One day it was…
7 min
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White Granite Dreams
Visualize a white granite world beyond the tree line at 9000 feet above sea level, a world carved by glaciers, pushing, clawing through the materials over…
7 min
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Go Ahead, Chill a Red Wine
Some of the first information that we learn about wine is that we serve whites chilled and reds at room temperature. Later we learn the reasons.…
6 min
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Bordeaux, My Father’s Wine
The wine business worries about its market like any other business. Fifteen years ago, it was concerned about who would replace the Baby Boomers, that enormous…
6 min
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OMG! Paris Hilton Calls Prosecco Sexy
When Paris Hilton went on David Letterman’s program two years ago to promote Prosecco, saying it was “sexy,” she was referring to a specific Prosecco, one…
4 min
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What Is Cassis and Why Should We Care?
The word cassis is a common descriptor of red wine and a very annoying one. Just ask 25 of your best friends if they know what…
6 min
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Pinot in the Spotlight
The Pinot Family is much in the spotlight these days. No, its members aren’t characters in another violent videogame. They haven’t engaged in public infidelity or…
6 min
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For Grapevine Pests, The Globe Is a Village
The newest critter to haunt California grape growers is the European grapevine moth, which is threatening growers to the point that the California Department of Food…
7 min
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Happy Valentine’s Day
We recently received an order that seemed to be a Valentine gift with the message “When one looks into water, one sees one’s own image. But…
6 min