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      2022 Merriam Blanc de Noirs, 25th anniversary sparkling wine: sustainably made

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      Love Letter to a Volcano-with White Wine

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      Startlingly Vivid Prosecco-and More-from this Castle Winery in Italy

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      9 Reasons Merlot Will Rule the World

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      Wohlfert Distilling Craft Spirits Ride on Prohibition Heritage

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      Why Low-Alcoholic Wine May Be Increasing & An Adult Beverage Option; Even No-Alc can be Tasty

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      A Dog, a Mountain Hike and Gin

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      Pisco Power: South American spirit gaining in popularity, quality

      Michelle Locke
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      Santa Rosa Craft Beer and Food Take Center Stage

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      Downtown Healdsburg for Fine Wine and Gourmet Dining

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      Enjoy Cancun-adjacent Isla Mujeres at Coco B Villas

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      A Long Weekend in Newport Beach, California

      Don Sonderling
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      Classic Chinese Fine Dining at Z&Y Peking Duck

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      Montréal Chefs Star in the Culinary World

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      Recharge-Relax-Decompress-Dine in Monterey CA

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      Luxury Hotels That Love Dogs Maybe More Than Their Owners

      Barbara Barrielle
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    The Mother Vine: Livermore Reconsidered

    Joe Roberts
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    That California’s Livermore Valley is largely off the radar for wine geeks and collectors is one of the more bizarre turns in the history of U.S. wine. While rarely mentioned in the same breath as Napa Valley, Sonoma County, or Paso Robles, it could easily be argued that no other

    Facing climate change, Italian growers turn to cooler areas, native grapes

    Elisabetta Tosi
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    Do you know the grape balbiani? Ever read about a grape named sezannensis, or one called oiriki? Even if you’re an “expert” wine lover, curious to learn about everything in the wine world, it’s likely that you’ve never heard these names. Don’t worry if you don’t know about them. They

    Prosecco risotto: A unique pairing from Conegliano

    Mary Cressler
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    I’m not a trinket person. I don’t spend much time in gift shops looking for souvenirs to bring home. While bottles of wine purchased in a region can bring back great memories, once they’re gone they’re gone. For me, one way to preserve the memory of a trip is learning

    A deep-rooted workforce: year-round crews know vines

    Michelle Locke
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    Harvest is a few weeks away in the Napa Valley and Alberto Ramos is combing through a block of Cabernet Franc, on the hunt for unripe grapes. Sunshine settles into the 90-acre bowl-shaped vineyard as he runs practiced fingers over the clusters, flicking green and pink berries to a dusty death.

    Winds blow South African terroir in the white direction

    W. Blake Gray
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    South Africa makes 4.2% of the world's wine. But in the U.S., its wine world is a dark continent. You see some under-$10 South African wines, but I have never seen a South African wine over $30 in a California restaurant. I'm not sure I've seen one in a store,

    Complexity to a fault: enjoying microbial diversity

    Simon J Woolf
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    Brettanomyces and volatile acidity – these are a few of my favorite things. No really – in the past month I've enjoyed both a wine and a beer that managed a perfect fusion of the two. Let me explain, lest you think I've gone clean out of my senses from

    How fair is fair trade wine?

    Erika Szymanski
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    Even if you don't shop at Whole Foods, even if you don't drink coffee, you've probably heard of Fair Trade. The program (programs, really; fair trade certifications are issued by a handful of agencies) rose up in the 1960's, but really gained steam in the 1980's as an upmarket-focused movement

    Three generations and 63 years later, not much has changed at Napa’s Stony Hill

    Roger Morris
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    It is tempting to think of Stony Hill Vineyard as this lovely flower growing on the flank of Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain, a flower that has miraculously flourished, largely unchanged, since it was planted in 1952. Such unchanging longevity is not a routine occurrence.  While Napa Valley may be a
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