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Gin & Me

Gary Thomas
Features
7 min read
“Red meat and gin.” – Julia Child, when asked about her longevity. “The gin and tonic has saved more lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the empire.” – Winston Churchill “I’ll stick with gin. Champagne is just ginger ale that knows somebody,” – Hawkeye Pierce Gin – which

Malibu Coast: The Reluctant AVA

Roger Morris
Feature Stories
6 min read
It is a warm afternoon in early May, and the skinny shoulders of the Pacific Coast Highway – “PCH” to locals – are lined for miles with single files of parked cars as Angelenos enjoy a few hours of Sunday sun-soaking on the beaches along the Malibu Coast.  Traffic moves

Five Things You Need to Know about Swiss Wine

Becky Sue Epstein
Features
5 min read
Rare wines from revitalized, historic grapes are putting Switzerland on the wine lover’s map Swiss wines are nearly impossible to find outside of the country, as they make up less than 1% of global production. Only 1.5% is exported, because the natives -- who rank in the top ten in
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It’s #ChardonnayDay

Becky Sue Epstein
Feature Stories
2 min read
We all have a different favorite style of Chardonnay – just ask and we'll try to describe it. It might be easier, however, to track what we buy, which is often the same labels again and again. Some will only buy pricey Chardonnay produced from cool, Carneros grapes in California.
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What We’re Drinking: Pazo Señorans Albariño 2016

Fabian Jauregui
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A standout among a recent tasting through ten bottles of '15 and '16 Albariño, this wine likely benefited from nonconformity, offering riper, rounder flavor in a sea of austerity. Those who relish Albariño's unrelenting acidic assault may in fact miss that here, though there's certainly no dearth of vibrancy. In
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Real Facts about Wine & Health

W. Blake Gray
Features
5 min read
Though both are now wine writers, Dr. Michael Apstein and Dr. Ian D'Agata met while working in a Boston hospital as gastroenterologists. (That's the kind of doctor who puts a camera up your butthole.) Earlier this month, they held a seminar in Canada on wine and health that was candid and
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Dalmatian Rarities

Simon J Woolf
Feature Stories
3 min read
I’m a long time fan of Dalmatia, Croatia’s southerly Mediterranean paradise. It was the first part of the country I ever visited, back in 2003 when the scars of civil war were much closer to the surface than they are now. Arguably the most strongly differentiated part of the nation,