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      Savoring Sips, Scents and Food-Pairings in Napa: Domaine Carneros

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      Interesting White Wine from the Country of Georgia

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      2024 “this life” brut AOC Crémant de Limoux – A Valentine Sparkler

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      What We’re Drinking – Dr. Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling GG *Ale Reben*

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      Palio Wins San Francisco Dining after 35 Years

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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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      Penelope Bourbon: How to Create Your Own American Whiskey

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      Hidden Italian Getaway Near Venice: Discovering Asolo’s charm, wine and history

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      A History of Wine near Venice in Six Families

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      Palio Wins San Francisco Dining after 35 Years

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      Downtown Healdsburg for Fine Wine and Gourmet Dining

      Deborah Grossman
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      Palio Wins San Francisco Dining after 35 Years

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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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      Montréal Chefs Star in the Culinary World

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    Best of 2014: The X factor or, how I learned to love big reds in Northern Greece

    Michelle Locke
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    In this piece, originally published in September, columnist Michelle Locke tackles tongue twisters and tongue pleasers in Northern Greece. I knew going in that Xinomavro was going to be a challenge. After all, you know you’re tasting something a little bit different when you have to start with a pronunciation

    Best of 2014: The Women of Italian Wine Never Give Up

    Elisabetta Tosi
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    This week we will be running some of our favorite pieces from 2014 by our esteemed panel of columnists. Enjoy! When we talk about Italian wines, we usually talk about the men behind them, but in doing so we forget that the Italian wine world is made up of both

    Some beers I drank

    Tom Mansell
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    I drank a few beers in 2014. Here are some of my favorites. Gigantic Brewing Company IPL (Portland, OR) I liked India Pale Lagers better when they were called pilsners. Actually, there is a subtle difference between your average German-style pilsner and IPL. An IPL is essentially an American IPA

    My favorite wines of 2014

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    I can’t tell you how many hundreds of wines I’ve tasted this year. Wait, that sounds snobby. In truth, I’m privileged to be able to sample and evaluate wines all around the world – and sometimes I even get to drink them. Evaluating wines in a region often leads to

    Good Spirits for 2015

    Gary Thomas
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    Back in my bartending days (many, many years ago) we rarely ventured outside of anything more complicated than a martini or a Manhattan, and we hated anyone asking for a blender drink. (“Sorry, the blender is broken. “)   But now we are in the grip of the craft cocktail craze.

    Glass sippers: Keeping abreast of fashions in sparkling stemware

    Michelle Locke
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    Sparkling wine has always been a glass act. It was the invention of stronger bottles in 17th-century Britain that made the beverage cellar-safe, solving the problem of exploding bottles which had plagued effervescent beverages. And the glasses used to serve sparkling wines have gone through more than a few incarnations

    Countdown to New Year’s Eve: Vintage Champagne and more

    Becky Sue Epstein
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    This is the final week of our exploration of different types of sparkling wines –Champagne included, of course – so you’ll be able to make a great choice for your New Year’s Eve occasion. Rather than an exhaustive explanation of champagnes and sparkling wines, this series is meant to provide

    In praise of the “mouth rinse”

    W. Blake Gray
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    Kermit Lynch once described a wine he imported as "a mouth rinse." He meant it as praise. I saw this a decade ago and have never forgotten it. Nobody speaks well of simplicity in wine. It doesn't matter which side of the power vs. elegance debate you're on. Power fans
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