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Tales from the AVA front
“Democracy,” Winston Churchill told the House of Commons in 1947, “is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” Churchill might still have...
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Underrated Spain: Meseta Central Wine Region
In the land of Don Quixote, wine plays a very important role both economically and culturally. The Meseta Central, a.k.a. Central Plateau, produces nearly half of the wine in all of Spain. It’s also...
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Donnafugata Passito di Pantelleria Ben Rye
Wine Review: 2011 Donnafugata Passito di Pantelleria Ben Ryé, Sicilia, Italy The 2011 Donnafugata Passito di Pantelleria Ben Rye is a sweet dessert wine made from Zibibbo (Moscato d’Alessandria)...
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Tuscan Wine Region Montalcino Rocked by Fraud Allegations (Wine Spectator)
A winery consultant stands accused of falsely identifying Sangiovese as Brunello di Montalcino …read more Source:: Wine Spectator News and Features via rss Related Posts:Tuscan Wine Region...
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Chef Jeff Nathan’s Rosh Hashanah Family Feast (Wine Spectator)
A crisp fall salad, lamb with ratatouille and a fruity parfait for the Jewish New Year …read more Source:: Wine Spectator News and Features via rss Related Posts:Chef Jeff Nathan’s Rosh Hashanah...
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Celebrity Chef Tour Dinner at Rodney Strong Vineyards
Chef Duskie Estes and John Stewart will be among the chefs cooking at the Rodney Strong Vineyards Celebrity Chef Tour Dinner on Sept. 20, 2014 Hold onto your forks, folks, this is a biggie. On...
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CIA Chef Pop-Ups
Matthew Dolan of Twenty Five Lusk will host a pop-up dinner at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone Culinary superstars return to their alma mater, the Culinary Institute of America at...
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Texas Turd-Floater in Passopisciaro #Etna
2014 has been a crazy year for weather patterns. There seems to be controversy brewing over the quality of the 2014 vintage in Italy. It’s too early to tell, but there are some things that have been...
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Here comes the Apple’s wine i-Tasting app!
Tim Cook‘s announcement on Tuesday of Apple’s new iTaste © app is exciting, and certainly represents a great leap forward in technology, but I wonder if it will really replace traditional human wine...
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Kaena & Beckmen: One winemaker, two stories
After #GoingRogue with Tercero, it was time to meander down the road a bit to Beckmen Vineyards, were the #QBP had a barrel tasting arranged with Keana and Beckman winemaker, Mikel Sigouin. I first...
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Siduri Single Vineyard Recent Releases
Earlier this week, we got into the head of the rabble-rousing guy behind the Siduri label, Adam Lee. That interview turned out to be too interesting for me to edit significantly, and so I decided to...
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Sonoma County Harvest Fair Food Awards 2014
Emily Nagan of Desserts by Emily and Tracy Mattson of Cookie…Take a Bite! were winners at the Harvest Fair food competition. (Photo: Christopher Chung) When the Sonoma County Harvest Fair rolls around...
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Friday Feature Photo: Correfoc, La Mercé, Spain
Photographer: Jordi Cohen Capture Date: Setember 2007 Location: Via Laietana, Barelona, Spain About: This was the second time the photographer took pictures at the “correfoc”, having learned a few...
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Are You a Wine Snob or Wine Awesome? (Quiz)
Wine is a lot like art, literature and music, in that the more you know about it, the more you appreciate it. However, learning can be tricky because it’s hard to figure out how to get started. What’s...
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Craggy Range and the Rock Star Vintage
Last month, I was privileged to get a sneak peak at New Zealand’s Craggy Range 2013 vintage wines, including two from the exciting Gimblett Gravels region near Hawkes Bay. According to Steve Smith MW,...
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Why a bad vintage is good, Super Tuscans @WineSearcher & a special dinner...
Above: my good friend from college, chef Steve Samson at Sotto in Los Angeles, is going to recreate an Emilian feast next Wednesday in celebration of his parents’ Brooklyn-Bologna wedding fifty years...
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“Rali Vinho do Porto” – 19 to 21 September
The “Rali Vinho do Porto” for classic cars will be departing from Porto – in front of the building of Alfândega do Porto, around 15:00 on 19 September, towards the Douro Wine Region. …read more...
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Tango Comes to #Mendoza Wineries!
Tango Comes to #Mendoza Wineries! This September, enjoy tango performances and lessons throughout Mendoza’s wineries and great scenaries. …read more Source:: Great Wine Capitals Events via rss...
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Vinography Images: Swift Work
Swift Work A worker moves quickly through a vineyard during harvest in Sonoma County. Vineyards throughout the state are full of workers at the moment, who are bringing in the 2014 vintage....
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A new Poboleda villager, Brots Restaurant
Despite being awash in world class wines from both DOQ Priorat and DO Montsant, it’s no secret that the Priorat comarca in which both of these wine regions reside does not have a great wealth of...
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