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Wednesday wine recommendations, 7/26/2017
Okay, so it’s actually Thursday, and deadlines and baseball intervened. But here are some wine recommendations to help you slake your summer thirst. Rosé of course, including a top-notch Sancerre and a fun one from Italy, plus three delicious whites – … Continue reading
Posted in France, Italy, Spain, Washington Post, Wine
Tagged Rosé, Sancerre, Summer, Wine
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Wines to Defy Winter’s Last Blast
The calendar says Spring, but Ol’ Man Winter isn’t done with us yet. Tuesday’s forecast for the Washington, D.C., area calls for 1-2 more inches of the white stuff, timed not to give us a day off like that last … Continue reading
How long will sherry remain wine’s best kept secret?
Why don’t we drink more sherry? Every time I explore this category of fortified wines I marvel at their quality, value and suitability with a wide variety of foods. I marveled again Friday as I tasted and talked sherry with … Continue reading
What’s ahead in 2014 for wine lovers?
New Year’s is crystal-ball season in a lot of respects – not just the ball that drops on Times Square, but all the figurative crystal balls that pundits and wine columnists gaze into to predict what the new year will … Continue reading
Posted in Argentina, California, Chile, Local Wine, Portugal, Rants, Spain, Too Much Alcohol!, Wine
Tagged 2014, Wine
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Shoot-out at the sparkling wine corral
Blind tastings can be fun, informative, uplifting, humbling, even humiliating. The ones I enjoy most are those where my involvement is solely as a taster, with no knowledge of what wines are in the mix (I tend to try to … Continue reading
Posted in California, Champagne, Italy, Pinot Noir, Spain, Sparkling Wine, Wine
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Worth Reading: The Atlantic discovers … the Atlantic
Some interesting reading in the tangled vines of cyberspace: The Atlantic, long a bastion of intellectual, thought-provoking essays and fiction for the Eastern egghead set, has discovered … wait for it … that wine is actually made along the Atlantic … Continue reading
Posted in Eastern US, Local Wine, New York, Parker, Spain, Wine, writers
Tagged Local Wine, New York Wine, Robert Parker, Wine
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Singing the Praises of Somms with Canary Island Wines
There’s been some feather-ruffling on the wine blahblahsphere lately about a “war” between critics and sommeliers. As described by W. Blake Gray on Palate Press, sommeliers resent wine critics and their 100-point scoring systems because they try to democratize wine … Continue reading
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