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Buying Older Bottles: Judging the RisksThe risks and rewards of buying older bottles explained.Every bottle of wine is its own little organic chemistry experiment. In an more |
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Christophe Jaume from Domaine Grand VeneurChristophe Jaume, son of Alain Jaume and one of the proprietors of Domaine Grand Veneur and the negociante Alain Jaume et Fils, was recently in New more |
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Beer, Wine and Liquor all contain alcohol, but what's the more |
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Chardonnay is perhaps the most malleable of grapes - terroir and winemaking can make two Chardonnays that are unrecognizable as coming from the same grape. Here's why. more |
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Bordeaux Basics
An introduction and overview of the Bordeaux wine region.Bordeaux is arguably the most important, certainly the most widely imitated, wine region in the world. more |
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How Biodynamics Battle the more |
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Red wine with meat, white wine with fish isn't the end of the story. more |
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As many of us have begun incorporating wine into a healthy lifestyle, a healthier wine is not just an option, it's also a necessity. Concerns over chemical residues in the foods we eat have lead more |
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Clear up the confusion about the term dry, as used by consumers and people in the wine industry. more |
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It's easy to listen to the first violin in a string quartet. You can pick it out from the other instruments and listen just to it. It's a lot harder to pick out the first violin in a symphony. It is more |
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For us wine drinkers, the answer is "quite a lot!" But first a bit of history. Historical event #1: Prohibition. The U.S. suffered this piece of legal insanity for fourteen years. more |
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One of the four major rivers of Europe, the Rhône has its glacial origins in the Swiss Alps; it flows westward into France, then south until it finally, sluggishly flows into the Mediterranean at more |
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Located five kilometers northeast of Santa Cristina, the 100 hectares (247 acres) Peppoli Estate has 62 hectares (153 acres) under vine, which yield Antinori Peppoli Chianti Classico DOCG. more |
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Depending on whose statistics you use, Argentina ranks as either the fourth or fifth largest wine-producing country in the world: it produces five times what Chile does . . . in fact, it produces more |
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The Languedoc? Devote a whole issue to a part of France that isn't one of the classic regions? Why?
Well, there are several more |
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The Loire Valley seems to us a very good place to be this time of year, for here we find a tranquil, lazy riverscape that slows the world down to an easy, manageable pace. more |
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July seemed to us the ideal month to address full-force the issue of summer: look a month back to June, and it was barely summer . . . more |
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Our destination this month is Portugal, that narrow strip of a country that sits on the Western flank of the Iberian peninsula. Secluded geographically - and for the better part of the last century, more |
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The Tignanello estate is the home of the renowned Tignanello and Solaia vineyards. It is located between the Greve and Pesa Valleys in the heart of the Chianti Classico area, 20 miles south of more |
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When the thirteen original North American colonies won their battle for independence, Mother England was faced with a curious problem: what to do now with her massive convict population (remember, more |
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Winemaker: Mike Farmilo, Robin Moody Kangaroo Island is one of the most beautiful locations in Australia. It’s right off the coast of Adelaide and when you stand on the Southern Shore all you see is more |
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Geoff Weaver is an immensely gifted winemaker who left his position as chief winemaker for BRL Hardy to focus solely on his own label. more |
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John & Jan Angas It would be safe to say that John and Jan Angas have some of the deepest family roots in all of South Australia. more |
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To lovers of Spanish wines, Vega Sicilia needs no introduction. The 100 hectares estate is by far the most prestigious wine producer in Spain, ranking with the world's greatest names. more |
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What could be a better preventive measure against the mid-winter blahs than a quick trip to Italy! We'll visit six different regions . . . more |
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A few years ago, I was invited to do an interview on the wine segment of the Bloomberg Network. My host, Al Bassano, graciously offered me my choice of more |
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Alicante Bouschet No matter what color their skins, the great majority of wine grapes have clear juice. Very few have red colored juice... more |
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An insight into the major appellations of the Northern more |
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