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Exciting Whites Apr. 15, 2025

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With the arrival of warmer weather, dedicated wine lovers immediately begin searching for white wine... Read More

Wine Touring Apr. 08, 2025

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It's still pretty cold in most of the country, but I just received an email from someone seeking adv... Read More

The Benefit of Time Apr. 01, 2025

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Most fine red wines benefit from time in the bottle. Although most of the wine sold in the United St... Read More

How Much Do You Know? Mar. 25, 2025

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Sitting down at a decent (non-fast food) restaurant with an actual wine list can often be a pitfall ... Read More

Wine and Cheese Mar. 18, 2025

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The phrase "wine and cheese" suggests one of the world's most enduring pairings, due in no small par... Read More

Rain in Vineyards Mar. 11, 2025

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Two weeks ago, several miles west of Santa Rosa, several Russian River Valley vineyards were almost ... Read More

Natural Wine Mar. 04, 2025

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The phrase "natural wine" may be confusing to some wine lovers. That is because most regular wine dr... Read More

Grenache Feb. 25, 2025

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Twenty years ago, I was interviewed on a radio program in San Francisco where, with three minutes le... Read More

Cabernet Feb. 18, 2025

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The cynic in me has been saying for years that the more you pay for a cabernet sauvignon, the less i... Read More

Making Low-Alcohol Wine Feb. 11, 2025

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I tasted a wine the other day from a bottle with a label stating that the alcohol was 14.5%. It tast... Read More

Aromatic Intrusions Feb. 04, 2025

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I renamed it the "unhappy hour," even though the thought was appreciated. The hotel put out two wine... Read More

It's Champagne Season Jan. 28, 2025

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It's Champagne season — a line you might think indicates that this article is being published ... Read More

Chenin Blanc Jan. 21, 2025

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Fifty years ago, the most popular wine in this country was a fresh, flowery white that was never int... Read More

L.A. Fires Jan. 14, 2025

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The firestorms that ravaged California — and disasters in other parts of the country in recent... Read More

It's Your Wine Jan. 07, 2025

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Wine purists say that the dinner wine you choose should match the food. Some of them can be persnick... Read More

Wine Resolutions Dec. 31, 2024

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A recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC said that half of all Americans this year, mainly young a... Read More

Authenticity Dec. 24, 2024

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When we buy a bottle of a famed wine, we take it on faith that it's genuine and not a fake. In fact,... Read More

Wine and Health Dec. 17, 2024

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"Wine has been with us since the beginning of civilization. It is the temperate, civilized, sacred, ... Read More

Orange Wine, Boxed Wine and More Dec. 10, 2024

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As the year comes to a close, a few wine topics should be addressed. Each could be examined in more ... Read More

Barolo Dec. 03, 2024

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In the introduction to their 1990 book "Barolo, Tar and Roses," authors Michael Garner and Paul Merr... Read More