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Hidden Treasures for Sale as Restaurants Sell Wine Curbside; Our 1994 Meursault 05.22.2020
"A number of restaurants around the U.S. have extensive collections of older wines they have kept well for a long time and have not...
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Gideon Beinstock of Clos Saron Talks Cults and Cultivation 05.29.2020
"I'm proud of my work, but I don't take credit for greatness in wine because to me that's the vineyard, because there's no greatness...
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We’ll Always Have Napa: Read This, Then Shut Your Eyes and Imagine 05.08.2020
"But thinking about Napa gives us and millions of others warm feelings because many of us have had some of the best times of our...
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Bibiana González Rave: How to Create a Life-Affirming Rosé 04.24.2020
"And so our thoughts have turned, somewhat timidly yet eagerly, to the life-affirming wine that is well-made dry rosé." Dorothy...
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Wine and Barbecue, Fathers and Sons: ‘Uncorked’ on Netflix Is Delicious 04.10.2020
"Uncorked combines two of our favorite consumables -- wine and barbecue -- and several things that we rarely see in popular...
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Umani Ronchi, Proud Producer of Marche and Abruzzo Wines 04.09.2020
"Our philosophy is to make wines that are, as we say, 'Grandi vini ma non grossi vini,' great wines but not big wines."...
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What Pairs With ‘Casablanca’ and ‘Shawshank’? Ask a Shut-In Winemaker 03.27.2020
“We’ve been pairing our wines to our movie selections. First, a 2015 Williams Selyem Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir and ‘Casablanca’ — Morocco...
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A Napa Cabernet Taste-Off in Lockdown: Do Good While Holed Up 03.27.2020
"Like a surprising number of people, our own prescription for getting through this involves calming down with a glass of wine – and,...
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Interview with Matteo Ascheri, President of The Barolo, Barbaresco, Alba, Langhe, and Dogliani Wine Consortium 03.25.2020
"We are carefully planning our activities and strategy for the upcoming months to make sure we make the right choices for when the...
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Phelps Insignia, Jackass Zin and a Vice Bust: How the World Celebrated OTBN 03.13.2020
Wine “has the capacity to lift us out of ourselves by its beauty. The appreciation of that beauty elevates our life through wine.”...
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Autumn Stoscheck of Eve's Cidery is Shining A Light on Cider's Potential in the Finger Lakes, New York 03.15.2020
Autumn Stoscheck is described as "the Robert Mondavi character in the Finger Lakes cider story," in Jason Wilson's The Cider...
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The Prophecies of Ze’ev Dunie 03.06.2020
"I can’t help thinking of Joseph K. the hapless antihero of Kafka’s The Trial. That’s hardly a cool association for a wine, although...
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Roberto Felluga of Marco Felluga and Russiz Superiore on How The Collio Area is Making Italy's Most Serious White Wines 03.04.2020
The hills of Collio give birth to some of the most complex and interesting white wines, including Pinot Grigio.
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The Billionaire’s Sangiovese: Six Questions With Santa Barbara Winemaker Matt Dees 02.28.2020
"Sangiovese is like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It goes through extreme changes. In the course of a day or two it does a complete 180....
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Bruce Murray of Boundary Breaks: Leaving a life of tech startups for the allure of Finger Lakes Riesling 05.02.2020
"The best Riesling, historically, have come from Germany, from Austria, from France, and we have climates here that are very similar...
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Open That Bottle Night 2020: Even IKEA Ireland Has Gotten on Board 02.14.2020
"OTBN is observed on the last Saturday of February, which is Feb. 29 this year. OTBN will be celebrated throughout the world, from...
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Richard Kershaw: The Master of Wine who has Uncovered South Africa's Potential for World Class Chardonnay 02.22.2020
"Elgin (Chardonnay) tends to have a little bit more flesh on the bones, a little bit more plumpness that kind of gives you that...
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Marina Marcarino of Punset Winery in Piedmont and the Agronomic Philosophy of Manasobu Fukuoka 03.23.2020
"In the year 2007, I fell in love with Masanobu Fukuoka and I decided to add to the agriculture of not doing. The agriculture of not...
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Grape Collective Editors Donate Papers to UC Davis Wine Writers Library 02.07.2020
Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, senior editors of Grape Collective, donated their papers to the library of America’s top wine school,...
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Paso Robles: A Wine Community Unlike Any Other 02.07.2020
The Paso Robles region has become a magnet for those looking to be a part of a dynamic and growing wine scene.
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When Mary Met Ed: A Valentine’s Journey From Mateus to MW, With a Stop in Kentucky 01.31.2020
“I can’t imagine trying to have a romantic evening or day without having wine in it. I can’t imagine how that could possibly be.” Mary...
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BYOB bonanza: How Hillstone Helped Us Overcome Our ‘Howell Mountain’ Trauma 01.17.2020
"As you can imagine, we’re huge fans of BYOB. It’s not that it saves money, though it does. It’s that we have some remarkable...
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“Depth, Nuance, and History”: The Regal Soaves of Pieropan 01.20.2020
"There was a long time during which great Soave was difficult to find because many producers were focused on volume. I am proud that...
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Interview with Naike Bertola of Pratello Winery, a Jewel of Lake Garda 01.16.2020
"This method is based on ecological compensation, elimination of copper, reduction in sulphites and synergy between animals and...
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Duncan Savage and the charisma of South African Old Vine Blends 04.19.2020
'People have become more wise from a viticultural point of view and then learning to stand back in the cellar. So, if I look at South...
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Ginny Povall of Botanica Wines: Championing Organics in Stellenbosch
"...you can see the kind of things that we do here. We do regenerative farming as well. We...
The Prophecies of Ze’ev Dunie
"I can’t help thinking of Joseph K. the hapless antihero of Kafka’s The Trial. That’s hardly...
Open That Bottle Night 2020: Even IKEA Ireland Has Gotten on Board
"OTBN is observed on the last Saturday of February, which is Feb. 29 this year. OTBN will be...
When Mary Met Ed: A Valentine’s Journey From Mateus to MW, With a Stop in Kentucky
“I can’t imagine trying to have a romantic evening or day without having wine in it. I can’t...
