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Talking Turkey: The birthplace of wine makes a comeback
Way before America was a blip in Columbus’s sights and even before Jesus proselytized about taxes and everlasting life, people enjoyed the fruits of the vines. We know the Romans partied hearty with fermented grape juice, and their voluminous need established vineyard farming techniques. Or so we ... Read More »
Send in the clones: Wine grapes and their offspring
For the average wine drinker, a grape is a grape. That is, if a bottle’s label says Pinot Noir, then that’s the grape the wine sprang from. ‘Nuff said. But geeky swillers know there are rules which allow for minimal percentages of a given grape to be labeled by its variety. But what ... Read More »
Wines for Thanksgiving Day: Gorge, Sip, Splurge
Thanksgiving is an exercise in futile restraint. It’s the day to gorge on unbelievable quantities of carbs and collapse from the sheer weight of ingested food and drink. And a great bottle of wine helps wash down the potatoes and possibly wash away the guilt. But the real challenge lies in what ... Read More »
Is biodynamic and organic grapegrowing flim flam or fab?
Jay McInerney, a wine writer for The Wall Street Journal, wrote an interesting piece last week on the validity of biodynamic grapegrowing. The story — as well as the comments — bring up solid questions. Every winemaker I interview gets the “what do you think about organic and biodynamic ... Read More »
Five American red and white wines over $30 worth the price
Current reports say wine prices won’t reach the offensive heights we’ve seen in the past ten years for quite a while, if ever again. Value is the new norm. Bad for the wineries who have enjoyed mega profits and success but good thing for us, right? Now, we can enjoy $60, $80, $100 for ... Read More »
Good, kosher wines for Jewish holiday meals
Hold onto your matzoh balls, here come the kosher wines. Traditionally, these religiously important wines have not exactly screamed quality; instead they were thick, syrup-sweet tongue-attackers. But, there’s good news for the approaching holiday. In the last 15 or 20 years, kosher wines have ... Read More »
Thanksgiving Wines: Beverages with the feast and fowl
Like so many other proud American foodies, I look forward to the last Thursday of November. It’s the day to gorge on unbelievable quantities of carbs and collapse from the sheer weight of ingested food and drink. It’s also a day of futility — ’tis impossible to resist another ... Read More »
Abroad Spectrum: New countries are adding splash to the wine industry
Look out France, California and South America — here comes competition. These days, virtually every country with a square inch of healthy soil produces and exports wine. Wines from different areas infuse new energy and innovation into an otherwise complacent industry. Bringing these new guys ... Read More »