For beverage so elegant, it is ironic optimum way to open champagne is pedestrian. Continue reading “Saber champagne”
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Holiday gifts
Are you pressed to find last-minute, perfect holiday gift for a wine lover or developing wine appreciator? Ideas: Continue reading “Holiday gifts”
Christmas mulled wine
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Bing Crosby ringing in your ears. Yuletide carols sung by a choir, folks dressed up like Eskimos—Christmas, season for loving nostalgia. Continue reading “Christmas mulled wine”
Decanting
To decant or not to decant. That is the question. Is it nobler of the vine to suffer the slings and arrows of tannic tightness, or to take up arms against it with a sea of aeration, and—by so opposing—soften them? Continue reading “Decanting”
Terroir
Which is more important: grape or place the grape grows? Depends on who you ask and how much argument you want. Continue reading “Terroir”
Thanksgiving
Thankfully, Thanksgiving is easiest of wine times. Continue reading “Thanksgiving”
France wine regions 3 of 3
French make more wine than anyone else, some so sublime it defines wine at its best, some absolutely terrible. To help find your way with French vin, third of three-part primer; today, niche regions. Continue reading “France wine regions 3 of 3”
France wine regions 2 of 3
French make more wine than anyone else, some so sublime it defines wine at its best, some so mundane French distill it into biofuel.
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France wine regions 1 of 3
French make more wine than anyone else, some so sublime it defines wine at its best, some so mundane French distill it into biofuel. Continue reading “France wine regions 1 of 3”
Halloween
Halloween tempts you into cloyingly kitsch novelty wine plays. Trouble: clever names and campy labels often are inversely related to wine quality. Continue reading “Halloween”