Today in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy computer-controlled drying fans are finishing their work or rustic straw mats are done cradling their bunches of grapes.
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Category: Recent Columns
Storing wine
You got lucky this holiday season and have excess wine you bought for Christmas, bottles your friends gifted you, and then there was your loss of restraint in the wine store before New Years (but we will not dwell on that).
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New Years
Tragically, up to 25 percent of sparkling wine consumed each year in America is consumed in arc between Christmastime and New Year’s Day.
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Christmas
While turkey is common at Christmas, gobblers do not have the roost they enjoy at Thanksgiving.
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Wine lingo continued
Continuing our look at wine terms:
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Wine scores
Why no wine scores in Gus Clemens on Wine? Continue reading “Wine scores”
Wine lingo–technical
More exploration of wine terms; today—technical descriptors. Continue reading “Wine lingo–technical”
Thanksgiving
Second week of pairing how you cook turkey with wine. Continue reading “Thanksgiving”
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the biggest wine day and biggest turkey gobbling day of the year. Continue reading “Thanksgiving”
Wine lingo—descriptors
Continuing exploration of wine terms; today—more descriptors. Continue reading “Wine lingo—descriptors”