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LIONEL FAURY

This fantastic, super fresh white from one of the northern Rhône’s top producers is so… Continue reading

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I HOPE I REMEMBER THIS NIGHT
By Karen MacNeil
April 26, 2024
I wrote the following poem on the evening of September 21, 2022 after attending a… Continue reading

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HIDING GUILT AND RACISM
By Karen MacNeil
January 17, 2025
I live in California which has the highest share of undocumented crop workers in the country. But California is not alone. In the U.S. as a whole, 42% of agricultural workers are undocumented according to… Continue reading
What I Wish I Could Tell the Surgeon General
The Insidious Dangers of Dry January
By Karen MacNeil
January 10, 2025
My parents, like so many of the generation who became parents in the 1940s and 50s, drank spirits—in their case, Seagrams whiskey highballs. They drank a lot of them. Too many in fact. As a… Continue reading
I HOPE I REMEMBER THIS NIGHT
By Karen MacNeil
April 26, 2024
I wrote the following poem on the evening of September 21, 2022 after attending a… Continue reading

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… Continue reading
HIDING GUILT AND RACISM
By Karen MacNeil
January 17, 2025
I live in California which has the highest share of undocumented crop workers in the country. But California is not alone. In the U.S. as a whole, 42% of agricultural workers are undocumented according to… Continue reading

A group of red grape varieties whose juice is also red. Teinturier grapes are rare… Continue reading

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Across the Rhône River from Châteauneuf-du-Pape is Lirac. Today, it’s a modest wine region, but… Continue reading

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Approximate amount (in US cents) female winemakers in California make for every dollar male winemakers… Continue reading

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Approximate number of potato chips the average American eats in a year, according to the… Continue reading

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Number of Starbucks coffee shops in the US, according to The New York Times. In… Continue reading

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