AT THE FIRST AMERICAN COCKTAIL PARTIES, THEY DRANK THIS
One wine, more than any other, is strongly associated with the history of the United… Continue reading
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What I Wish I Could Tell the Surgeon General
The Insidious Dangers of Dry January
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
A Short History of Wine’s Beginnings
From the earliest times, all over the world and even when no one knew it,… Continue reading
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How Napa Valley Became Itself—
A Short Story
Many people believe that Napa Valley just sprang on the modern wine scene and declared… Continue reading
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The Magic of Wine
Over the last few days, I’ve felt there is a lot of darkness in the… Continue reading
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The South America Wine Guide – A Book Review
One of the ways you know you’re reading a great wine book is that you… Continue reading
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The Unlikely Story of Ridge—A California “First Growth”
Ridge has been considered one of California’s “First Growths” for more than half a century.… Continue reading
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Who Doesn’t Love to be Seized…?
A Review of Drinking with the Valkyries by Andrew Jefford
I read recently about a dangerous animal quest. Two friends, a writer and a biologist,… Continue reading
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Unleashed and Unhinged
One of the first life-changing wines I drank in my 20s was a Guigal Côte-Rôtie… Continue reading
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DO OLD VINES MATTER?
I once found myself staring at a grenache vineyard in the southern Rhône Valley, along… Continue reading
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Truly Hard to Swallow
Asbestos in Wine?
Guest Blog by Nina Rosas Note from Karen: Our friend Nina Rosas, a lover of… Continue reading
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Napa Valley’s Top Cabernet Sauvignons
The 75th Anniversary of the Napa Valley Vintners seems like a great time to open… Continue reading
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