Where Plush Lives
Merlot is one of the world’s most planted wine grapes and is now planted on… Continue reading
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Bogart Did Not Sleep Here
Casablanca… ah, yes. Humphrey Bogart steamily kissing Ingrid Bergman. Morocco in the 1940s. WAIT. Wrong… Continue reading
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The New Sommelier — Weed, Not Wine
The Trichome Institute in Denver, Colorado, is just one of the schools now offering sommelier-like… Continue reading
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Bullish on…
Sherry bodegas are filled with large, imposing black barrels that sit like silent bulls in… Continue reading
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Are Women Better Wine Tasters Than Men?
Wouldn’t that be nice. Alas, there’s no scientific proof that women are categorically superior to… Continue reading
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Gas in Your Glass?
In a tasting of rieslings, at least one person is almost sure to experience what… Continue reading
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Badmouthing…
Although it is now famous in Argentina, malbec’s ancestral home is Cahors, a tiny, ancient… Continue reading
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Spain’s Great Cover-Up
The word tapas is derived from the Spanish verb tapar, “to cover,”or “to top.” Originally,tapas were small slices of… Continue reading
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Legs, ahem. Like Women…
Also known as tears in Spain and cathedral windows in Germany, “legs” are the rivulets… Continue reading
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The Grapes of (Welch’s) Wrath
New York produces more grape juice than any other state. That rich, purply, aromatic liquid… Continue reading
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Not by Bread Alone
The Tuscans may have been among the first people to regularly use forks, but bread… Continue reading
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And You Thought It Was the Sex…
According to a fascinating new study, married couples who are over age 50 and who… Continue reading
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