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Month: March 2012
Wine Words Demystified: Residual Sugar
What is “residual sugar”, and why it matters…
What Are The Most Food Friendly Wines?
What are the most food friendly wines?
Wine Of The Week – 2007 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
My wine of the week for February 25th to March 2nd was a no-brainer for my wine of the week. Last Saturday was Open That Bottle Night, an event held annually, the last Saturday in February. According to the organizers: Every year since 2000, on a special Saturday night in February, friends, couples and groups around…
Wine Words Demystified: Garigue
You know the deal, the more some folks learn about a topic, the more shortcuts/slang/acronyms/initials/technical jargon can be tossed around. I’m here to help you understand those sometimes mysterious words and phrases, thus – Wine Words Demystified! This week’s phrase is Garigue.. According to Karen MacNeil‘s The Wine Bible: A word used to describe the arid landscape of Provence and the…