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Settle into the holidays with a glass of wine

Take your pick of white, pink, or red to entertain or enjoy by the fire The past few weeks, I have been writing furiously on things unrelated to wine. But in time for the holidays, when entertaining acquires the  ...

  November 30, 2018

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Wine families bring Rhône wine to California

Tablas Creek, Chateau de Beaucastel propel Rhône movement Civilization has marched beyond the thinkable, but getting right down to it, we see that essentials have remained much the same. Establishing vineyards follows the  ...

  October 26, 2018

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America’s Rhône makers come together as Rangers

Rhône Rangers celebrate twenty years of alliance Since the movement has matured, writing about latitudes and sunshine was easier than trying to draw a circumference around the story of Rhône in California. It was like parsing  ...

  October 8, 2018

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France in California

California’s Central Coast Winemakers go for the Rhône It is fun to jump around and write about things I see or wines I drink. But focusing on a topic gives me a deeper satisfaction. Delving into topics brings up wonderful  ...

  September 6, 2018

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Wines for the lazy days of summer

Rosés, Albariños, Sangiovese – all have a place on your porch This is a lazy blog post in these, the dog days of summer. Instead of the usual research and writing for this blogazine, I will write about the great wines I had  ...

  August 9, 2018

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Wine in the time of War

French winemakers face extreme hardship during Nazi occupation of France during World War II.

  July 16, 2018

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Douro Valley Summers: Three months of hell, great wine

Only the truly determined make it here Two hundred and fifty years is not old in many parts of the world, but to a Californian even the turn of the nineteenth century feels historical. So with great excitement we visited the  ...

  July 6, 2018

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Olfactory, gustatory work in unison

Learn wine aromas one at a time.

  June 14, 2018

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Douro Valley: Unusual beauty

Put Douro on your itinerary, even if port isn’t your thing At 9:30 a.m. the traffic was light on the freeway that took us from Porto to the Douro Valley –- surprise to dwellers in American metropolises. Our guide, Francisco  ...

  May 23, 2018

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Porto offers wine, food, awesome views

The ancient city of Porto offers an abundance of food, wine, fun.

  May 11, 2018