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Earthquake Tears Up Napa Just Before Harvest
photo courtesy Cole Drake Events Being jolted awake in the wee hours of the morning rarely brings tidings of joy. When it happens in the Bay Area, it’s particularly unnerving, signaling an anxious rush...
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Sharpham Vineyard: More Than Just Wine!
All images by Robin Goldsmith. The beauty of wine is not just in the glass, but also in the land whence it comes. While the increasing reputation of English wine continues to generate interest, UK...
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Kosher Wines For the High Holiday Season
courtesy CA wine merchants The Jewish High Holidays are approaching, and this year I am ready for the inevitable, biannual kosher wine questions (the other time is Passover, of course). There are...
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Dispatch From Joy of Sake, NYC
All photos by Aliza Kellerman. New Yorkers hate mold. Unless it’s used to produce booze, of course. Last Thursday, the mold du jour was koji, the trifecta ingredient that turns rice and water into...
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Meet the Winemaker: Adam Campbell of Elk Cove Vineyards
All photos by Christine Campbell. The drive to Elk Cove was up and over low lying mountain foothills, around tight corners forested on either side with old growth trees, up and over more hills until I...
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Sweet Is Cool – In Unlikely Places
Eglantine Vineyard All photos by Robin Goldsmith. It doesn’t seem so long ago that many people wouldn’t throw a second glance at a bottle of sweeter wine, associating it with poor quality efforts...
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Huber’s Winery
photo by Sara Havens As soon as there’s a chill in the air and a crunch of leaves under the foot, residents of Louisville, Ky., and beyond make the 40-minute trek up the windy roads that lead to...
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Wine In Your Bathwater? What’s Behind the Vinotherapy Craze
courtesy healthspa.ru If you’ve been paying attention to wine-related topics in the news the past week or so, you may recall reading several articles about New York Knicks basketball player Amar’e...
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Behind the Wine: Interview with Serendipity Winery Owner Judy Kingston
All photos by Christine Campbell. It was a crystal clear, sunny day when I arrived at the 12.5-acre property in the Naramata Bench overlooking Lake Okanagan in British Columbia. I saw a vineyard dog...
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Holiday Wine: Thinking Outside the Beaujolais Box For Thanksgiving
photo by Andrew Morrell Thanksgiving wine pairings are daunting. Everything on the plate seems to call for a different match. Turkey is subtle, but gravy is salty and intensely flavored; Yams are...
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