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This Week’s Wine June 8, 2008
I know that you can’t tell a book by its cover, nor the quality and flavor of a wine by its label, but every now and then, things happen to make one a little unsure of those old proverbs. Blame Francis Ford Coppola. Like so many rich people who moved to northern California for the
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This Week’s Wine May 8, 2008
The last Saturday of April is unlike any other day, and little preps us more for the arrival of spring than the drive along Highway 100 on a sunny afternoon, the dogwood and redbud flashing their red, white and pink rays through the foliage flanking the highway from the I-44 junction to Hermann, where the
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This Week’s Wine: February 6, 2008
From the days when Popeye ate spinach, straight from the can, to grow humongous forearms, there always has been a suddenly famous and favorite fruit or vegetable to create immediate health, strength and popularity. (Remember "an apple a day keeps the doctor away"?) We know fruits and vegetables are good for us, but today’s sudden
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This Week’s Wine, December 23, 2007
Recent tastings, and highly personal opinions: Veramonte ‘06 Reserve Pinot Noir (approx. $15): This is one of the great wine values, a superb, well-balance, rich Chilean wine from the Casablanca Valley. Fine color, light berry aroma and strong flavors of cherry and strawberry. There’s a long, delicate finish, and all in all, this is a
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This Week’s Wine December 9, 2007
A cooper, as we all know, is someone who makes barrels, whose best destination is as something in which to age wine or whiskey, providing richness and flavor. Removing the last two letters gives us a coop, which is a good place to house chickens or other fowl. Even a most diligent punster or player
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This Week’s Wine, November 21, 2007
The Ides of November were last week, and if March can have Ides, which Julius Caesar was advised to avoid, why can’t November? Many European countries look for excuses to have holidays, not just on Mondays, and France has made a sort of informal holiday out of mid-November, when the first red Beaujolais wine of
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This Week’s Wine November 17, 2007
Thanksgiving is on its way – it will be here next week, as a matter of fact, and it’s time to stock up on potables to accompany the feast. Over the years, as so-called experts have relaxed and allowed the ordinary drinker and wine-lover to relax, too, when it came time to stock the pantry
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This Week’s Wine, November 1, 2007
Verona, in northeastern Italy, is theatrically famous for being the setting of "Romeo and Juliet," the tragic tale of two love-struck but ill-fated teenagers. For a fan of wine, however, it’s now more famous as the home of Vinitaly, an annual wine trade show, competition and fair that is the largest in the world. I’ve
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This Week’s Wine October 1, 2007
The Jewish High Holy Days have come and gone, but like all holidays, be they religious, secular or commercial, they’ll be back. And that’s encouraging, because it’s an opportunity to choose wine for a celebration, which is an important part of wine-buying whether it’s for pouring as a host or taking as a gift to
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This Week’s Wine September 15, 2007
The Norton Festival held Sept. 8 at the Missouri History Museum was a fine event, and its success presages even better times ahead for subsequent years, and I hope that more festivals are planned. More than 1000 people showed up on a rainy day (a good day for indoor activities, like wine-tasting) to sample the