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Becky Sue Epstein
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An experienced writer, editor, broadcaster, and consultant in the fields of wine, spirits, food, and travel, Becky Sue's work has appeared in many national and international publications including Intermezzo Magazine, Fine Wine & Liquor, Art & Antiques, Luxury Golf & Travel, Food + Wine, www.wine-pages.com and Wine Spectator. She began her career as a restaurant reviewer for the Los Angeles Times while working in film and television. Epstein is also the author of several books on wine, spirits, and food, including Champagne: A Global History; Brandy: A Global History, and Strong, Sweet and Dry: A Guide to Vermouth, Port, Sherry, Madeira, and Marsala.

CK Mondavi Family wines

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Recently I’ve been tasting through the new range of CK Mondavi and Family wines. Inspired by the 2016 Chardonnay – and by the excellent line pricing of these wines – I asked to see more of them. First of all, I have to mention that I tasted these wines with

2012 Castello di Nipozzano Montesodi

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A textbook example of a mature sangiovese wine, something we rarely have on our tables at home in the US. In the aroma, faded berry fruit is accompanied by leather and then wood. On the palate, it’s very apparent the wine is in the mature phase with secondary fruit characteristics

Tenuta Degli Dei “Le Redini”

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Suppose you’re in a small town in Tuscany and you go to the local neighborhood restaurant and order dinner – beef with canellini beans, say – and you get a carafe of the house red wine: that’s what this wine is like. Relaxing, made nicely, with plenty of time to

Even the ‘Best’ Restaurants Can Ruin A Meal

Becky Sue Epstein
Features
5 min read
Earlier this fall I ate at a restaurant that I had been looking forward to for months. We had researched the chef, read the reviews online, consulted our calendars, googled driving time (several hours through beautiful mountainous scenery), and finally, four of us arrived at the restaurant just as the

DISCOVERIES: The Other Sauvignon Blanc

Becky Sue Epstein
Feature Stories
3 min read
In Arroyo Seco - a tiny California appellation most of us have never heard of - winemakers have been perfecting a different type of Sauvignon Blanc: musqué. This particular clone [pronounced Moose-KAY] produces wine that is distinctly different from the traditional French green herb aromas or the New Zealand-style boxwood-scented