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      Santa Rosa Craft Beer and Food Take Center Stage

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      Downtown Healdsburg for Fine Wine and Gourmet Dining

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      Enjoy Cancun-adjacent Isla Mujeres at Coco B Villas

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    A Condensed Course in Sparkling Wine Production in Franciacorta

    Elisabetta Tosi
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    In Italy, where champagne imports reach more than seven million bottles annually, many wine producers who are in love with this product have tried over the years to create something similar. But France is France, and Italy is Italy: it’s impossible to produce the same wine from a different terroir,

    The Dragon roars, sips and spits: Wine Production in China

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    In 2010, the Chinese takeover of the fine wine investment market was big news. Premium Bordeaux futures were selling like hot cakes, particularly off the back of the 2008 vintage (the Chinese symbol for the number 8 is considered to be very auspicious), and any fine wine merchant worth his

    Gaglioppo: unique and profound wines from Calabria

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    One of the great pleasures of wine exploration is not just in encountering something new, but something special. Italy is full of something new. An inquisitive consumer can find dozens of new grape varieties to explore, red and white, fat and thin, rich and ripping. That's not a promise that

    The Power in Bordeaux: a Review of Jane Anson’s Bordeaux Legends

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    April is the time of year when wine people start pricking up their ears, scanning for news from Bordeaux.  A few actually go there for the en primeur tastings of the latest vintage in early April, while the rest wait around until their tasting notes are made public.  Occasionally, we

    Vine Revival: Old Vines Turning Over a New Leaf at Cakebread Cellars

    Michelle Locke
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    The average lifespan of a wine grape vine is one score years and five. Then it’s unceremoniously ripped out and sent on to a second life as compost, BBQ fuel, or crafting material. But at Cakebread Cellars in the Napa Valley, viticulturist Toby Halkovich and his crew have broken with

    In Maryland, Blue Crabs, Natty Boh, and World-Class Wine

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    "Wine is just too fancy for Maryland," explained Rob Deford, the owner of Boordy Vineyards in Baltimore County, as he discussed the local wine industry's challenges. "We eat crabs here; we drink beer." The audience at this year's Drink Local Wine conference chuckled in agreement. Blue crabs and Natty Boh

    What’s in a name? AVAs and wine appellations, from best to worst

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    The AVA name "Red Mountain" sells a lot of wine in steakhouses. I learned this from master sommelier Thomas Price of Seattle's Metropolitan Grill, who says people just like the sound and will order wine from there without knowing a thing about it. "Red Mountain is probably the best AVA

    The Race of the Rooster: How Chianti earned its famous emblem

    Arianna Armstrong
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    A long time ago, in ancient Italy, two neighboring republics were established - the Republic of Siena and the Republic of Florence. And between these two regions was a place called Chianti Classico. It is unclear where the name “Chianti” comes from, but it’s almost certainly Etruscan - the people
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