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2011 Pepi Chenin Blanc-Viognier

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
A very pleasant wine at a very pleasant price: easy to drink, pairing with a surprising number of food flavors.  Beginning with a white plum aroma, the wine is lightly fruity on the palate with an undercurrent of crisp chalkiness.  A respectable amount of acidity provides balance throughout.  Try it

2006 J Pinot Noir

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Sometimes when I’m watching a movie I see the people onscreen pour a medium-light red wine and sip it in such a satisfied way you know the wine is just perfect: not too fruity, not to dry, not too pretentious, very smooth and satisfying overall.  Well, this wine actually is

2010 Remy Pannier Rosé d’’Anjou

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The perfect little wine for light meals like chicken or fish with salad. The nose has peaches, flowers and minerality, and a nice tinge of chalkiness. This is a very fresh-feeling wine, with some apparent residual sugar. The fruit is upfront, then some mild, grapefruity acidity kicks in under the fresh, young red fruits on the end-palate.

2011 Beaujolais Nouveau Labouré Roi

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Yeast wafts into the room as soon as you open the bottle. Then the fruit arrives, both in aroma and flavor: strawberries, blackberries, candied red currants. A light, drinkable vintage. And there’ is some acidity for backbone, which is mainly noticeable at the end -- as are the mild, light tannins. Recommended. BSE

POP CULTURE, A Review of Champagne: A Global History

Michelle Locke
Features
4 min read
As Napoleon is reputed to have said, “Champagne: in roaring economies you deserve it, in recession you need it.” OK, the energetic emperor did not actually say that. (The proper quote, according to legend anyway, is, “Champagne: in victory you deserve it, in defeat you need it.”) But it is