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California Wines
on July 5, 2008
Located just inland from Monterey Bay is Pietra Santa, a california winery that crafts wines in the style of Tuscany. Particularly refreshing for summertime sipping is Pietra Santa's 2007 Rosato, ...
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California Wines
on July 5, 2008
Win a summer wine celebration of a lifetime in Mirassou Winery's "Celebrate Summer" sweepstakes. One lucky winner will get everything you need to host an outdoor get-together for 30 of ...
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California Wines
on June 28, 2008
My affection for dry rose wines in the summertime began a lifetime ago when I was studying in the South of France one summer during college. That region is well-known in Europe for its dry, lightly fr...
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California Wines
on June 16, 2008
Zinfandel, that full-bodied, slightly peppery, slighly plum-flavored red wine (not that pink stuff of which we do not speak), is an ideal wine to serve with traditional Fourth of July fare, such as bu...
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on May 20, 2008
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on May 17, 2008
The man who almost single-handedly created the California wine industry that we know today died yesterday at the age of 94. Robert Mondavi, born in 1913 to Italian immigrants, broke from the family wi...
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California Wines
on May 15, 2008
What a great idea! Although it's been open for more than a year, I just learned of California's first chocolate tasting bar, Wine Country Chocolates. As befits a chocolatier in wine country, W...
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California Wines
on April 26, 2008
Today, we're tasting another good wine to serve for all of those summer patio parties-the Little Black Dress Pinot Grigio. Little Black Dress Wines were introduced by Brown-Forman in 2006, the 80t...
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California Wines
on April 6, 2008
Lake County, California is less well known than its neighbor to the south, Napa County. Situated between Napa and Mendocino Counties, this wine district began with just 100 acres of grape vines in 196...
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California Wines
on March 21, 2008
I've adopted a grape...and so can you. If you've ever dreamed of owning your own winery, this is as close as you can get without a huge expenditure of time and money. Adopt a Grape is a real w...
