One of the words you'll often hear wine experts and lovers talk about is the concept of "terroir." This French word doesn't have an exact English equivalent. It refers to the...
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Who doesn't love Ted Allen? You might know him as the food and wine expert from the bravo tv series "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." He also was a judge on the series Top Chef. The guy...
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School may be out for most students, but not those who are interested in learning the grape and great about wines. More and more I see wine schools popping up all over the place. The Wine School of...
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Happy Father's Day!!! Since it's "his" day, I thought it would be interesting to toast dad today, so I went looking for appropriate quotes, a sort of "here's to you...
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Next month is June, the month where tons of couple get hitched. In fact, just the other day I met someone in a class I'm teaching (about blogging, not wine) who is getting married next month. You...
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Two of my all time favorite beverages are orange juice and champagne. Combine them and I'm in heaven. Of course, this is just one way to mix up what is considered a Mimosa, and if you are a little...
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What is your wine personality? Are you a pinot noir like myself? Or a champagne kind of person? According to a fun article from Wine Fairy.com, your wine taste can match your personal characteristics....
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I just finished graduating myself recently, though not with a degree in wine. While I am not interested in returning to school any time soon, you never know, especially when it comes to something fun...
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by tammy on April 30, 2007
While this is only semi-related to wine, I still thought it was interesting. This is a new book out on making moonshine. Along with recipes, it includes a lot of historical and cultural information...
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by tammy on April 18, 2007
This is one wine writer and sommelier who has figured out a way to use the Internet to feed her wine passion as she also provides some wonderful information for wine lovers. Latalie MacLean's web...
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by tammy on April 17, 2007
This is author Andrea Immer's first book on wine where she tries to demystify the whole what wine to drink with what food deal and talk in plan language about wine. These days, I have to find that...
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by tammy on April 07, 2007
Even though wine has become popular with even the average Joe these days, a lot of wine drinkers still confess to being a little intimidated when it comes to figuring out what to order in a...
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by tammy on March 29, 2007
Like blogging, the world of podcasting is growing tremendously in the read/write web, which I guess is now becoming the read/write/listen-to web. Wine makers, merchants, and enthusiasts are jumping on...
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by tammy on March 28, 2007
For those still wrestling with the wine versus passover issue right now, there's a book out that might have at least a few answers for you, The Wine Route of Israel by Yaron Goldfisher and Eliezer...
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by tammy on February 21, 2007
EVeryone is getting on the blog band wagon these days, and that includes wine blogs. One of the lastest member of the wine blogosphere is at the Wine Compass site. Already known as a wine resource,...
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by tammy on February 18, 2007
Every weekend one of my newspaper reading rituals (the only days of the week I actually have time to read the local paper) is to read my horoscope. Sometimes they seem to be spot on and others, well,...
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by tammy on October 10, 2006
I think it is safe to say that most wine lovers have the occasional vision, a dream let's call it, of walking among your own vineyards. You gently touch your grapes as your field hands are working...
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by tammy on August 18, 2006
You know, I'm pretty lazy, and that includes Decanting my wine. I know we have a decanter (or two) around here some place, but we just never seem to use them. One reason for this is because if you...
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by tammy on August 16, 2006
With so many online wine merchants and differing shipping laws among states, buying wine online can sometimes be an arduous process. First you had to find the wine you want, locate the best price, and...
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by tammy on August 04, 2006
The more I've found my way around the wine blogosphere the more I've been surprised at how few women I see around here. What gives, girls? I'm guessing that because very serious wine...
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The Classic Wines Guide has started an on line article directory. I took a look and its basic format is weblog style, but it's not chitty chatty like some of tend to be (clearing throat), pretty...
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A new on-line magazine geared toward connoisseurs of all types has recently popped up on the World Wide Web. Publisher Julian Peh describes his new venture, Goldarths Review: Focusing on the very best...
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