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Sunday Spotlight: Tom Hyland
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Tom Hyland has been in the wine business for 40 years, writing for 20 years, and been a professional photographer for the past 12 years. He currently contributes to publications such as Decanter and wine-searcher.com...
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Hot Chocolate with Ruby or Tawny Port Wine
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Hot chocolate is the perfect afternoon pick-me-up or evening indulgence, and it is highly adaptable to suit whatever taste you’re craving...
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Tuesday Tips: Look for the Overlooked
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A “good value” wine means a good price relative to the wine’s quality...
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In case you missed the latest Podcast...
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Caviar 101 with Chiara Carfi of Calvisius
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If you have enjoyed caviar but don’t know much about it, this episode will give you enough information to feel confident spending the ducats for a can of the premium stuff...
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Anthony Giglio on How To Judge A Wine In 3 Sips
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In this episode, I speak with Anthony Giglio about his career journey from a magazine intern to a highly sought-after wine educator/entertainer (though, please don’t call him an “edutainer,” it makes him cringe)...
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Did you test yourself this month?
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Which wine are YOU? Take this fun personality quiz to learn a little bit more about yourself and the wine that would best suit your persona.
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Our Staff's Article Pick of the Month ....
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Sip Like the Romans Do If we were in the year 50 BC and we were high up enough (in society) to have the luxury to sit at the table with the mighty Roman General Gaius Julius Caesar along the roads of one of his many campaigns of conquest of the Gauls, we’d be sipping on the glorious and world-renowned Falernum wine.
Falernum was the most expensive and sought after wine of the Roman Empire and has been documented as far back as the 1st century BC when it was considered a commodity, almost a currency. Given that it was a must-have on the tables of the rich, it became a status symbol, and having several amphorae was a measure of one’s social
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In case you missed the month's top Daily Drops...
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Do Not Apply to Your
Hair
The foamy surface of a glass of sparkling wine is called the mousse. The sign of a good sparkling wine or Champagne would have a thick mousse that lingers.
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The Batman of Wine
Syrah makes a dark, powerful red wine with juicy flavors of dark fruits and spices. In New World countries, it is called Shiraz.
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I’ll Take a Barrel for the Road
Tawny ports are aged in small oak barrels, which causes the wine to change color and flavor because of the close contact with the oak and greater surface contact with oxygen.
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If Only They Had the Orkin Man
In the 1860s, the phylloxera pest moved to Europe, destroying the Old World’s indigenous vines of the Vitis vinifera species—a.k.a., grapevines. Since then, nearly all grapevines are grafted onto American rootstock, which is resistant to phylloxera.
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