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Tips on Thanksgiving Sipping
With only a few days left before Thanksgiving, the question of what we’ll be drinking still lingers. There is always that “short list” of wines that work—Pinot Noir, Riesling, Gewurztraminer and the like but each year I like to try something a bit different.
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A Wine List to Love
There was a lot of buzz in New York last week with the opening of the latest Danny Meyer restaurant, Maialino. That buzz had been building for weeks in my house because my husband Richard—the newest career changer in the family—is part of the pastry team at this new Roman-style trattoria.
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Alsace Revisited
Pork chops with ginger plum sauce and a rich, spicy Gewurztraminer—a perfect match for a recent Sunday dinner that made me nostalgic for my European travels of last summer.
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No Closure In Sight
As part of my ongoing WSET Diploma, I had another exam this week, involving a case study on the debate surrounding wine closures—natural cork vs. synthetic vs. screw cap and everything in between. I researched the topic for a month before my exam and suffice it to say—they don’t call it a debate for nothing.
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