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Blended wines can be more or less than the sum of their parts
Monday, May 13, 2013 at 1:00 AMYears ago a California winemaker came to Miami touting his latest creation - a single, complex, expensive wine made by blending four or five well-known individual red grapes.
Pinot noir occupies a special place in the red-wine spectrum
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 12:00 AM"A thing of beauty is a joy forever." English poet John Yeats was musing on romantic love, but it could have been an ode to the wine called pinot noir.
Pinot noir can make a good match for savory foods
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 1:00 AM"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
Prosecco fills the glass for those who want a lower-cost bubbly
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 12:00 AMIf there's an official wine of today's fabulous 21-something generation, it's the Italian bubbly called prosecco.
Italian culinary specialties deserve a hearty regional wine
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 12:00 AMRome is eternal. Tuscany's terrific. But there's lots more to Italy. And every region has its own trademark wines.
Underappreciated port becomes more wonderful with age
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 12:00 AMIt may be an awful cliché, but one of my favorite wine sayings is this: "Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it." One of the greatest opportunities at the annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival that t...
Make Sunday a Seafood Bowl, complemented by good wine
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12:00 AMHooray! It's going to be a Seafood Super Bowl. San Francisco vs. Baltimore. Cioppino vs. Chesapeake Bay blue crab. The signature foods of the two cities will be as exciting as the game. Maybe even as exciting as the TV ads.
Hearty Tuscan reds are a match for big steaks, hearty pastas
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 12:00 AMRestaurants in Italy's Tuscany region serve 2-pound Florentine steaks, marinated in balsamic vinegar and rosemary. They serve pasta as extra-wide pappardelle with wild boar ragu, or with creamy Alfredo sauce laced with truffle oil.
Modest wines at modest prices can help balance your budget
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 12:00 AMRight about now your Christmas credit card bills are arriving. You need a glass of wine badly but can't bear to put another charge on the plastic.
Discover the low-cost wines of the pricey Bordeaux region
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 12:00 AMWines from France's famous Bordeaux region have a reputation for being pretty expensive. Chateau Cheval-Blanc, one of the world's finest wines, will set you back $700 or more a bottle.
