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Wine & Beer
Wine bars, tastings, Wino Wednesday and the breweries. Written by enthusiasts, not sommeliers, which is why the pours are described honestly.
17 posts so far, newest first.
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Wine
Champagne Is a Rock Story With Bubbles. I Can Prove It.
Seven grapes are allowed, three do almost all the work, and the whole thing sits on a giant underground sponge made of ancient sea…
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Wino Wednesday
Wino Wednesday: Chile's Merlot Wasn't Merlot. Also, There's a Devil in the Cellar.
Marina fills in again while Kevin is in the Douro Valley: a three-question quiz, the grape Chile called Merlot for a century, and five…
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Wine
Somebody Pulled The Italian Job on 30,000 Bottles of Tuscan Wine
Mackenzie L Casey's TikTok breaks down a Tuscan winery heist that reads like a movie pitch: masked crew, the winery's own forklifts, two…
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Wino Wednesday
Wino Wednesday: It's Port and Tonic Weather. Also, Wine Mini Golf.
Marina fills in while Kevin is in the Douro Valley: a three-question Port quiz, the white Port myth, and five independent wine nights…
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Wine
Ridge Vineyards Prints the Ingredients on the Bottle. I Love It.
Ridge Vineyards voluntarily lists every ingredient on its back labels. What they say, the four bottles to know, and why every winery should…
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Beer
Florida Took Home Five GABF Medals. Four Are Gold.
The Great American Beer Festival medal list is out, and Florida brought home four golds and a bronze, from a Miami cream ale to an Orlando…
