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Mountain men of Napa wine country

The drive up Spring Mountain seems like a mistake. How could a road so improbably steep and so perilously twisted lead to positive results? Why...
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A Napa wine escape from big, dumb and spendy

  • wine
  • November 10, 2011
I awoke sometime around 5 a.m. to the angry sound of rain and my son’s persistent fever yelps. There we were, in a rented Calistoga house...
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Wined up for Turkey Day: Chardonnay

  • wine
  • October 27, 2011
There’s enough butter on the Thanksgiving table without importing more in a Chardonnay bottle. This is my public service announcement to...
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Wined up for Turkey Day: Zinfandel

  • wine
  • October 18, 2011
Anyone in the Philadelphia area who stepped outside this past weekend got a good sense of the crisp days in store, the cool weather countdown that...
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Philly wine find: Quality Pinot Noir by any name

  • wine
  • September 13, 2011
Earlier this week I was reading about Sonoma veteran Gary Farrell’s newest label, Alysian Wines, and his yen to return to “artisan...
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Philadelphia: the most toxic City in America?

  • most toxic city in america
  • March 2, 2011
Opinion.We've been named the fattest, the ugliest, the most hostile, the worst sports fans in America and now "eco-nistas" are...
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Philly wine find: Two for Turkey Day

  • Wine
  • November 9, 2010
As the close of Daylight Savings falls over Philadelphia like a cold, black curtain and the echoes of lawnmowers and backyard parties drift south...
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Another Proposition disproves liberal stereotype

There could be many reasons for the recent election results in California. Regardless, the "liberal equals Democrat" stereotype could be...
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Philly wine find: Undercover Cabernet

  • wine
  • October 27, 2010
Anyone seasoned enough to own a crease or two on the forehead or who remembers, say, Billy Beer should know better than to turn away from a good...
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Philly wine find: Miner with a heart of gold

With apologies to Neil Young, if all whites had a heart like this golden beauty, the non-red category would be enviably perched atop Sugar Mountain...
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