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Hendry Tasting and Dinner

Despite it's place of royalty in the American wine world, the California wine industry only really took off in the 1960s and 70s, taking nearly...
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Three Sorts of Syrah

Syrah (also known as Shiraz) has something of an image problem at the moment. From plunging sales of California Syrah, to a mind-boggling glut of...
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They paved paradise: sprawl, development and the death of vineyards

  • wine
  • February 22, 2012
There is no shortage of threats to the world of wine these days: climate change, economic depression, dearth of labor, score inflation and the...
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A first taste of 2011: a trio of rosés hit Newport

  • wine
  • February 17, 2012
For those who did not guzzle Beaujolais Nouveau this fall the arrival of the 2011 crop of rosé is the first chance to get a taste of the vintage....
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Brunello in East Greenwich

  • wine
  • February 15, 2012
The Savory Grape, one of the best wine shops in our little state, will be pouring the Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino from Mastrojanni this...
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Rosé in the winter and breakfast for dinner

Plenty of traditions are rooted in sound and enduring thinking, which stripped of the gravitas of custom and the influence of convention, still...
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Red, White, & Blues Benefit and Wine Tasting

  • wine
  • January 25, 2012
One of the best wine shops in Rhode Island, Bottles, along with Rhode Island Monthly Magazine, is co-sponsoring a benefit for that bastion of the...
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Party like it's 1979: Clos de Briords, age-worthy wine for $15

  • wine
  • December 6, 2011
People have a way of remembering bygone days with more than a bit of rosy gloss. Just as people writing about wine in the 50s looked back on the...
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Olivier Cousin, one of the most honest wine makers in the Loire, needs help!

  • Olivier Cousin
  • October 12, 2011
Olivier Cousin, one of the driving forces of the best things about the natural wine movement in the Loire, is facing harassment, possible bankrupcy...
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2010 and why vintage actually matters

2010 was a vintage of extremes in Germany and Austria; very high ripeness levels combined with record acid levels to create one of the most...
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