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Wines for Thanksgiving: By: Justin Burkhardt
Extreme Glass for Extreme Wine: By: Catherine Fallis MS
Wine & Cheese Tasting Panel: By: Catherine Fallis MS; "A dinner without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye." Early 19th Century, Brillat-Savarin.
Golden Gate Grapes: By: Catherine Fallis MS
Wine, Women, and Restaurants: By: Catherine Fallis MS
Chalk Hill Names Estate Sommelier: By: Catherine Fallis MS
Organic Wines: By: Catherine Fallis MS
Tasting Panel: Rioja: By: Catherine Fallis MS
Artisanal Cheese: By: Catherine Fallis MS; Flavorful cheeses either send you into tizzy fits of ecstasy or running gasping for fresh air
Dry Creek Valley: By: Catherine Fallis MS
Wheat Beers: By: Rebecca Chapa; Previously unheard of, now bars are stocking up on the sometimes-cloudy pale gold brews and the wedges of lemons used to accompany them.
Sonoma Showcase: By: Catherine Fallis MS; Sonoma County is the hot ticket these days...
Fear of Pairing: By: Catherine Fallis MS; Years of elitism and snobbery, often perpetuated by the wine industry itself, have left hundreds of thirsty victims in their trail.
Bourbon: By: Rebecca Chapa; Common misconceptions about Bourbon are that it is old fashioned, stuffy, or only for serious drinkers...
60-Second Wine Primer/Sonoma County: By: Catherine Fallis MS
60-Second Wine Primer/Alexander Valley: By: Catherine Fallis MS
The Sensual Side of Eating: By: Catherine Fallis MS; How do we enjoy food? Let me count the ways.
Summertime Lagers: By: Rebecca Chapa; Lighter style lagers are
particularly refreshing for summertime sipping.
Vitamin T: By: Elizabeth Schweitzer MS; The number one market for Tequila is the United States.
Summer Wines: By: Rebecca Chapa; Chardonnay tastes insipid, big reds are pedantic, and your favorite winter warmers are cumbersome. To liven the listless summer imbiber...
Brandies: By: Catherine Fallis MS; German, Greek, Israeli, Italian (Grappa), Mexican, and the Pisco brandies of Peru, Chile, and Argentina are worth seeking out.
The Sensual Side of Eating: By: Catherine Fallis MS; So you bite into it, and finally you have reached a sweet, creamy, soft and gooey core of chocolate. "Ah, ooh, yum," you think, or whisper, or say out loud, as you reach the motherlode.
Champagne and Food: By: Claude L. Robbins, MWA; All Champagnes are sparkling wine but not all sparkling wines are Champagne.
60-Second Wine Primer/New York: By: Catherine Fallis MS; What are you nuts? Wine from New York?
Hot Micro-Brews: By: Rebecca Chapa
Sky Vineyards: By: Catherine Fallis MS; “Isn’t it time that you reach for the sky and let yourself go?”
From “In the Blink of an Eye,” on the album “Walking on Avalon” by Christopher Cross.
Port, Madeira and Sherry: By: Claude L. Robbins, MWA; Port, Madeira and Sherry are the three most famous fortified wines.
Saint Valentine and Wine: By: Claude L. Robbins, MWA; Valentine’s day has been celebrated with wine for more than two thousand years.
Wine and Cheese: By: Claude L. Robbins, MWA; There are few things better than a glass of wine and a slice of good cheese.
The Irish Water of Life: By: Claude Robbins, MWA; Although there are over 25 different Irish whiskeys available in Colorado they are all made by just three distilleries in Ireland.
Wine and Fish
The Real Red Beer: By: Edward Barcas III; When you mention a red beer to an American, they usually think of something Irish,...
I'll Have Chartreuse: By: Elizabeth Schweitzer MS; Once upon a time almost nine hundred years ago, St. Bruno founded The Carthusian Order at Chartreuse, near Grenoble in the French Alps.
Destination: San Francisco's North Beach: By: Catherine Fallis, Master Sommelier; Good Bye Gentrification! See you later Starbucks! Take a walk through the back streets of Rome without leaving the states and take your well-deserved bite of La Dolce Vita.
60-Second Wine Primer/Beaujolais Nouveau: By: Catherine Fallis, Master Sommelier; insider tips on the best deals and hidden values
Summer Rums: By: Rebecca Chapa; Some rums are so intense and flavorful that they are best sipped alone or on the rocks with lime.
Cooking with Liqueurs -- Baked Peaches: By: Catherine Fallis MS; An Italian twist on succulent summer peaches
Cooking with Liqueurs -- Strawberries Romanoff and Bananas Foster: By: Catherine Fallis MS; Easy Summer Desserts
Whiskies -- Scotch, Irish, and American: By: Catherine Fallis, Master Sommelier; 60-Second Primer plus exotic cocktail recipes from NYC and Tokyo
Special Report from Monterey: By: Catherine Fallis MS; Ventana Vineyards Owners Launch Meador Estate Wines
Plastic Beer Bottles: By: Rebecca Chapa; Have you ever been at a party, had a can of beer on the table, went to drink it and got a mouthful of cigarette ash? This problem is alleviated with plastic.
Pastis Liqueurs: By: Catherine Fallis MS; When Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear, legend has it that he was under the influence of
Absinthe, the light green, potent, herbal-infused liqueur popular in fin-de-siècle France.
Traditional Rioja: By: Catherine Fallis MS; The wines of Rioja have plenty of personality. They are nothing like the sea of insipid, cookie-cutter cabs and chards we encounter so often in this moderate price range.
Napa Now: By: Rebecca Chapa; Summer is here and Napa Valley is the best spot to visit for a relaxing weekend.
Classic Vodka: By: Elizabeth Schweitzer MS; It is senseless to mix a premium vodka with juice or flavored schnapps such as Apple or Watermelon.
Pairings/Shrimp Scampi with a French Twist: By: Catherine Fallis MS; FOOD AND WINE PAIRING SERIES
3rd Annual Rhone Ranger Tasting: By: Catherine Fallis MS; Fortunately, a cloud of the sensuous, earthy aromas of syrah and viognier wafted out past the entrance
Book Review/SALES AND SERVICE FOR THE WINE PROFESSIONAL: By: Catherine Fallis MS; Here is a book written for the trade, but its no-nonsense, to-the-point summary of wines of the world and more give it mass-market appeal:
24th Annual Monterey Wine Festival: By: Catherine Fallis MS; But honey, it's for a good cause...
Wine and Your Good Health: By: Catherine Fallis MS; America's medical establishment has finally acknowledged that wine is a part of a healthy lifestyle.
14th Annual Masters of Food & Wine: By: Catherine Fallis, MS; The annual Masters of Food & Wine combines the heart-stopping ruggedly beautiful Carmel Highlands coastline, a luxurious first class romantic resort set into the cliffs overlooking the sea, a sprinkling of top culinary and wine talent from around the world, and five days of tastings, cooking demonstrations, seminars, meals, and parties in a setting intimate enough to allow for plenty of elbow-rubbing with the stars.
In The News: Russian River Appellation Re-evaluated: By: Rebecca Chapa MS; Wine growers in Sonoma’s Russian River Valley American Viticultural Area are requesting approval from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms to redraw its boundaries.
Paul Draper-Decanter Magazine's Man of the Year: By: Catherine Fallis MS; Paul Draper, C.E.O. and wine maker for Ridge Vineyards, and one of the best known names on the international wine scene, has just been named Decanter's Man of the Year 2000, joining the ranks of Jancis Robinson, Angelo Gaja, Len Evans, Georg Riedel, and Hugh Johnson most recently.
SPRING IN SONOMA: By: Rebecca Chapa; As the chill of winter passes and the rains leave behind thick blankets of emerald grass, it is time to visit wine country, Sonoma Wine Country that is.
My Jug Band Presents Polka Hour: By: Author; Teaser
SPRING IN SONOMA: By Rebecca Chapa
Dueling Divas-Wine and Cigars: By: Catherine Fallis MS; The wine is poured, your cigar is lit, and all is well with the world. You sip your wine, then light your cigar.
North American Beauties: By: Catherine Fallis MS; why not try something new and fun, like a Virginia Viognier, a Cayuga Lake Chardonnay, or a Missouri Merlot?