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Cult of cast iron is growing – Houston Chronicle

Category : White Wine

Cult of cast iron is growing
Houston Chronicle
Photo: Oxmoor House / HC Fresh mussels are cooked with white wine, leeks and butter in an iron skillet in a recipe from The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook published by Oxmoor House. Remember to discard any mussel that does not open.

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Tasting panel finds several keepers – Houston Chronicle

Category : Cabernet Sauvignon

Tasting panel finds several keepers
Houston Chronicle
By Dale Robertson (For the Chronicle/Gary Fountain, February 15, 2012) Bon Anno 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon. Photo: Gary Fountain / Copyright 2012 Gary Fountain. (For the Chronicle/Gary Fountain, February 15, 2012) Decoy 2010 Pinot Noir.

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Wine Time: Robert Mondavi Private Selection Meritage 2010 – The Augusta Chronicle

Category : Cabernet Sauvignon


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Wine Time: Robert Mondavi Private Selection Meritage 2010
The Augusta Chronicle
The blend is 42 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 30 percent Merlot, 20 percent Malbec and 8 percent Petit Verdot. Some years, Cabernet Franc also is added to the blend. I would drink this wine within a year or two and not cellar it. It's very good now,
Another Mondavi Enters Vintners Hall of FameKQED (blog)
California winemakers work to crack Chinese marketVentura County Star

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Sicily and Sardinia Host the Best of Italy’s Island Wines – Part II (Sicily) – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Category : Wine

Sicily and Sardinia Host the Best of Italy's Island Wines – Part II (Sicily)
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
OperaWine looks at the largest Mediterranean island Sicily and discovers the particularities of its winemakers Planeta, Duca di Salaparuta, Donnafugata, Tasca d'Almerita and Cusumano, which all will be part of "Finest Italian Wines: 100 Great

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Father, son develop drug to fight brain diseases – San Francisco Chronicle

Category : Red Wine

Father, son develop drug to fight brain diseases
San Francisco Chronicle
It began over a glass of good red wine. Paul Muchowski thought he'd found a molecular compound that could slow down the damage done in the brains of people with neurodegenerative diseases. But he didn't know how to get his hands on the compound,

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Rhone Valley Red Wine Tasting at Back Room Wines – San Francisco Chronicle

Category : Red Wine

Rhone Valley Red Wine Tasting at Back Room Wines
San Francisco Chronicle
Back Room Wines pours wines from the Rhone Valley, both north and south, on this Friday evening. Come in and enjoy Rhone reds from Chateaneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas, Cairanne, Crozes Hermitage and more. Six wines, all from stellar producers,

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Wine, dine and get jazzed up – Fraser Coast Chronicle

Category : Wine

Wine, dine and get jazzed up
Fraser Coast Chronicle
The headlining act at Shepherd and Dudley Chartered Accountants North Queensland Wine and Jazz Festival in March will be John Morrison and his Swing City Quintet with Jacki Cooper. WHOEVER thought to call their jazz band Shirazz, knew that the sexy

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Riesling offers good balance with Chinese bacon – San Francisco Chronicle

Category : Riesling

Riesling offers good balance with Chinese bacon
San Francisco Chronicle
My wine choice is an off-dry Riesling with sparkly acidity to balance the savoriness and a touch of sweetness to handle the chile heat. A slightly off-dry German Kabinett Riesling amply fills the bill.

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New York ice wines face off in competition – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Category : Winery

New York ice wines face off in competition
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Bill Mahoney looks at the color and clarity of the first flight of wines in the New York Ice Wine Competition at Henry's Restaurant at Rochester Institute of Technology on Friday. Mahoney, based in Williamsville, Erie County, judges in wine
Wedge Mountain Winery: hand crafted wine in every wayThe Wenatchee World Online (blog)
Valentine weekend event draws wine loversThe Salinas Californian

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Wine Turns Mortgage Title Mogul Into Entrepreneur of Viticulture – San Francisco Chronicle

Category : Wine

Wine Turns Mortgage Title Mogul Into Entrepreneur of Viticulture
San Francisco Chronicle
17 (Bloomberg) — On a crisp winter's day in 2010, Bill Foley was exploring a troubled winery for sale in Sonoma County, California, when he was taken aback by the sight of an enclosed horse-riding ring the size of an airplane hangar.

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