Wine & Other Libations
Your author washes up in Wine County and beyond.
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’Twas a Wine Country Christmas
With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore, it’s time for my annual redux of “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” better known by its portentous first line, which opens with the Shakespearean-hued contraction ’Twas… ’Twas a Wine Country Christmas and all through…
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On Hitchcock: The Birds, Bodega and Wine
When we think of filmmakers and wine, it’s likely in this order of appearance that they come to mind: Francis Ford Coppola, Orson Welles, and Alexander Payne. Why? Coppola has long had a flourishing wine brand under his own name,…
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Holy Mole! The S. Pratsch Grüner Veltliner
Grüner Veltliner — sure, it sounds like some kind of Viennese rail system — but the Austrian white wine varietal has been popular stateside for well over a decade. Check your fridge, you may already have one laying on its side, playing…
