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Come on, cookies and wine? Is this one of Dr. Vino’s famous impossible food pairings? I know many of you are thinking, heck I can’t even wrap my head around your Grüner Veltliner + collard greens recommendation and now you want me to try cookies and wine? Well, don’t knock it until you try it! [...]

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Quinta de S. Jose Douro Riverside Lodge, Tasting Room and Retreat Douro, Portugal On a recent trip to Portugal I met the most wonderful family—Joao Brito E Cunha his wife Sofia, and most importantly his mother Teresa and father Ruy who exemplify the tightly knit social structure among the wine grape growers and wine producers [...]

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We started out our dinner plans with a couple of friends last night and decided to go with an Italian theme.  After the menu was planned, I went downstairs to find out what we had that might be appropriate for our three savory courses. 2007 San Leonino Chianti Classico First up was a Caprese salad—very [...]

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I’m always looking for inspiration to impress the heck out of my taste buds and if you are willing to imbibe on my next food and wine pairing conundrum, you will be in for a treat.  This week, my inspiration came from a recipe provided by food network star Giada De Laurentiis: Poached pears amid [...]

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It’s not like something horrible happened or the wine was unsellable, but a few years back the momentum that had grown for decades started to falter at Chalk Hill Estate. The winemaker they had for years left and so did the style of wines she was known for making.  A month or so ago we [...]

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Ian Hongell, the Senior Winemaker at Peter Lehmann winery in the Barossa region of Australia is a direct, concise and confident winemaker who speaks with passion and authority, not just about  wines but everything else he talks about.  If there is a wine region that is as territorial as Napa Valley about the quality of their [...]

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