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You may be a locavore, but are you a locapour? When in Texas, drink Texas wine (photo © Texas Department Of Agriculture). According to the Washington Post, the “drink local” movement is on its way to joining the locavore “eat local foods” movement. Californians have it easy with many thousands of local wines, that…
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Take-out food with a good, affordable wine makes for a pleasant evening. Photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE. We live in New York City, perhaps the take-out food capital of the world. Most times, you can’t a single city block without finding something to take out. But every town has its favorite take-out spots.…
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What did Blake Leonard serve on July 4th? Most likely, her delicious new red wine, an Italian and French varietal blend known as a Super Tuscan. Blake Leonard and Beatrice Landini (who lives in Tuscany and doesn’t celebrate American independence) introduced their first bottling, BLBL, a few weeks ago. The two partners, who first met…
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Have you come across ice coolers for wine bottles? Instead of using a conventional ice bucket or Rapid Ice to keep bottles chilled at the table, you can earn oohs and aahs with a cooler made of molded ice. Ice coolers can be used plain (just pour water in the mold and freeze). But part…
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Flying with wine? Consider a Wine Diaper. Photo courtesy WineDiaper.com. Are you a wine lover who needs to fly with a bottle of wine (or whiskey or other bottle larger than three ounces)? Some people remember a gentler time when you’d just hand-carry precious bottles into the cabin and tuck them into the overhead bin.…
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