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Some of the most refreshing desserts are the simplest. Put fresh fruit salad in a wine goblet and cover it with a fizzy Moscato d’Asti, a sweet sparkling wine from Italy (our favorite is La Spinetta from Rivetti, with an amazingly low alcohol level of around 6%, similar to beer). The sparkling wine elevates the fruit…
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Beware of antioxidant hype. You’d have to drink a gallon of red wine a day to get the antioxidant benefit of resveratrol. Fortunately, this is one antioxidant you can buy in capsule form. Photo courtesy of VitaminShoppe.com. Resveratrol is an antioxidant that has gotten a lot of press in the last few years: a polyphenol…
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Don’t give this boxed wine the fish eye—it’s good stuff! Think inside the box, says Consumer Reports magazine, evaluating boxed chardonnays in its July 2009 issue. While our own wine collection includes cases of DRC and Yquem (don’t even think of breaking into our place—they’re not stored here), we love a good boxed wine. They’re…
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If you love a glass of red and aren’t limited to a stay-cation these days, Inter Beaujolais and Destination Beaujolais have developed the first-ever Beaujolais wine tourist route to help you explore France’s Beaujolais region. Discover the “real” Beaujolais—it bears little resemblance to the fresh juice that is Beaujolais Nouveau. You can even start your…
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Who has to have his or her arm twisted to celebrate National Wine Day? Use this article and chart of wine flavor and aroma descriptors to aid in your understanding of whatever you drink. Speaking of wine descriptors, we’d like to take a few moments to riff on the snarky comments we too often hear…
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