Category: Wine

NEWS: Le Beaujolais Nouveau Est Arrivé!

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Posters given to retailers and restaurants celebrate the arrival of the new Beaujolais vintage. As of today, the global phenomenon that is Beaujolais Nouveau will once again be in full swing. Perhaps the greatest marketing concept in the history of wine, Beaujolais Nouveau is a category promoted to international fanfare by George DuBoeuf, one of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sweet Oloroso Sherry

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Sherry is a fortified wine from the Jerez region of Spain. It is produced almost exclusively from the Palomino Fino grape. There are two basic types of Sherry: Fino and Oloroso. All other styles—Amontillado, Cream, Manzanilla, Moscatel, Palo Cortado, Pedro Ximenez—are variations of these types. From the Jerez-Xérès-Sherry region of Spain, a sweet Oloroso sherry…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Drink Your Dessert

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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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PRODUCT: Resveratrol, The Antioxidant In Red Wine, In Capsules

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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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