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Getting to Know the ‘Feeling’ of Wine
Have you ever thought about how wine feels in your mouth? Have you struggled to come up with words to describe that feeling? The most common terms are similar to those used to describe coffee:...
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Follow Your Muse When Pairing Food and Wine
Music festivals can provide a wonderful opportunity to see singer/songwriters and groups with whom you’re not familiar, yet surprise your ears in delightful ways. At one such festival over the...
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Expanding Our Horizons With ‘Wines of a Place’
Perhaps more than any other product that is consumed by humans, a case could be made that wine truly is a beverage of a place. “Of a place.” What is meant by that simple three-word phrase? As wine...
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Rams Fan? Wine Choices Abound for Big Game Food-Pairing Partners
Unlike the Cincinnati Bengals, the Los Angeles Rams were among the pre-season favorites to make it to the Super Bowl. And now, they have. If you’ve decided to root for the Rams during the big game,...
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The Best Kind of Wine for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day traditionally is one of the busiest restaurant days of the year, and this year promises to be no exception since there is such pent-up demand for a return to “normal” in all of our...
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Take a Break from ‘Jeopardy’ and Take Our Wine Quiz
Given all the “controversy” surrounding “Jeopardy” recently — from the botched replacement of beloved host Alex Trebek to Mayim Bialik’s use of the phrase “Single Jeopardy” — perhaps it’s time to take...
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How Well Did You Do in Our Latest Wine Quiz?
You can’t watch “Jeopardy” 24/7 and, besides, wine answers/questions rarely come up in “Potent Potables.” So, every so often, we take it upon ourselves to put together a little wine quiz to test your...
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4 Delicious Ways to Celebrate National Red Wine Day
How are you going to celebrate National Red Wine Day? The 2022 edition is set for this Sunday (August 28), and while its origins are sketchy, it nonetheless provides a great excuse… uh, reason… to...
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Are You Ready for Some Football, Wining and Grilling?
Week 1 of the 2022-23 National Football League season begins tonight when the Buffalo Bills take on the Los Angeles Rams, and concludes Monday night when the Denver Broncos meet the Seattle Seahawks....
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Using Tapas to Find a New Food-and-Wine Pairing Favorite
In Spain, they are known as tapas. In Italy, it is known as antipasti. In Japan, it is known as yakitori. In the Middle East, it is known as meze. And here in the United States, we refer to them as...
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