Mary Ross
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Good wine: Exploring white BurgundyMar 26, 2014 5:45 am - Among a certain set of wine lovers, Burgundy is Burgundy for Burgundy's sake, a be-all and end-all unto itself. At any given tasting of Burgundy's whites, you can overh...
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Good Wine: Don't pour leftover wine down the drain, pour it into the potFeb 03, 2014 8:00 am - The halls are un-decked, the festive apparel is waiting at the cleaners and, with other holiday leftovers polished off, you may be thinking, “What am I going to do with ...
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Good wine: Bubblies and toasts for for NYE drinking, clinkingDec 29, 2013 5:00 am - “Here's to Champagne, the Drink Divine that helps us forget all our troubles. It's made from a dollar's worth of wine and three dollars worth of bubbles!” When Champagn...
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Good wine: How to shop where you shop for wineDec 11, 2013 4:30 am - American wine lovers may be lifting glasses to more than the New Year come Dec. 31. If statistics hold true, 2013 will mark the 20th consecutive growth year in America's...
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Good wine: Story of a Cabernet, Pinot Noir pioneerNov 19, 2013 5:00 am - In the 1970s, American John Goelet dispatched French winegrower Bernard Portet to scour the globe for the last, great undiscovered wine region. Portet landed on a tiny r...
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Good wine: American winemakers blending grapes, stirring up salesNov 06, 2013 4:26 am - In the 1970s, a new word entered wine’s active vocabulary. The word: varietal. We learned it meant a wine made from primarily one grape variety. It was the vinous equiva...
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Good wine: Rounding up the new crop of Rhone Ranger winesOct 09, 2013 6:00 am - Cabernet Sauvignon may be king in America's palate and Chardonnay the queen, but certain winemakers have ventured beyond these stately varieties to grow different grapes...
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Good wine: What wine to pair with 'the other white meat'Sep 18, 2013 6:00 am - It was cute and quirky at the time, but now the National Pork Board's ad campaign for “the other white meat” is so last century. Pork currently takes pride of place in m...
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Sebastiani offspring not content to live off family nameSep 04, 2013 6:00 am - You might think that if your family name was carved above the local theater, bus depot and other public places in a tony northern California town — not to mention emblaz...
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Good Wine: What to drink with your favorite take outAug 07, 2013 6:00 am - You don't have to cook, clean or even stomp on grapes to have a delicious dinner when you tap into Chicagoland's takeout scene. Because takeout is often a quick fix for ...