Mary Ross
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Get to know your wine retailer before the holiday crushOct 09, 2012 6:00 am - The wine industry is gearing up for its busy season — more than a third of annual sales come in the year's final months, with discounts, special events and exclusive pro...
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Good wine: Historic vineyard bottles Sonoma’s essenceSep 12, 2012 8:00 am - Like many small businesses in America, Sebastiani Vineyards has weathered storms of growth and decline, re-concepting and restructuring, family dispute, sale, resale and...
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Mary Ross' tips for cooking with wineAug 27, 2012 1:00 pm - When it comes to cooking with wine, many recipes need translation. A standard glitch is the recommendation of “Burgundy” for cooking. Is the chef using French Burgundy,...
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Good wine: Many grapes cling to Pinot family vineAug 15, 2012 2:04 pm - As a wine merchant, I was always tickled when customers asked me for a “Pinot.” That’s like walking into an Irish tavern and asking for Murphy. You may get something yo...
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Good wine: Getting to know riesling — a delicious undertakingJul 31, 2012 1:00 pm - A lot of fun with wine involves mix-and-matching wine with food. Last night, for instance, I made a great match of Indonesian-style beef curry with a spicy, red — a Cab...
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Good wine: Father of Washington State wine honored with premium labelJul 11, 2012 1:00 am - Every once in a while, someone comes along to change the world. That happens in the wine world as well. In the fourth century A.D., Roman poet Ausonius grew wine grapes ...
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Rosé the perfect partner for smoked foodsJun 26, 2012 12:00 pm - Logic suggests matching smoky foods with the smoky flavors of oak-influenced wine. But during summer's heat, pairing wine with smoked dishes is a difficult proposition. ...
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Good wine: Families planting roots in California vineyardsMay 30, 2012 3:37 pm - Families have farmed Old World lands for millennia. Children learned the quirks of their orchards, pastures, vineyards and groves; their knowledge tricking down through ...
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Whatever you're grilling, there's a wine to matchMay 28, 2012 6:00 am - Fire, food and wine have been part of our Western culinary consciousness practically since Western civilization was born. Roman armies began planting vines throughout Eu...
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Exploring the wines of Grandes Pagos de EspanaMay 09, 2012 8:00 am - The international wine lexicon is full of terms with the general meaning of "special growing site." In Germany, it's "gewachs;" in Spain it's "pago." France has several...