Mary Ross
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Celebrate spring with Cava, Spain’s sparkling wineMar 05, 2025 5:25 am - What’s the difference between Cava and Champagne? In brief, about $50 per bottle. In detail, the difference between all wines amounts to four variables: grape, soil, climate and culture.
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Quality wine finds at your local grocery storeFeb 05, 2025 5:22 am - My new house wine has everything cork dorks look for when we have to pay our own money for wine: 1) It’s a delicious quaff with interesting indications of grape and growing region; 2) It’s available; 3) It’s as inexpensive as can be. Here are four quality wines available at most local groceries that could become your next house wine.
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It’s not easy being green: Talking about Cab Franc, Part 2Jan 01, 2025 5:58 am - When you talk to a winegrower about their Cabernet Franc, make sure you don’t describe it as green. You can use words like herbal or peppery, but say “green” and a winegrower hears “underripe.”
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Tips for easy, elegant wine and cheese pairingsDec 04, 2024 5:20 am - The first rule of wine-and-cheese is to pair your cheese with the right wine. Not as easy as it sounds? Mary Ross offers some guidelines.
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Good Wine: Family values create exemplary quality at Chile’s Los VascosNov 06, 2024 5:00 am - Good Wine’s Mary Ross introduces readers to the family behind Chile’s Los Vascos wines.
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Discover there is ‘More than Malbec’ from ArgentinaOct 02, 2024 10:14 am - Mary Ross tracks the superstardom of Argentine Malbecs. Now that sales are slipping, what’s on tap for the other wines from Argentina?
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We’re in the boom times for midcentury ‘now’ winesSep 04, 2024 6:00 am - Mary Ross shares some of the history of wines post-World War II and what made some wines popular and some go bust.
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Pairing wines with food: The fun part is tasting all the mixing and matchingAug 09, 2024 9:30 am - Good wine’s Mary Ross shares some tips on pairing wines with food, which she uses in her classes at The Chopping Block Lincoln Square.
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Enjoy some of these refreshing reds for summerJul 08, 2024 11:29 am - Good wine’s Mary Ross looks for fruit, complexity, tannin and chill-ability in red wines for summer. Here she shares some favorites.
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Learn to love the American wines of the SouthJun 04, 2024 6:00 am - Good Wine’s Mary Ross offers some history of American wines and some tasty wines to look for at your local wine merchant.