Mary Ross
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A shopping list for wines perfect for summer chilling and grillingJun 29, 2020 6:00 am - For grillin' and chillin', look for wines low in alcohol and tannin (to help hydration and give center stage to food flavors); high in fruit and acidity (to balance spic...
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A primer on rosé, just in time for enjoying with spring dishesMay 27, 2020 6:00 am - With spring in the air (or at least on the calendar), it's time for a refresher in rosé. What is rosé? Simply put, rosé (ro-ZAY) is the lightest of red wines. After that...
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While we're comforting ourselves with food, try the wines of VenetoApr 15, 2020 6:00 am - Warming aromas of a meaty stew filling your kitchen, a gooey mouthful of cheese, carbs - maybe you feel better just thinking about them. While comfort food may not benef...
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Wine deemed essential, so learn to taste like a proApr 01, 2020 6:04 am - By Mary Ross Daily Herald correspondent Along with toilet paper and hand sanitizer, our government has designated wine as essential to our daily existence. We knew it al...
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Wine tasting goes beyond swirlingApr 01, 2020 6:00 am - Note: This column was previously published in the Daily Herald in 2005. Here in the Chicago metro area we will enjoy 70 percent of our annual wine consumption from now u...
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Regular wine tasting helps to fine-tune the palateApr 01, 2020 6:00 am - Note: This is from a column published in the Daily Herald on Dec. 17, 1997. People ask me all the time, “What's the best way to learn about wine?” The answer: Taste, tas...
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Sparkling wines perfect for celebrating Valentine's DayFeb 10, 2020 10:00 pm - Sparkling wine, what's not to love? It plays well with other beverages as the base for famous (and infamous cocktails), can turn any event (Tuesday laundry, for instance...
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Celebrating what's old is new again in America's wine historyJan 15, 2020 5:04 am - We Americans are always on the lookout for something new, American wine drinkers included. Internationally, wine lovers stick to time-tested labels, produced not far fro...
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It's time to listen to the word of Willamette Valley's ChardonnaysDec 18, 2019 5:00 am - You know how you can listen to someone for years, then realize that you haven't heard what they've been saying? Ever since I was a young Portland sommelier in the 1980s,...
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Enjoy getting to know the Spanish custom of aging its winesNov 13, 2019 5:03 am - It takes patience, along with something else that's in short supply these days, to gently ease a red wine into maturity and that's adequate storage. No one in my acquain...