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Wine Collecting and You


Recently I’ve become a wine collector. The only reason I have become a wine collector is because I’m not drinking the stuff faster than I’m buying it. Unfortunately, with our recent 100 temperatures, I’m more apt to reach for a Frozen Lemonade Cocktail, which has become our House Summer Drink of 2006, instead of a […]

On Behalf of Riesling


I thought of beginning this with a pun, but realized that part of the reason Riesling gets so little respect may have to do with too many wine writers giving in to that very same urge. So I resist.
I was in Santa Barbara last week, tasting wines through the Santa Ynez Valley. I think […]