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Does Expensive Wine Taste Better?
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POST A COMMENT (3)Kosher Wines for Passover
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Posted Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 12:59 pm PDTReaders of this blog and the Ten Spot series will already be familiar with malbec, Argentina's most widely-planted red wine grape. Malbecs from the…
POST A COMMENT (3)Wines for Easter & Spring
Posted Sun, Mar 23, 2008, 1:39 pm PDTAhhhh, spring. Whether it's the cherry blosssoms in DC, the mustard blooming up in Napa Valley, or my neighbor's peach trees here in the Santa…
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Posted Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 2:04 pm PDTI was interested to come across a Mount Sinai School of Medicine study recently that links cabernet consumption to...
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POST A COMMENT (5)Super Beers for the Super Bowl: Not Your Usual Brews
Posted Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 4:56 pm PSTYes, not only is Super Bowl Sunday a blessed sports day, it’s the biggest beer-drinking day of the year. I asked my good pal Christina Perozzi, AKA…
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Cilantro Egg Salad
from: DawnDrakeThis is a fresh variation on an old classic. Egg salad is spiced up with fresh cilantro and…