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Welcome to Girl Meets Grape, an insider's guide to all things wine. If you love great wine, food and travel, then I think you'll enjoy sharing in my sommelier adventures here and around the world. Cheers!
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Top 10 Party Wines for Ten Bucks and Under
Posted Mon, Nov 17, 2008, 4:24 pm PSTHitting that ten-dollar sweet spot is never more important than during the holidays. You, fabulous host that you are, want to serve...
POST A COMMENT (17)How the French Stay So Slim
Posted Wed, Jul 02, 2008, 12:24 pm PDTSomeone sent me a book awhile back about why French women don't get fat; as I was pregnant at the time, I wasn't quite sure how to interpret this…
POST A COMMENT (184)Death in a Vineyard: The Real Cost of Two-Buck Chuck
Posted Wed, Jun 25, 2008, 4:28 pm PDTI have recommended quite a few Trader Joe's wines over the last few years, but never their infamous "Two-Buck Chuck" as this product is all about…
POST A COMMENT ()Say No to Socks!: 3 Fantastic Father's Day Gifts
Posted Fri, Jun 13, 2008, 10:08 am PDTWe used to ask my dad every year what he wanted for Father's Day (or for his birthday or Christmas for that matter) and every year his response was…
POST A COMMENT (9)The 10 Spot at BevMo and the 5-Cent Sale
Posted Mon, May 19, 2008, 10:22 am PDTFans of the Ten Spot (wines that cost less than ten bucks yet taste yummy), will love the popular five-cent sale at BevMo, the relatively new player…
POST A COMMENT ()Does Expensive Wine Taste Better?
Posted Fri, Apr 25, 2008, 5:07 pm PDTThis is a question I frequently answer in a variety of ways that aren't as simple as "yes," though it is tempting to be that blunt. Taste is a highly…
POST A COMMENT (5)Kosher Wines for Passover
Posted Fri, Apr 18, 2008, 10:53 am PDTAmerican wine consumption and knowledge are increasing astronomically, and this translates to higher expectations. In both my professional and…
POST A COMMENT (0)Grape of the Day: Malbec
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…
POST A COMMENT (0)Fighting Alzheimer's with Cabernet Sauvignon?
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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