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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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The ABCs of Bubbly Wines
Posted Mon, Dec 17, 2007, 4:53 pm PSTLet's do a quick primer on sparkling wines, so that you can toast confidently and in style...
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Posted Thu, Dec 13, 2007, 6:06 pm PSTWhat party wines taste good, but still leave you with some Christmas cash in your wallet for gift-giving and for those holiday clearance sales in…
POST A COMMENT (0)Talking Turkey: The Truth About Thanksgiving Wines
Posted Tue, Nov 20, 2007, 1:40 pm PSTEvery year around this time, I get inundated with requests for information on turkey-friendly wines. While visiting a few...
POST A COMMENT (6)Hangover Research: Your Tax Dollars at Work
Posted Fri, Nov 09, 2007, 2:16 pm PSTUsing technology funded by NASA to find life on Mars, researchers at University of California, Berkeley, have come out with a newfangled device to…
POST A COMMENT (3)The Ten Spot at Trader Joe's: Major Bangs for your Buck
Posted Wed, Nov 07, 2007, 10:05 am PSTBuying wine at Trader Joe's can be a major treasure hunt. It's kind of like going to Goodwill for your Halloween costume...you might get something…
POST A COMMENT (3)Check, Please: Who Should Pay That Bill?
Posted Thu, Oct 18, 2007, 5:03 pm PDTWho should pay the bill? That depends on how the meal came to be arranged in the first place...
POST A COMMENT (18)Wine for Non-Drinkers: It's About Time!
Posted Mon, Oct 08, 2007, 1:39 pm PDTUntil recently, the nonalcoholic wines available on the market really didn't deserve to be called wine at all; as the denaturing process used to take…
POST A COMMENT (9)On the Road with GMG: Savor the Season Benefit!
Posted Fri, Oct 05, 2007, 6:05 pm PDTThere is a lot of wine that flows freely here in Los Angeles, usually at movie premieres or nightclubs or awards shows. I am happy to report that...
POST A COMMENT (5)Perfect Party Pairing: Paella & Albariño
Posted Thu, Sep 27, 2007, 10:01 pm PDTAlbariño is the classic wine from Spain's Galician coast, and as with many European wines, it's a natural fit for the foods the Spaniards had on…
POST A COMMENT (8)The Magic of Fermentation
Posted Tue, Sep 25, 2007, 6:35 am PDTIsn't it interesting that people have tended to ferment and drink whatever crop was handy? Humans are resourceful that way.
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