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Lucky Dessert Pairing (with recipe)

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Jan, 2008
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Joe Power

Joe Power

Last night I got lucky by pairing a delicious and unusual port that I had never before tasted with a chocolate mousse to great effect. The recipe for the mousse will follow, but first some information about the port. The wine was a Petit Syrah port from Imagery Winery in Sonoma. (more…)

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Wine grows in popularity with young Americans

It seems that wine sales are up again this year, and especially so among younger adults. This is especially striking given these numbers from this article:
The number of U.S adults who call themselves wine drinkers has risen 53 percent since 2000, from 49 million to 75 million. Over the same period, the number of people [...]

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Sonoma Tasting Reviews

If you are a fan of Sonoma wines, like I am, this is a very nice write-up of a recent tasting held in Napa. Some of these sound spectacular, especially at the listed prices.

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The downside of wine clubs

Let me preface these comments by saying that I love wine clubs. I am such a fan of my favorite one that I link to their site in my sidebar, and seem to mention them in about every 3rd post. I have discovered many excellent wines through wine clubs. However, there is an uncontrollable downside [...]

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Petit Courbu

Petit Courbu is not a grape that you hear about every day. In fact, it isn’t a grape that very many folks ever hear about. A search of Wikipedia only brings us a listing for Courbu, of which it is a variety, but which doesn’t even merit an entry.
The fine folks at Ferry Plaza Wine [...]