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Summer Reads + Wine Pairings
Sunset at the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. Image by author. In my twenties, when I lived alone in Brooklyn, summers were a little melancholy. Marrying someone who could easily end each summer day by photographing the sunset played a part in shifting my perception. I’m also not in my twenties anymore, and the things I love—writing, reading, cooking, and wine pairings—are accessible daily, especially during the summer. Now, summer is about the fullness of the present.
As Developers Close In, This Historic California AVA Is Standing Its Ground
“It’s hard not to feel like a feather in a tornado sometimes,” says Morgan Twain-Peterson MW, owner and winemaker at Bedrock Wine Co. “We spend our lives trying to preserve and rehabilitate old vineyards, and the economic factors are so intense.” Bedrock owns 10 acres of Evangelho Vineyard in Contra Costa County, California, and leases another 23 from Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
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This Tiny Washington AVA Is Producing ‘Cowgirl' Wines Worth Talking About
Six years ago, the team at Four Feathers Wine Services in central Washington State was jotting down tasting notes for their wines. The words powerful and rugged were repeatedly used for their Beverly Vineyard bottlings, setting them apart from wines grown in other areas that express less tannin and acidity.
A Cocktail Ingredient for the Year of the Snake? Sichuan Peppercorns
Legend has it that the twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac were determined by a race hosted by the Jade Emperor (or the Buddha, depending on the accounting) more than 1,000 years ago. This Lunar New Year, starting on January 29, marks the Year of the Wood Snake.
Washington State’s Snipes Mountain AVA Is a Story of Evolution and Evolving Wines
Co Dinn, owner and winemaker at Co Dinn Cellars in Sunnyside, Washington, can condense 15 million years of geologic history into a five-minute lesson: 15 million years ago, a hotspot—the same one pulsing beneath Yellowstone National Park—created fissures in the earth. Lava poured across eastern Washington, leaving behind basalt rock and the sprawling, flat Columbia River Basin.
Dark, Hardy and Mysterious, the Lenoir Grape Has a Disease-Resistant Superpower
When you buy something through our link, we may earn a small commission. Wine Enthusiast does not accept money for editorial wine reviews. Read more about our policy. Lenoir is a grape of many names: Black Spanish, Black El Paso, Black July, Blue French, Cigar Box, Favorite, Jacquez, Sherry of the South—and the list goes on, hinging on growing region as well as reflecting subtle genetic differences.
The Best Things to Do in Daytona Beach, FL
Share with your friends! FacebookPinterestLinkedInFlipboardReddit If your visual go-to of Daytona Beach dates back to MTV’s famous (infamous?) reality series, Spring Break, it’s time to revise that mental image. While and spring break both draw energetic crowds, the Daytona Beach region – a 23-mile shoreline stretch of lovely towns and historic neighborhoods — is a complex, charming, tranquil destination that’s worth a trip.
Winegrowers Are Using an Ancient Grape-Growing Technique to Combat Climate Change and Preserve History
Of Gloria Ferrer’s 330-acres of estate vineyards in the Los Carneros AVA, 35 are massal vines. “Grapes from these blocks are continually used in our highest quality cuvees, and the wines show an unrivaled complexity,” winemaker Brad Kurtz says. Hand-chosen for their unique strengths and attributes, those massal vines include Pinot Noir cuttings, dating back to 1984, that showed promise for sparkling wine due to their tendency to produce low-color, high-acid red wines.
This Riesling-Spiked, Tennis-Inspired Cocktail Takes Its Cues from Wimbledon
The White on Green originated due to two strokes of luck during the spring of 2021. The first: Augusto Lino, mixologist and bar manager of Noir, an intimate, dimly lit cocktail bar tucked within the lower level of The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, blocks from Harvard Square and Longfellow House—Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site. Observing from behind the bar, Lino noted his Cambridge clientele’s penchant for watching Wimbledon.
The Best Trader Joe's Wines Under $20
Share with your friends! 452Facebook6.8kPinterestLinkedInFlipboardReddit Trader Joe’s stocks oodles of culinary delights at prices that often seem too reasonable to be real — and Trader Joe’s wines are no exception.
North Georgia’s Wine Country Is Experiencing a Metamorphosis—Here’s Where to Explore
Nestled against the foothills and peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the southern terminus of the ancient rolling Appalachian Mountain chain, North Georgia’s vineyards slope and sprawl from high elevations, offering majestic views from all angles.
9 Best Wines Under $20 for Valentine's Day + 3 Splurges!
Today’s article comes to us from Amy Beth Wright, a wine, food, and travel journalist most often contributing to Wine Enthusiast, Garden & Gun, The Cheese Professor, and of course, StyleBlueprint! No matter what form your Valentine’s Day takes, February 14th is a day to savor connection — whether that’s over a romantic dinner, a fun night with the girls, or a quiet night alone.
The Southeastern New England AVA Offers More Than Beachcombing
“Wine country” is not an intuitive identity for New England, a region more associated with gray, rocky shoreline, isolated lighthouses, lobster rolls and soft-serve ice cream.
4 Enchanting Coastal Parks on North Carolina’s Outer Banks — Parks & Points
Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina This park is inspiring and its narrative is beautifully rendered in interpretive exhibits, capturing the spirit of invention and determination that fuels scientific trial and error. The park interprets and protects the land where the first successful airplane flight took place in 1903.
3 Promising Places Where the Ancient Malvasia Bianca Grape Is Thriving
The Malvasia family of grapes is ancient, hearty and prolific. Yet, it is often an overlooked component in blends—even making up a small fraction of bottlings claiming to be “single varietal” wines made from other white grapes. “I’ve been growing Malvasia Bianca for 20 years and pouring it for 16, and we still have to explain how to pronounce it and what it is,” says Victor Poulos, founder and co-owner of Zin Valle Vineyards in southwest Texas.
Mapping Spaces of Freedom: An Interview with Elizabeth City Scholar and Public Historian Dr. Melissa Stuckey
“My research, work, and scholarship are about how African Americans create community—how they use institutions to get autonomy and self-definition and self-manifestation to create spaces of freedom.” —Dr. Melissa N. Stuckey, Assistant Professor of History and Social Sciences at Elizabeth City State University By Amy Beth Wright Public Historian Dr. Melissa Stuckey Dr. Melissa N. Stuckey’s work as a professor extends far beyond the classroom.
How Low Yields Are Spurring Texas Winemakers’ Creativity
“Towards the beginning of the year, we were extremely optimistic,” says Akhil Reddy, CEO of Reddy Vineyards in the Texas High Plains American Viticultural Area (AVA), of 2022. “But it’s been another roller coaster.” Eighty-five percent of Texas wine grapes are grown in the state’s High Plains AVA. However, 2022’s harvest presented multiple challenges, including relentless heat, drought, high winds and other cumulative environmental factors, to name a few.
How Low Yields Are Spurring Texas Winemakers’ Creativity
What We're Tasting: Harper's Bench 2020 Riverview Vineyard Pinot Noir (Monterey) Price $33 Points 91 Read More What We're Tasting: Blue Canyon 2022 Estate Sauvignon Blanc (Monterey) Price $15 Points 90 Read More What We're Tasting: District 7 2021 Chardonnay (Monterey) Price $18 Points 90 Read More What We're Tasting: Ryder Estate 2022 Rosé of Pinot Noir (California) Price $15 Points 88 Read More What We're Tasting: Casa Primicia 2017 Julian Madrid Reserva Tempranillo (Rioja) Price $85 Points...
How the Bloody Mary Went from Brunch Staple to Social Media Sensation
The “Monstrous Mary” at Caffe 11th Avenue in Washington’s Yakima Valley cannot be captured in one photograph. “We kept adding—local asparagus, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, a buttermilk biscuit, a Belgian waffle with Ghirardelli chocolate, a ham roll-up, smoked Applewood bacon, breakfast sausage, pepperoni, cheese, black olives, hard boiled eggs, grapes, blueberries, oranges, a dill pickle, green olives and a Tootsie Pop,” says Debbie Holm, the café’s operations manager.
How the Bloody Mary Went from Brunch Staple to Social Media Sensation
âWe kept addingâlocal asparagus, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, a buttermilk biscuit, a Belgian waffle with Ghirardelli chocolate, a ham roll-up, smoked Applewood bacon, breakfast sausage, pepperoni, cheese, black olives, hard boiled eggs, grapes, blueberries, oranges, a dill pickle, green olives and a Tootsie Pop,â says Debbie Holm, the cafĂ©âs operations manager.
'No Rulebook Anymore': The Art of Beer Label Design
A beer’s label is one of the truest ways that a brewer can grab a prospective customer’s attention and ultimately, their purchasing dollars. “When you have that snap few seconds that a customer is looking at the shelf, you want them to quickly ingest the vibe and what’s inside the container,” says Tara Hankinson, co-founder and co-CEO of Talea Beer Co., based in Brooklyn, New York.
'No Rulebook Anymore': The Art of Beer Label Design
A beerâs label is one of the truest ways that a brewer can grab a prospective customerâs attention and ultimately, their purchasing dollars. âWhen you have that snap few seconds that a customer is looking at the shelf, you want them to quickly ingest the vibe and whatâs inside the container,â says Tara Hankinson, co-founder and co-CEO of Talea Beer Co., based in Brooklyn, New York.
Everything You Need to Know About Buying, Storing and Cooking with Olive Oil
Olive oil is a beloved kitchen staple, whether it’s used as a condiment, cooking oil, marinade or something else entirely. But where did this all-important ingredient come from? And how do you select the best bottle? Here’s everything you need to know about olive oil. A Brief History of Olive Oil Getty Images According to the IOC, “the origin of the olive tree is lost in time,” but it likely dates from the first Mediterranean societies.
‘There Aren’t Enough of Us’: 5 Questions With Fah Sathirapongsasuti
“Why does it matter that we are Asian and making wine?” asks Fah Sathirapongsasuti. “Because the vine doesn’t care who tends it, and the grape doesn’t care who makes it.” Winemaker and co-owner of Sunset Cellars, marketing director of the Suisun Valley Wine Co-op in Fairfield, California, PhD statistician, computer scientist and genome researcher, Sathirapongsasuti answers his own question.
Blue Ridge Craft Trails: Create, Learn & Shop In the NC Mountains
Angie Chandler, the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area executive director, describes art as an “inspired response” to Western North Carolina’s mountains, foothills, forests, and fauna. If you’ve been to the area, you know it’s no wonder that artists flock there. At sunset along the Blue Ridge Parkway, mountain ridges and tree canopies gently turn to silhouette against a vast skyway, the entire region a beautiful composite of scenic vistas, forests, trails, waterways, and cloudscapes.
The Latest in Wine Tourism: Meditation and Getting Your Hands Dirty
Dr. Thomas Plante, a psychologist who also teaches at Santa Clara University and Stanford University, cautions that vineyard life can be easily romanticized.
The Mississippi Blues Trail: 13 Can’t-Miss Stops
The blues has deep roots in Mississippi. Historically, the blues evolved from work songs and spirituals sung by enslaved and later sharecropping African Americans; the form was pivotal to the birth of jazz, rock and roll, and R&B. The style is radically personal, expressing the human condition in lyrics and distinct characteristics like sustained syllables, bent guitar strings, the use of metal slide guitars, and more.
NC's New Oyster Trail: 10 Delicious Reasons to Visit
Ideal for hobby culinary travelers and oyster lovers alike, North Carolina’s Oyster Trail is a unique network of oyster farms, oyster bars, gourmet markets, seafood and oyster festivals, conservation and education organizations like the North Carolina Aquarium, and — delectably — many restaurants featuring farmed North Carolina oysters on the menu.
From City to Country
Two Tennessee towns to tuck into on your next southbound adventure North-central Tennessee offers fun and flavors on the way to Nashville. Two hours south of Evansville, on the corridor linking the River City with Nashville, Tennessee, are two smaller cities with bright lights and big appeal. Boasting charm, history, and a relaxed pace, Clarksville and Dickson are worth a stop.
Third Circuit Vacates $10.6 Million Trademark Infringement Award
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. A recent Third Circuit Court of Appeals opinion provides some much-needed clarity surrounding disgorgement of profits and laches defenses in trademark infringement cases. In Kars 4 Kids Inc. v America Can! (8 F 4th 209 (3d Cir 2021), the court vacated a $10.6 million award against Kars 4 Kids Inc.
Descendants of the E.S. Newman Shipwreck Reunite to Celebrate the Legacy of the Pea Island Lifesaving Station
The Pea Island Preservation Society, Inc. marked the 125th Anniversary of the E.S. Newman shipwreck and rescue with a Governor’s proclamation and a reunion of descendants in October 2021. By Amy Beth Wright Dwight Meekins and Daniel Gardiner have met many times before; one particularly poignant occasion was in 1996, when the U.S. Coast Guard posthumously awarded their grandfathers and all of the Pea Island Lifesaving Station service members a Gold Lifesaving Medal, 100 years after their duty.
The Texas Wine Industry Is at a Crossroads
In the 1980s, after a series of academic studies on its grape-growing potential, Texas became home to a post Prohibition viticultural boom. Its impacts continue to reverberate across the state. “When the studies led to wineries opening, the mentality changed,” says Paul Mitchell Bonarrigo, CEO and head winemaker of Messina Hof Winery.
The Texas Wine Industry Is at a Crossroads
In the 1980s, after a series of academic studies on its grape-growing potential, Texas became home to a post Prohibition viticultural boom. Its impacts continue to reverberate across the state. “When the studies led to wineries opening, the mentality changed,” says Paul Mitchell Bonarrigo, CEO and head winemaker of Messina Hof Winery.
The Texas Wine Industry Is at a Crossroads
Photo courtesy of Messina Hof Winery In the 1980s, after a series of academic studies on its grape-growing potential, Texas became home to a post Prohibition viticultural boom. Its impacts continue to reverberate across the state. “When the studies led to wineries opening, the mentality changed,” says Paul Mitchell Bonarrigo, CEO and head winemaker of Messina Hof Winery.
Third Circuit vacates $10.6 million trademark infringement award
Co-published Amy L Wright A recent Third Circuit Court of Appeals opinion provides some much-needed clarity surrounding disgorgement of profits and laches defences in trademark infringement cases. In Kars 4 Kids Inc v America Can! (8 F 4th 209 (3d Cir 2021), the court vacated a $10.6 million dollar award against Kars 4 Kids Inc stemming from its infringement of America Can! Cars for Kids’s trademark and remanded the case back to the district court for further consideration.
Durham, NC: Where to Eat, Stay & Play
Durham’s enduring nickname, “Bull City,” originated from a smoking tobacco manufactured by John R. Green in the 1860s — the package was branded with a bull, and was wildly popular with both Union and Confederate soldiers. After changing hands multiple times, the enterprise was absorbed by tobacco tycoon James B. Duke’s massive American Tobacco Company — by 1874, Duke had built the first all-brick tobacco factory in downtown Durham and piloted the first cigarette rolling machines.
‘We Are Not Constrained by Tradition’: The Budding Wine Scene in Fredericksburg, Texas
The 19th-century German settlers in the Pedernales Valley region of Texas Hill Country left two enduring traditions: a rich agricultural heritage and a spirit of being “fun-loving, and hardworking,” wrote historian Terry G. Jordan in The Texas State Historical Association. Fredericksburg is in the heart of Texas Hill Country, and it’s in a renaissance.
This 100 Year Old National Park Recently Opened Its Doors for the First Time in Over a Year
Home > Destinations > USA > Arkansas > Hot Springs > History PHOTO: Courtesy of National Parks Service Like every major national park, it’s more than its natural wonders. T here is nature’s magic happening at Hot Springs National Park. Rain that fell when the Egyptian pyramids were built has slowly, over 4,000 years, fallen through the earth and, on its way down, warmed to 143 degrees Fahrenheit, absorbing minerals from ancient rocks that formed from an early seabed.
What Does 'Salinity' Mean in Wine?
Imagine a cold, snowy evening in January. By 4:45 p.m., the sun has set. You open a crisp Assyrtiko or Muscadet, alongside fresh paella. Suddenly, itâs summer.
‘Let the Grapes Speak for Themselves’: Texas High Plains’ Wine Country Contains Multitudes
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‘Let the Grapes Speak for Themselves’: Texas High Plains’ Wine Country Contains Multitudes
In 1962, Clinton “Doc” McPherson, a chemistry professor at Texas Tech University, and his colleague, Bob Reed, an assistant professor of horticulture and entomology, began to cultivate Sangiovese grapes from a planting on Reed’s back patio in Lubbock, Texas. The duo would establish that Vitis vinifera could adapt readily within the Texas High Plains region, a flat area that’s dry and warm during the day, and cool at night. This wasn’t entirely a fluke.
Your guide to getting to the 8 inhabited Channel Islands
From all scenic viewpoints along the Guernsey Coastal Path, a 38-mile walking trail that meanders from beachfront to cliffside and back again, the English Channel looks towards the surrounding oblong, rocky forms in the near distance, the Channel Islands. It’s magical — you’ll see rock samphire, a variety of sea fennel and gorse and shrubs with yellow flowers growing wild along the cliffs.
Pas de deux
CounterPointe examines what performing on pointe means now, more than a century after the ethereal, otherworldly depictions of the female form celebrated in archetypal ballets like Swan Lake and La Sylphide.
Pieces of Ocean Park
For many years, it was thought that Richard Diebenkorn did little to no work on his Ocean Park series outside of California. By that stage of his career, the argument went, considerable productivity outside of the habit-driven clockwork structure Diebenkorn had created in his Santa Monica studio was highly improbable. Aside from intimate landscape sketches, often views from the homes of close friends, few finished drawings from Diebenkorn’s travels in this period have survived.
“Appalachia Now!” Spotlights Artists Challenging Regional Stereotypes
Installation view of Andrew Scott Ross, Gallery of the Thieves , 2019. Courtesy of the Asheville Art Museum. The Asheville, North Carolina–based artist describes a common misconception about the art being made in southern Appalachia. Artists’ works are often categorized as craft and associated primarily with the region, as opposed to connections with the art world at large.
Is Paying for an Airport Lounge REALLY Worth It?
Find out when you should pay for the extra airline perks. Just a decade ago, complimentary airline lounge access, a great perk that comes with being a frequent traveler or, in many cases, by holding an airline affiliated credit card, was relatively easy to come by—you didn’t have to accrue nearly as many miles, spend as much cash or pay as many credit card fees that you have to now.
U.S. National Parks That Are the Best, Biggest, and Most Deadly in the World
Home > National Parks • Outdoors PHOTO: Derek Wright Journey with us as we visit some superlative U.S. National Park Service sites. The U.S. national parks come in all shapes and sizes, from Alaskan parks whose enormity defies comprehension to petite historical parks along the East Coast, with plenty in between.
Wendy S. Walters: There Is No Neutral Body
Wendy S. Walters is a founding director of Essay in Public | A Humanities Project, Senior Nonfiction Editor at The Iowa Review, and author of three books, including two books of poems,Troy, Michigan (Futurepoem, 2014) and Longer I Wait, More You Love Me. She has been awarded fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Poetry, The Ford Foundation, The Smithsonian Institution, and Bread Loaf.
Twenty Democratic Candidates. One Pair of Magic Pants. A Summer They’ll Never Forget.
NEW BOOK ALERT What the world needs is a 680-page, three-pound humor anthology. KEEP SCROLLING TILL YOU FEEL SOMETHING: TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF HUMOR FROM McSWEENEY’S INTERNET TENDENCY is now available for preorder. September 12, 2019 by Amy Frances Wright and Ana Worrel Perhaps it was a coincidence that all twenty Democratic candidates ended up in the same D.C. Salvation Army that pivotal weekday morning. Perhaps it was fate.
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