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Support Small Wineries With These Coronavirus-Prompted Discounts
[Photograph: Vicky Wasik] There are roughly 10,000 wineries in the US that together employ around one million people and generate about $220 billion annually. With that much on the line, winemakers both large and small have a plan for most contingencies—and an insurance plan for others. But no one saw COVID-19, the coronavirus that's threatening lives and industries across the globe, coming.
Fall 2008 | VQR Online
Fall 2008 The War at Home Volume 84, Number 4 • Elliott Woods on a suicide bombing in Iraq and its aftermath • Joshua Casteel on his time as an Army interrogator at Abu Ghraib • Mara Hvistendahl on China’s gender imbalance • Blake Bailey on John Cheever’s childhood • Another installment of “Jordan W.
What Does Wine Sound Like?
Here’s a question you can probably answer: What did you have to drink last night? Here’s one you probably can’t: What did it sound like? What you probably heard was the pop of the champagne cork or the clink of ice in your Negroni. If you’re like me, you can recall these things if asked, but you don’t really see the point in doing so.
Trading Up: How I Turned a $43 Box of Wine Into a $600 Burgundy
When I tell people I work in the Christie’s wine department, their first question is always, “What’s the most expensive bottle you’ve ever tried?” quickly followed by, “Was it worth it?” The answer is: It’s complicated. It depends on the wine, whom I drank it with, what condition it was in and, of course, who paid for it. Wines are worth different things to different people for different reasons. I’ve met people who wouldn’t give California Cabernet to their dog, and others who drink nothing else.
Best Online Wine Shops
Novelist Chang-rae Lee loves nothing more than hanging out in his local wine shop, but he finds some of his best deals on the Internet. His secret: He's befriended his e-tailer. In recent years, like a lot of people, I've been buying more of my wine online.
The Boundaries of a Breakup
WHEN I broke up with my live-in girlfriend of five years, we divvied up our things, helped each other move into our new apartments, and then stopped seeing each other altogether — a cold-turkey breakup that I was sure was for the best. We didn’t send e-mail messages, call or meet for coffee, and we certainly didn’t go out for drinks. We did, however, remain Facebook friends. I was miserable, and I surmised, via the absence of fun photo updates to her Facebook page, that she was, too.
Jones von Drehle Grows Brilliant Grapes on the Slopes of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains
When Chuck and Diana Jones’s youngest son went off to college, they took on a mission: figure out how to make high-quality wine in their home state of North Carolina. Chuck found a spot on the slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with a cooling breeze that came down the hill at night—promising conditions for growing high-quality grapes. The next find was a partner—or rather, a family of partners: Georgia, Raymond and Ronnie von Drehle (Ronnie and Diana are sisters).
Michigan, Home of Delicious Riesling
California, New York, Oregon and Washington don’t have a monopoly on sun, dirt, water and talented winemakers. Here we look at the best producers in America's unsung wine regions. Michigan: that great mitten in the north, home of Motown, Eminem, Little Caesars and some pretty tasty white wine.
La Garagista Makes Refreshing Rosé in Chilly Vermont
California, New York, Oregon and Washington don’t have a monopoly on sun, dirt, water and talented winemakers. Here we look at the best producers in America's unsung wine regions. La Garagista; Barnard, Vermont Frigid winter cold makes Vermont an unlikely place for quality wine. But Deirdre Heekin, owner of La Garagista, is producing excellent, naturally made bottlings from esoteric, chill-resistant grapes like La Crescent, Marquette and Frontenac Gris.
Madeira: the Offbeat White Wine That's Amazing with Grilled Steak
So you're grilling a steak, and the time has come to open a bottle of wine. It's compulsory to go for a fruity, tannic red like Cabernet Sauvignon, right? Wrong! One of the greatest pairings for beef is a white you may have never heard of: Madeira. This offbeat, fortified wine comes from a Portuguese island, where it undergoes a winemaking process that includes heating and oxidization—two things that are generally considered bad for wine but which give Madeira its super-unique character.
Order Fresh Oysters Online from These 6 Sources
The best way to include oysters at your cookout? Have them shipped to your doorstep. By Charles Antin Updated on December 16, 2022 Photo: © Clare Barboza The best way to include oysters at your cookout? Have them shipped to your doorstep. If you get them direct from an oyster farm, you won’t need to wonder how long they’ve been sitting high and dry at the local grocery store. They’re in the ocean one day, and you’re slurping them down the next.
6 Sources for Super-Fresh Mail-Order Oysters
The best way to include oysters at your cookout this summer? Have them shipped to your doorstep. If you get them direct from an oyster farm, you won’t need to wonder how long they’ve been sitting high and dry at the local grocery store. They’re in the ocean one day, and you’re slurping them down the next. Most farms require overnight shipping for obvious reasons, so buy as local as possible to keep the FedEx bill (and your carbon footprint) down.
5 White Wines You Should Definitely Decant
Sommeliers decant bottles all the time. But though the technique is extremely simple, it tends to provoke anxious questions from the average wine drinker. Which wines should I decant? For how long? Do I need a $500 decanter that looks like a poisonous snake? (Answer: no.) Here's something that might rock your world: Many wine pros even decant white wines before serving. We know—crazy.
Why You Should Drink Marsala, Not Just Cook with It
Nothing against your grandma's chicken Marsala, but the time has come to learn about a worthwhile Sicilian wine that deserves better than being reduced into a sauce. Marsala, from Sicily, is made from white grapes, fortified and then aged in casks before release. Its toffee, fig and raisin flavors have a lot in common with those found in certain styles of sherry and Madeira.
Summer Oyster Guide: 3 Essential Beer Pairings and Why You Can Ignore the "R" Rule
If you love oysters, you've probably heard of the "R" rule, which stipulates not to eat the bivalves in months that don't contain an "R" (i.e. May to August are out). It’s tough to reconcile this concept with the fact that crisp, briny oysters on ice—the flavors of the beach in every half shell—are pretty much the perfect thing to eat all summer long. Luckily, the rule is bunk.
How to Improve Your Wine Memory
You’re at dinner. You’re not concentrating too hard. You have a wine you like. How do you remember, a week later, what you drank? The biggest wine complaint I hear from my friends (normal, functioning members of society, most of them, with normal memories) is that they can’t remember this one bottle they loved. Because I work in the wine business, I often field the questions: “I had it at this new restaurant. It was white. Maybe from Italy?
How Beer Went from Frat House to Auction House
The complaint most often levied against wine auctions is that they’ve helped to elevate the price of certain wines to a level above what most consider reasonable. If you’re a Burgundy drinker, you’re nodding. Somewhere along the way, wine was transformed from a beverage into a luxury good, an asset, even an investment vehicle. And now, the same thing is happening with a beverage that traditionally aligns with the opposite set of values: beer.
Trading Up: How I Turned a $43 Box of Wine Into a $600 Burgundy
In this Article Trade One: A $43 Box of Wine: Trade Two: Three Obscure French Wines Worth $109: Trade Three: One Grand Cru Burgundy Worth $140: Trade Four: Five Premier Cru Burgundies Worth $245: Trade Five: One Burgundy Magnum Worth $290: Success: One Grand Cru Burgundy Worth $600: When I tell people I work in the Christie’s wine department, their first question is always, “What’s the most expensive bottle you’ve ever tried?” quickly followed by, “Was it worth it?” The answer is: It’s...
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