Author: Amy
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The Web Uncorked – Saving money & saving lives with wine
It’s all about saving money and saving lives this week…. Lower wine prices may lead fewer traffic fatalities, reports the Washington Post. Good news: Wine is projected to be one of the 12 things that will be less expensive in 2012. Click over to see why and what else you can save on this year.…
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Anthony Road Wine Company
After reading Summer in a Glass: The Coming of Age of Winemaking in the Finger Lakes, I knew a trip to the Finger Lakes would not be complete without a stop at Anthony Road Wine Company. I was delighted when the owners, John and Ann Martini, as well as their winemaker, Johannes Reinhardt, all agreed…
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Behind the Scenes at Crush with Pomum Cellars
This month I had the opportunity to work behind-the-scenes for a few days with Javier Alfonso, owner, winemaker and chief janitor (his words) of Pomum Cellars in Washington state. I helped check on the grapes, met with the farmers, brought grapes back to the winery for processing, hand sorted, crushed, did a lot of rinsing…
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Max’s Wine Dive in Houston, Texas
This was just one of the signs that greeted me as I went to meet with Jacob Fairchild, the director of wine sales for Max’s Wine Dive in Houston. “Merlot is the new Merlot,” said another one. Obviously I was in for a treat. But I knew that already. About two weeks prior to the…