Rose wines pair beautifully with tomatoes’ acidity
Here, a paean to pink, for this is not only the season for dry rose but also its reason. Few wines are more versatile with food than dry pink wines,...
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Fresh, zippy wines match pasta dish’s saltiness
The subtext to most of the wine-with-food rules that have been handed down for years, from the strict "red wine with red meat" to the modernist "drink whatever you like,"...
Futile wine quest doesn’t need to be
A couple times a week, I receive email such as these: "Please recommend some retail outlets where I can find your selections, as there are many I would like to...
Pairing wines with a tomato and curried rice soup
It seems superfluous (right down to the Latin roots of that word) to drink wine with soup, as though one liquid needed another. However, texture matters — on either side...
Chablis keeps it clean, unadorned
When people return from a trip to the wine country, they often bring back a few bottles of liquid memory. I bring back rocks. A solid piece of a vineyard...
Chablis keeps it clean, unadorned
When people return from a trip to the wine country, they often bring back a few bottles of liquid memory. I bring back rocks. A solid piece of a vineyard...
Wines sparked with zesty, crisp acidity for salmon
Remember, it's not so much what you start with that matters to the wine; it's how you end it. Salmon by itself can handle nearly any color of wine. Light...
Women and wine: A tribute to mothers and the feminine in oenology
Happy Mother's Day, Mom. She won't read that; she's long gone. Still, I honor her and praise her. She first interested me in wine and so, in a manner of...
Wines with hint of sweet for a sweet/sour recipe
The saucing on this dish comes close to the sweet-sour Sicilian preparation, agrodolce. The combination of orange juice, sweated onions and balsamic brings along significant levels of sweetness and acidity....
Finding the eats for styles of chardonnay
Perhaps chardonnay is the world's most popular fine white wine grape because its wine just tastes so delicious all by itself. For years, shorthand for "a glass of white wine,...