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winezap.com Wondering what wine goes best with that new recipe you just found? Besides listing wines by region, type, price and rating, this online sommelier suggests food-and-wine pairings. In addition to obvious combinations, like a mellow Cabernet with a rare filet mignon, Winezap recommends unlikely matches, like Barolo with curried dishes. The full-bodied Italian red, it explains, will accentuate the heat of the dish rather than tone it down...
...like a soap bubble. Is there any human being who can truly appreciate the difference between an exorbitantly expensive bottle of Bordeaux and an excellent, modestly priced wine from California or Australia? Can one be 20 times happier with a glass of Bordeaux than with a glass of American Cabernet Sauvignon? Only very few wine experts could discern the country of origin, and none of them could taste the prices. The wines of Bordeaux will fall in value when consumers' tastes turn toward the much cheaper wines of the New World. Let the free market play its role. Rudolf Wicki...
...usually sells his entire wine output to a local merchant, who bottles and markets it for him. But this year, for the first time, the merchant is refusing to take any of it. The stainless-steel vats in Charles' shed are filled with tens of thousands of liters of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from last year's harvest that he's now frantic to sell at any price to make room for this year's crop. Charles, 58, stands in his courtyard, surrounded by clucking hens, and struggles for words to describe his predicament. "It's never happened before...
...church, the picture couldn't be more different. Charles usually sells his entire output to a local merchant, who bottles and markets it for him. But this year, for the first time, the merchant won't touch the stuff. Stainless-steel vats are filled with thousands of gallons of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from last year's harvest that Charles is frantic to sell at any price to make room for this year's crop. Charles, 58, stands in his courtyard, surrounded by clucking hens, and struggles for words to describe his predicament. "It's never happened before," he says...
...Brown Eyed Girl. Then we hugged, traded e-mails and promised to stay in touch. And much as I think s'mores are better than they really are, I've already bought some Diageo wine. But not nearly enough to make up for all that Georges de Latour Cabernet I drank...