Articles written by Lynn Hoffman
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Tips on How to Buy Wine
There are four strategies to keep in mind if you want to find the best wines at the best price in your local wine shop.
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Vintage of 1968: Port, Bordeaux, Rioja
If you want to celebrate an anniversary with a particular vintage of wine, your choices of 1968's are limited.
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La Dolcetto Vita
What an unfortunate name! Dolcetto sounds like 'dolce' which means sweet in Italian and we live in one of an age when sweet is suspect - at least when it comes to wine.
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Simple, Delicious, Affordable Barbera Wine
Barbera is the yum-yum grape. It makes approachable, affordable red wines that can introduce new wine lovers to the fabulous world of reds.
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Rioja's Tempranillo Grape
Tempranillo is the classic cool-climate wine grape of Northern Spain. It is the dominant grape in the red wines of Rioja, Toro and Ribera del Duero.
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Wine Grape Clones
Grape vines have a wonderful tendency to mutate. Wine growers are taking advantage of these mutations to use familiar varieties to make new flavors in new areas.
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Learning About Wine
Strategies for learning about wine quickly and enjoying every step in the process.
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Sulfites: Danger, Threat or Menace
Why is there a sulfite warning label on your wine? Is wine safe to drink?
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Fixing Football
Suggestions to the Commissioner to make the game more fun to watch and to snag more viewers-even some of those pesky Europeans.
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Preserving an Open Bottle of Wine
Here's what you need to know to be able to enjoy a bottle of wine for several days after it's been opened.
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How to Pick a Wine Shop
The four things you need to know about shopping for wine, with some examples from the Delaware Valley.
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Pressure Cooker Basics
Make quick-cooked, high flavor dishes: soups, stews, brasatos and stocks in a fraction of the time.
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Stout Beer - Guinness and more!
Guinness is king, but there's a lot more to Stout than that. Learn about sweet stout, American stout, and Stout with food.
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Review: Complete Book of Breads
Everything you need to know as a novice breadmaker: create hundreds of different loaves using modern technology and ancient baker's savvy
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Review: Joy of Cooking
Which edition of the Joy of Cooking is right for you? Which Joy makes the best gift?
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Austrian Wine Bargains
Austrian wines, particularly reds from Burgenland are real bargains and worthy of a wine lover's attention.
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The Best Wine Glasses
Glasses make a tremendous difference in the taste of wine. Try this experiment to find out for yourself.
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