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Confessions of a Pregnant Wine Writer
About four weeks into my first and so far only pregnancy, I was prescribed Promethazine, a drug often given to cancer patients struggling with...
Shrink This Drink?
Sometimes misreading is so much more interesting than reading things correctly. Case in point: While I was studying up on the history of California...
Tannic Attack
The trend of French wine producers printing varietal names on their labels — rather than highlighting the appellation — seems to be gaining momentum....
A Greener Shade of White
Nearly every winery talks about its eco-friendly wine-making and grape-growing practices these days, so it's hard to know which brands are truly green and...
Pretty and Rich
When I first heard about the upcoming Berkeley Wine Festival, which kicks off at the Claremont Hotel on March 12, I thought it presented...
When Good Friends Bring Odd Wine
I recently threw a party, and among the many bottles of wine people brought as hostess gifts was a 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon from a...
Happy Accidents
You can look at the task of pairing wines with holiday meals in one of two ways: 1) Consider the meal a special occasion...
Comfort Wines
Not drinking wine was my least favorite thing about pregnancy. I'd
hoped that my doctor might have new, unpublicized data that said, "Ill
effects debunked, drink...
