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Sep 15, 2010
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...
May 12, 2010
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...
Apr 14, 2010
Tannic Attack
The trend of French wine producers printing varietal names on their labels — rather than highlighting the appellation — seems to be gaining momentum....
Mar 17, 2010
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...
Feb 17, 2010
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...
Jan 20, 2010
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...
Dec 23, 2009
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...
Nov 25, 2009
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...