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Sustainable 412 City Cider showcases ‘terroir’ of urban apples

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What is sustainable agriculture, and who are the innovators among the many people who label their practices “sustainable”? These were the questions that motivated me to attend the 28th annual Pennsylvania Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in early February, the same day as Leah Lizarondo presented the keynote address, “Waste Not: The Moral […]

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Think Spring! Cabernet Franc Rosé Paired with Pasta e Piselli (#WinePW)

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Four inches of snow fell in Central Pennsylvania this first full week of March 2019, and temperatures dipped into the teens overnight. Now, I’m not here to report on the weather or invite a pity party (unless there’s wine, of course). Elsewhere in the country, people will be singing the winter blues much louder and

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Oregon wine through a Permaculture lens

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Nature and nurture join forces at Forest Edge Vineyard, a micro-sized winery on a 45-acre site in the foothills of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains where Ron Webb and Jan Wallinder churn out “extraordinary everyday wine.” I was intrigued by this phrase and by the couple’s commitment to farming by the principles of Permaculture, a design system

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Meatless in Uruguay – Is that possible? #WinePW

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When I imagine Uruguay, I picture beef – slabs of tender beef sizzling on open wood fires, fat dripping into the flames. Grilled meat just screams for bold tannic wine. And as luck (or nature) would have it, Uruguay’s barbecue finds a worthy match in its signature grape, Tannat. Originally from southwestern France, this easily

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Of chicken wings and Chardonnay

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Ah, Chardonnay. So common, so versatile that almost every winemaker keeps one in her portfolio. Warm or cool climate, good ol’ Chardonnay performs. The grape offers up a clean slate on which to stamp a style – from steely naked minerality to barrel-oaked creaminess and lots of variations in between. Is that bad? I wonder

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