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Pairing Merlot while the kitchen is out of service (#winePW)

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Have you ever expected house guests in the middle of a kitchen remodeling project? This was the situation I faced last week when two bottles of Merlot were due to arrive. Both wines are from highly respected producers that I’ve gotten to know. So, in a sense, I regard them as old friends rather than […]

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More than ‘Zin’ grows in Lodi’s sandy soils

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I confess. Until I joined “A Virtual Sip of Lodi” on Snooth earlier this month, I thought this California wine region was almost all about Zinfandel. “Zin” is jammy. It’s just not my jam! Via the virtual sip – and actual sips of six Lodi wines – I learned that this region actually has quite

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