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The Varietal: Rubired Although you may be familiar with the delicious Ruby Red grapefruits from Texas, it’s unlikely you have encountered Rubired, the wine grape. It’s rare to find it used on its own, as...
Crossing the Po River, leaving Lombardia, we enter the heart of Pianura Padana, the widest Italian plateau. This is land of fertile soil, rightly considered the vegetable garden of Italy, and this is where most...
If you have ever had fresh oysters with an icy-chilled white wine from Northern Italy, or a lush, rich California Zinfandel to wash down braised lamb shanks with creamy mashed potatoes, then you know how...
This month we feature Grenache as the star grape. There are over 456,000 acres of Grenache planted around the world, mostly in France (sometimes known as Grenache Noir), followed by Spain (Garnacha or Garnatxa), Italy...
Seven Stills Edition Happy June! Born and bred right here in San Francisco, we are showcasing Seven Stills. The distillery/brewery began their days making vodka, then moved onto producing whiskey, and now they brew beer....
We selected two family owned maisons; each of these producers represent two different philosophies on how to create amazing bubbles. One style is rich and voluptuous, and the other is nervous, intriguing and ethereal. A...
