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Model Resolutions, continued:
#2 Eat More Foie Gras
This is my personal New Year’s resolution for 2007, actually. And it has something of a dark back story. You see, my former neighbor used to run an intimate, tasty restaurant in Sonoma called Sonoma Saveurs, known in [...]

ShareBecause they always involve giving something up, generally I hate New Year’s resolutions. But then I fell in love with wine. With so many unsampled varieties out there, it made sense to my novitiate mind to promise at the outset of every year to delve into a wine I might otherwise neglect. This spirit expanded [...]

ShareAre you going to get the most mileage possible out of the wine you’ll be drinking this holiday season? I’m not talking about rationing your great aunt’s sherry. I’m talking about matching your wine with your food – which, if done right, makes both your beverage and your dinner taste better.
Problem is, the traditional Thanksgiving [...]

ShareAs a send-off to myself, I offered to raid my cellar for a wine-and-cheese reception at the last meeting of my term on the board of a New York City-based foundation. But then I realized, they don’t let you on the plane now with liquids. When the ban went into place, most people worried aloud [...]

ShareLots of people ask me, “how do I choose the perfect bottle of wine?” I tell them the trick, actually, is first to pick the perfect wine store.
It’s unfortunate that many people feel anxiety around going to the store to buy a bottle of wine. That the stereotypical wine merchant is grey-haired, obtuse, and male [...]

ShareThe label and slander department: Somewhere in wine country, a winemaker is lamenting the truth: he or she shed blood, sweat, and tears crafting a delicious merlot from a difficult vintage, but it was passed over by a customer in favor of a bottle with a wallaby on the label.
Wine Girl is dedicated to putting [...]