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Incisive features on wine people, places, trends and issues that affect the selection,
style and value of the wines you’ll want to buy – and places you’ll want to visit.

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• Roll Out the Barrel to Great Riojas NEW!

• Break Out The Bubbles

• Happy 300th Birthday, Chianti!

• Loosen Up and Enjoy Great Food and Great Wine

• Own A UK Vineyard!

• When It’s on Your Wine’s Label, GAJA Means Great

• Portugal: A Field Blend of Wine Dreams

• Sip and Say Cheese! Nibble and Say Wine!

• Sicily Hits Its Wine Stride

• “Hot” Chilean Wines

• Chill Out With Beaujolais! It’s Cool!

• Somewhereness: The Aha! Moment

• Wynning ways in Coonawarra

• Sherry Baby! What's up in the land of this great wine.

• Spotlight on Modern German Wines

• Burgundy Comes Through, Yet Again
• California Style
• A Shining New Light in Brunello di Montalcino
• Alvaro Palacios Reigns Supreme in Spain
• The Wines of Sicily. Frank climbs a volcano!
• The Mondavi Story and La Porta di Vertine Profile
• Locavores and Local Heroes
• The Truth about German Rieslings
• Welcome to Wine Country Ontario
• The Naked Truth About Chablis
• Checking out wines in Spain's River Duero Region
• Happy 80th Birthday Mouton Cadet
• California Chard Overview and Ontario Chards in the UK
• François Lurton and La Chablisienne
• The start of our series on the wines of the Loire
• Hardys wines and Croft's Pink Port
• The Yellow Tail Story & a Zinfandel Update
• Ricasoli Redux and Southbrook Steps It Up a Notch
• Boy! What a Vintage! Chile 2007 Makes History
• Going South... to Niagara
• Canada's Answer To Bordeaux
• Pretty Bubbles... In The Glass!
• Wines That Count! Pick Your Number
• Breathing New Life Into Your Wine Glass
• Take Me To Your Lieder
• Centuries-Old Sunlight Caught in a Bottle
• Sparkling Performer From Catalonia
• Sauvignon Blanc: Hey, Wild Thing!
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Fresh Vinho Verde: The Zing of Spring!, Further Southbrook?
• Not just ANY port in THIS storm!
• Many Happy Returns, Southbrook!
• Vincor is taking over the world
• Ontario is HOT and we're not talking temperature!
• Good news from France! (Australia, too)
• Bordeaux Wine Sales Hitting the Wall
• How Sweet It Is! Nectars of the Gods
• Modern Pinot Noir, United We Drink, Summer in Germany
  & California Treasures!
• Appreciating Cheese, Southbrook, Barossa & More!
• Dom Perignon: Frank Explains It All & Lots More Besides
• New Zealand's Other White, & More!
• Tougher Sledding for California

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