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Written by Craig Pierce
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Wednesday, 18 May 2005 |
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This South African winery is the "fun label" of the well-known South African winemaker Charles Back. I've spotlighted several examples of this line in this column over the years. |
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Written by Craig Pierce
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Wednesday, 11 May 2005 |
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Middle class South Africans invented the "mixed grill." Here in the states we have barbecues that usually include simple burgers and dogs, or if we're "kickin' it up a notch," steaks with something mundane like chicken breast thrown in for whoever's girlfriend shows up looking for anything that's not red meat. |
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Written by Craig Pierce
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Wednesday, 27 April 2005 |
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My brother is rather fond of what we call "Willy Hill" wines. Being a devoted fan, he brought a bottle of the Napa chardonnay to the yearly family lobster feed we host at my house. Dinner was already running 45 minutes late, as is always the case when I'm cooking 20 lobsters with mussels, corn and sausages in a houseful of people who "help" by keeping my wine glass full (sometimes it takes a tag team of three to keep up). |
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Written by Craig Pierce
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Wednesday, 20 April 2005 |
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Mirassou is another blast from the past years of my hospitality career. I began bartending on the day of my 18th birthday and reasonably soon thereafter discovered wine could be something more than the stuff you hold your breath to swallow at the holiday dinner table. |
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Written by Craig Pierce
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Wednesday, 13 April 2005 |
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The Syrah grape gained fame in France's Rh??ne valley by infusing layers of fruit and an especially spicy backbone to that region's most famous blended wines. |
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