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Wine Subject to Availability? Texas Sommeliers Respond
March 30, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Wine of the Week: Your Grandfather's Chianti But I Like It
March 26, 2012 in Eating Our Words
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Wine Time: What To Do When Fine Wine Service Is Really Bad?
March 23, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Photos via La Fondation des Amis de l'Art Culinaire.A tastevin or "wine taster" is the traditional vessel used by sommeliers to taste wine. Made out of silver or other precious...
Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs
March 21, 2012 in Eating Our Words
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Wine Time: A Natural Sicilian in Houston
March 20, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Photo by Jeremy Parzen.If you've been following along here at Wine Time, then you certainly know a thing or two about Natural wine and the often heated debate in the...
Wine of the Week: Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir (Willamette)
March 19, 2012 in Eating Our Words
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Odd Pair: Extreme House-Cured Charcuterie
March 16, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Ever since the late 1990s and the advent of Molto Mario and his in-house salumeria at Babbo in Manhattan, extreme house-cured charcuterie has been embraced by chefs...
Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs
March 14, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Wine of the Week: Who Needs Another Merlot When You Have Cerasuolo di Vittoria?
March 12, 2012 in Eating Our Words
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Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs
March 09, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Joe ShlabotnikVintageTexas: While we were celebrating the Texas repatriation of Houston native son and U.S. wine celebrity Ray Isle, it seems that top Texas wine blogger Russ Kane was not...
Wine Time: Houston Native Wine Celeb Ray Isle Talks Texas Wine
March 07, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Wine of the Week: An Albario That Really Delivered
March 05, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Odd Pair: What Wine Do You Pair With Salad?
March 02, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs
February 29, 2012 in Eating Our Words
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From Defender of Wily Politicians, Serial Killers and Drug Dealers to Texas Winemaker
February 27, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Photos by Jeremy Parzen.From politician Tom DeLay and serial killer Robert Durst to some of Houston's most notorious cocaine dealers, Lewis Dickson's Houston-based law firm has defended some of the...
Odd Pair: Pizza and Champagne (Socialism)
February 24, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs
February 22, 2012 in Eating Our Words
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The Venetian Origins of Mardi Gras
February 21, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Photo via Alloggi Barbaria Blog Su VeneziaTo this day, Carnevale and Mardi Gras are celebrated in Venice with food and wine, relaxed sexual mores, masks, and transvestism (in the literal...
Wine of the Week: Chardonnay
February 20, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Odd Pair: Mile-High Wine
February 17, 2012 in Eating Our Words
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Wine Time: Sparkling Wines for Cocktails
February 15, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Back at the end of 2011, when we were writing a lot about Champagne and other sparkling wines for the holidays, reader John wrote us asking for...
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The World's Sexiest Wine for Valentine's Day
February 13, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Photo via Mazaratour.it.Roman native Piera Farina makes a line of wines called "Kama," inspired by the Kama Sutra. The labels describe the bottle's contents as "sex wine."We've written about wine...
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Wine of the Week: A Red That Lasts for Days
February 07, 2012 in Eating Our Words
Photo by Tracie P.After what's your favorite wine?, the question that I get asked the most at wine tastings and seminars is how do you make wine last after you've...
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Like the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission on Facebook?
February 06, 2012 in Eating Our Words
This morning, I captured the above screenshot of the new TABC Facebook.Remember the Jonathan Franzen New York Times essay from last year, "Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts"?...
Odd Pair: Sushi and Wine (a Preview of Uchi's Wine List)
February 03, 2012 in Eating Our Words
