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A Nutty Food Pairing …
No, not nutty-crazy, nutty-nutty. Meaning, with nuts! With apologies to the allergic amongst you, this is a post in praise of nuts. Why nuts? Because they’re a bridge ingredient. How? Because their...
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Wine. What Is Hip?
News flash, cash the man in black is brac and bric, with a quick and the girl from Ipanema has a dream-a that we all get along like the notes in a song that we want to teach the world... Read More ›
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I Found My Thrill …
Spoiler Alert: –Ridge Vineyards and Blue Hill (in New York) are teaming up for an EXTRAORDINARY wine & food event on March 25th, and you can find out all about it on Blue Hill’s Facebook page,...
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1994 Monte Bello: Tasting Notes, Tasting Stories …
Cellarable wines in the middle years of their developmental trajectory can be funny things. Often, they seem to come in and out of focus right before your eyes. When they coalesce around a profile,...
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An Evening With Jon Bonné
A wine writer can be a polarizing thing, I concede that. A wine writer can be many things, from retail shill to arcane philosopher, muckraker to dogsbody, provocateur to milquetoast; from curator of...
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The Four Humors … Of Wine!
Being a tradition-minded fellow, I am — when it comes to matters medical, anatomical, physiological, and psychological — a bit of a “Humorist”; that is to say, when in search of physio-spiritual and...
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Double Descanting: scenes from RIDGEtalks – Talking 2010 Monte Bello
Ever wondered which classic Monte Bello vintage our winemaking team thinks most resembles the current release? Ever wondered which vintage of Monte Bello VP of Vineyard Operations David Gates wishes he...
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Christopher Prepares The Holiday Feast: Part V, section II: The Soak!
Post Summary: 4488: A Ridge Blog celebrates the launch of the Ridge Vineyards 2013 Holiday Offerings by highlighting each of the six signature Wine & Food pairings featured in the 2013 Ridge...
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Gargling With Monte Bello ~or~ Christopher Prepares The Holiday Feast: Part...
And in the wine-dark night of your trembling soul you must ask yourself: Have you gargled Monte Bello over steaming loin of venison? ~ Post Summary: 4488: A Ridge Blog celebrates the launch of the...
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Announcing the 2013 Ridge Vineyards Wine of the Year!
And what a year it’s been! So rich with memories, adventures, tales and tastes; can it really be a mere 12 months ago that we were first tasting the 2008 Lytton Estate Syrah? It could be a lifetime...
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