Wine Scores and Blog

Italian Summer Classics Student Scores

Selection of Italian Wines
From left in the photo above...Tenuta Luisa Sauvignon Blanc 2018, DOC Isonzo del Friuli, $16. FSW Students say: BTerredora di Paolo 2019 “Loggio della Serra” Greco ...
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Wine to pair to the inauguration

Portrait of Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, later 2nd Earl of Clarendon (1688–1709) and his wife, Theodosia Capel, Viscountess Cornbury 1661
​A new president will be sworn in on January 20, 2021.I’ve never celebrated a presidential inauguration; in fact, I’ve never really thought anything about them ...
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Wine or tequila to honor your dying pet?

Older picture of two kids with puppy
The kids dressed up as black labs. We pick up the soft, yellow-blonde puppy on a Sunday afternoon. My daughter, almost four, and my son, ...
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Champagne’s bad luck bubbles (Part 5 of 5)

Row of very dusty old champagne bottles
As I wait to start my interview with Devin Thorpe of Forbes, I sit back from the webcam on my desk, close my eyes and become ...
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Wines to pair with radiation (Part 4 of 5)

Kirsten posting with doctors next to a radiation machine
Radiation is the sneakiest of all the cancer treatments I go through.I meet with the friendly, smiling radiation doc. It’s hard to see her as ...
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Wines for a bigger bust (Part 3 of 5)

Pink and yellow bras hanging on rack at store
When studying red wines, people in the know use categories like the following to describe them: Fruit - How noticeable are the berry aromas and ...
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