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Vegan black bean burgers and organic wine: A planet-conscious pairing (#winePW)

Back in the day – a decade ago, actually, when I was first getting into wine seriously, few producers made wine from organic grapes. I’d wander around the Pennsylvania state store in a futile search for these wines before finally having to flag down a sales assistant to help me. Organic wine is now a $54.5 […]

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Three wines for three ‘difficult’ foods (#winePW)

Dinner’s ready! Fresh produce from the farmers’ market. Grilled meat seasoned to perfection or a tasty vegetarian/vegan alternative. Rainy-day chili to warm you inside out. Ready to pour the wine? Ah, therein lies the rub. Spot-on wine and food pairing can be a beast to master. Chances are you won’t get it right every time.

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Don’t let dinner give you the pairing blues (#winePW)

Food and wine pairing can be a source of either delight or grief, especially this time of year when nature begins to offer up its bounty – peas, beans, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, and that especially troublesome pairing nemesis, asparagus. What wine goes with these goodies? And what about those other foods that set

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Take-aways from a week of glorious Prosecco DOCG (#ItalianFWT)

Home at last! Road construction, traffic tie-ups and now a UPS door tag reminded me I had missed the initial delivery of Prosecco DOCG for the next Italian Food, Wine and Travel (#Italian FWT) chat on July 6. Ugh! No worries – UPS would be back. Time to settle into the comfy chair, tune into

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Sheepish about new kinds of wine? Try Pecorino! (#ItalianFWT)

Once upon a long time ago, I majored in English language and literature. Decades later, I’m finding myself fascinated by Italian words. It all started when Lynn at Savor the Harvest challenged the Italian Food, Wine and Travel (#ItalianFWT) group of bloggers to write about pecorino or other grape varieties from Le Marche or Abruzzo

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