Monday, November 23, 2009

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African-American wineries, ancestry searches are in the spotlight at museum

Get an education in wine while enjoying a night on the town tonight at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Wines available for sampling include red and white wines from three African American-owned wineries. - 11/20/2009

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Beaujolais Nouveau hits shelves today

2009 Beaujolais Nouveau

Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! - 11/19/2009

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Rieslings are a good choice for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a Riesling holiday because of the range of sweet and dry levels, friendly prices and compatibility with roast turkey. And, thankfully, there is no shortage of choices with Michigan labels on them. - 11/12/2009

Get an education in wine at African American Vintners

Wines from African American vintners, like these from Vision Cellars, will be featured at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

You, your honey bunny and a bottle of wine are usually the perfect ingredients for a wonderful evening at home. But for many, selecting a bottle of wine can be daunting. - 11/12/2009

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Pacific Rim puts sparkle in Riesling

White Flowers Riesling is a bargain.

Riesling rules not only in the vineyards of western and northwestern Michigan, but in the high-elevation vineyards in the state of Washington, where Randall Grahm's Pacific Rim Winery is dedicated to the growing of this grape variety. - 11/05/2009

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There's help for amateur winemakers

If the smell of autumn gets your creative juices fermenting, you might want to curl up with the new fourth edition of "Home Winemaking Step-by-Step (Stonemark, $17.95) by Jon Iverson, the bible for many amateur winemakers. And whether you intend to actually crush some grapes or not, you stand to learn something about all those words that get bandied about on the back labels -- acidity, Brix, pH, French oak. - 10/22/2009

Better with age: Paris restaurant to auction 1875 wine, 1788 cognac

Four bottles of the 1875 Armagnac Vieux, covered in a black fungus, were unearthed last week from the Tour d'Argent restaurant's labyrinthine wine cellar. The wine and three bottles of 1788 cognac are being sold at a Paris auction.

Paris -- Over the years, the chief sommelier had forgotten they were there. And when the four bottles of 1875 Armagnac Vieux were finally unearthed from the labyrinthine wine cellar last week, they were covered in a black fungus that looked like matted cat fur. - 10/19/2009

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Cool weather delays harvest; U.P. wine scene warms up

Riesling grapes at Chateau Grand Traverse as they appeared earlier this week.

This and that around Michigan wine country: - 10/08/2009

Sandra Silfven on Wine

Sandra Silfven has written about wine for more than 25 years. She's a longtime copy editor at The Detroit News, as well as a former restaurant critic. Her advice to newbies: "If I can figure out this stuff, so can you!"

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