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LIVE LONG AND PROSPER / how I found the secret to longevity in a $12 bottle of wine

by Larry Levine | Feb 3, 2017

By Larry Levine – If I told you I have the secret to longevity, that probably would get your attention, right? It involves wine, red wine to be precise. And, no, it has nothing to do with those studies that claim a glass of red wine every day is good for your... Read More

THE DINNER PARTY WINE TRAP / how I drank more than $650 worth of wine in one evening at home

by Larry Levine | Nov 21, 2016

By Larry Levine – I love the days and weeks of planning and then the cooking for dinner parties at home – dinners at which Jennifer and I host five or six friends. It’s more than just the food. It’s the warm gathering for evenings, when ideas are exchanged, laughter... Read More

WINING IN NEW YORK STATE’S FINGER LAKES / like Napa before it became famous

by Larry Levine | Jul 20, 2015

By Barry Wellman – Remember Napa Valley before it became famous in the 1970s after a wine tasting event in Paris found Napa’s top wines rivaled famous French cuvees? (If you don’t, read George Taber’s The Judgment of Paris.) There were some small wineries then of... Read More

FINALLY MEETING THE LITTLE (NOT-SO-OLD) WINEMAKER IN GAILLAC, FRANCE

by Larry Levine | May 18, 2015

By Barry Wellman – When I was a boy in the 1950s, I really believed in the “Little Old Winemaker” ad – he who carefully crafted great wines by himself – even though I had only tasted its one known competitor: sweet Manischewitz made from red Concord grapes.... Read More

FOOD BOOK REVIEW – Judgment of Paris / California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine

by Larry Levine | Sep 8, 2014

By Larry Levine  – My introduction to good wine came under a shade tree at the Beringer Winery in St. Helena in California’s Napa Valley in 1963. It was the dawning of the glory days for California wine as well as for my own interest in and appreciation of wine.... Read More

CALIFORNIA’S “OTHER” GREAT WINE REGION / tasting in Sonoma County

by Larry Levine | Sep 4, 2014

By Larry Levine – They produce what may be the two best cabernet sauvignons in America – among the best in the world and they are just 34 miles apart. Yet, in many ways they couldn’t be more different in their approaches to almost everything having to do with... Read More
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    • CONGRESS TO AMERICA’S POOR: Let them eat dirt
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    • Foie Gras
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