Wine tarrifs are back Starting January 12, 2021 the Trump administration said it will target more German and French wineFrench wine and spirits with 25% tariffs. The latest escalation in a tariff fight related to a dispute over commercial-jetliner subsidies. The U.S. will for the first time
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Most wines available today are ready to drink when purchased The average aging time for wine we drink today can be said to be a couple of hours. From the time we buy it at the store to the time it takes us to drive home,
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Wine Pairings Pairing wine with food; people want to know what wine goes with the food they eat. It takes repeat wine pairings to get the hang of it but if you have the knowledge to start testing you’ll soon be the one your friends ask
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Corona Virus Cork Ball How-To make your own cork ball using your 2020 corona virus collection of corks. You can use red or white wine corks, but I like to use red wine corks and expose the red-soaked cork outwards.
Unique wine gifts for wine lovers You may know someone who loves to drink wine, talk about wine, buy wine, have wine parties, visit wineries and has a lot of wine gifts. This may leave you wondering what on earth you could buy them that they
Read MoreMaking Beef Bourguignon Using my favorite cook book, this is an easy rendition of beef bourguignon. My Winespill makes beef stew the French way with 2 glorious ingredients: bacon and Pinot Noir! Julia Child has described the dish as "certainly one of the most delicious beef dishes
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As wine windows become popular again, let's travel back to a time when ‘wine windows’ were used during the bubonic plague in Europe as a method of socially distanced wine selling. Wine producers passed the flask of wine through the wine window and they passed
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Being house bound and thirsty I remember an add I saw last summer for a summer duo: a House Wine & Cheez-It dual-sided box. It was a limited-edition product offered last July of one-part box of Original Cheez-It, one-part Original Red Blend box of House
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As protests rage across the United States, calling for an end to police brutality and injustice for the murder of George Floyd, there are many ways you can take action in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the black community. Along with donating
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Have you been good during all the madness of 2020. Good enough that the wine fairies will leave you a wine fairy gift basket? Forget about Santa Clause. Bring joy to your neighbors during the lockdowns with a movement of kindness. These “wine fairies” have
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