In the few minutes she talks about the careful curation of the wine list, her passion and deep understanding of wine is electrifying.

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How, pray tell, does one scrub away the red wine stains deep in the bowl without playing too rough with the delicate rim?

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But if Kokomo came on the radio at night when my friends and I were driving around, three or four wine coolers deep, we'd never turn the dial and might even turn up the volume because we loved to hate it.

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The wine showed a beautiful deep red robe, a spicy bouquet of currants and dust.

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His lack of intellectual pretension, his gargantuan appetite for wine and food and his deep love for the French countryside have ensured him a solid base of affection.

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Back in the days of World War I, which judging by the various memorials stabbed deep at the heart of this place, wine was well established here but probably took second fiddle to wool.

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There are certainly exceptions, some notable, but it is more than fair to say in a rather sweeping generalization that California chardonnays are devoted to a rich, fat, buttery style, with a heavy-handed use of oak barrel aging, resulting in a wine best enjoyed on its own or at cocktail parties, usually deep golden in color.

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Milan-based interior designer Ilaria Miani styled their rooms in a palette of deep reds, powdery lavender and asparagus green, installing Italian-made furnishings, kitchens and wine cellars.

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Having been bitten by the wine bug in 2001 after a taste of Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon, Mr. Vanderspuy, who has a deep-rooted history with Stellenbosch, says he recognized that the region's cool, maritime breezes and varied soils had the potential to make great red wine.

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