At Cana, her son is like a stranger, "oddly formal and grand, " who seems to perform a wine-based party trick in front of drunks.
Get an introduction at the International Wine Academy of Roma, which offers a range of courses, tastings and wine-based tours, catering to everyone from beginners to seasoned aficionados.
But if you're overwhelmed by the list of 25 cocktails, containing unfamiliar ingredients like Velay Jaune (a herbal liqueur) and Bonal (a wine-based aperitif infused with herbs), Livigni recommends the Le Samourai cocktail, made of Armagnac, raspberry, rhubarb and umami.
Two California-based wine e-tailers are planning to merge in a bid to create the leading online store offering advice on wine, ratings and reviews.
Oculus is the flagship wine, merlot-based, but the rieslings were some of my favorites too.
The epiphany Sharp had led to the creation of The Urban Wine Company, a London-based collective of growers committed to making wine with their own grapes.
Meerlust, Warwick, Kanonkop, Rustenberg and Vergelegen wine estates are just a handful of producers making world-class red wine based on Cabernet Sauvignon.
"It's not just sommeliers, but high-end retailers who are making the market, " said Evan Spingarn, German-brand manager for New York-based wine importer David Bowles.
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Under the advisement of Michel Rolland, a Bordeaux-based wine consultant, Grover produces a variety of whites and reds, including sauvignon blanc, viognier, cabernet and shiraz, that are as palatable with a plate of cumin-crusted lamb chops as they are on their own.
Women are the biggest buyers of accessories, according to Marshall Tilden III, sales manager of the Wine Enthusiast, a New York-based company that is one of the biggest purveyors of accessories, both retail and wholesale (it sells to about 500 stores nationwide).
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It just so happens that most wine-and-food absolute write-offs are based around vegetables.
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Mr. Burnton is a London-based sportswriter for the Guardian who took to writing about wine because he "needed a hobby that could be pursued despite a sudden inability to go out" after his first child was born.
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The runaway vintage is quite a feat for the Casella winery, founded by two Italian immigrants in 1969, which only recently was selling wine to the company that's now its main competitor, Southcorp, the Sydney-based giant.
The drug, which is based on a chemical found in red wine that is thought to mimic the life-prolonging effects of a very low-calorie diet, proved safe.
Another strong buy from Marketocracy is an Ohio-based, metal and glass container company that specializes in containers for soft drinks, wine, beer, tea, juice and pharmaceuticals.
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