Stroganoff and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)
Sour cream and mushrooms run this dish, not the beef, and both punish tannin. Why Pinot Noir wins, what to avoid, and one bottle for both versions.
Read moreBest Cheese With Red Wine (and the Best Red for Each)
Red wine and cheese works about half the time. Here is which cheese to buy for the bottle you have opened, which reds fight back, and why tannin is the whole story.
Read moreDoes Vermouth Have Sugar? The Numbers, by Style
Every vermouth has sugar, but the amount is set by law. The five label terms, what they mean in grams, and how much lands in a Negroni or a Martini.
Read moreWine Pairing With Salad: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)
Salad is not hard to match, the dressing just gets in the way. Here is what to pour, what to avoid, and why no wine can out-acid a vinaigrette.
Read moreJOQINEER Electric Wine Aerator Review: Does a Pump Beat a Pourer?
Our electric wine aerator review: the JOQINEER pump wakes up a young red in seconds, cannot soften tannin, and is currently hard to find. What it does well and what it does not.
Read moreBest Wine for Stuffed Mushrooms: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)
Pinot Noir most nights, lightly oaked Chardonnay when the filling is cheesy, and dry sparkling for a party tray. Here is why big reds fail with mushrooms.
Read moreBest White Wine for Mushroom Sauce: In the Pan and in the Glass
Which white wine to cook mushroom sauce with, which one to drink with it, and why they are not always the same bottle.
Read moreWhat Is Verjus? The Kitchen Acid That Does Not Fight Your Wine
Verjus is the juice of unripe grapes, pressed before it can ferment. It is sour without the sting of vinegar, and it is the one acid that leaves your wine alone.
Read moreFrench Kiss Cocktail Recipe: Raspberry, Vodka and Bubbles
How to make a French Kiss cocktail: vodka, Chambord and dry sparkling wine, one glass or a six-glass party batch, plus the bottle to buy and how many standard drinks you are holding.
Read moreRiedel Winewings Sauvignon Blanc Review: Are Riedel Glasses Worth It?
The flat-bottomed Winewings glass genuinely makes Sauvignon Blanc smell louder. The Australian price is the problem. An honest review, tested against two ordinary glasses.
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