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For your game-day party, Charm City's blue crab cakes take on Dungeness crab cioppino from the City by the Bay; plus 25 wines for less than $25 to match
Posted: January 25, 2013 By Robert Taylor
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New Orleans offers myriad food and drink options for anyone coming to the big game; here's my cheat sheet
Posted: January 24, 2013 By Mitch Frank
New Orleans is a little insane right now. Maybe that sounds silly describing a city where it's not odd to witness a brass band marching past your front porch, with your neighbors dancing behind it. But New Orleans is a little more insane than usual right now. This year, wedged tightly in the middle of the Carnival parades that start Friday, the NFL has brought the Super Bowl to town.
Are you coming for the game? Good. (If not, pay attention, because you should visit soon.) It's not hyperbole to say that New Orleans is one of the greatest cities on the planet in which to celebrate. If you enjoy good food, wine, beer, cocktails and music, it is hard to go wrong. Here are some tips for making the best of a trip down here. This isn't a comprehensive list of the best places to eat and drink. It's a handy cheat sheet for anyone coming to watch the 49ers and the Ravens, or just coming to enjoy our insanity.
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Baltimore has much more to offer than crab cakes; San Francisco's bounty goes beyond cioppino
Posted: January 24, 2013 By Robert Taylor
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Plus, a car race in France takes a vineyard detour, the Buffalo Bills partner with an upstate wine distributor, and controversy for post-season MLB bubbly popping
Posted: October 18, 2012
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Collegetown ain't what it used to be. Tailgating at LSU from a Hummer packed with high-end wines
Posted: October 16, 2012 By Robert Taylor
Tailgating is religion in Baton Rouge, La., and when it comes to a huge game between national championship contenders, the Tiger faithful pull out all the stops. Some of them even pull a few corks.
On Saturday night, the defending South Eastern Conference Champion Louisiana State Tigers hosted the undefeated South Carolina Game Cocks at Tiger Stadium, or as I've always known it, Death Valley. As the saying goes here, "You don't just walk into Death Valley." Sometimes, though, you drive up in a fine wine–laden white Hummer.
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Plus, celebrity golfers and Korbel descend on Tahoe, director David Lynch designs his own Dom Pérignon bottle, the French feds bid adieu to Champagne, and more
Posted: July 26, 2012
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Plus, Cornell set for $106 million wine school expansion, a Languedoc rancher claims beef tastes better when the cows get a few bottles of wine, and Scotland authorities seize $82,000 of stolen wine
Posted: July 19, 2012
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Plus, a vine robot that does it all, serious Burgundy wine fraud and Three Fat Guys, a new label from former Packers players
Posted: April 12, 2012
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New England and Manhattan face off with chowder recipes, Mario Batali shares a winning New York pizza and our editors pick 25 value wines for the match
Posted: January 30, 2012 By Robert Taylor
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Unfiltered gazes into the future and sees love blossom for a Sonoma sweetheart on The Bachelor, a holy wine from Tim Tebow, Napa Cabernets on the loose in China, plus, the Occupy movement takes to the vineyards
Posted: January 5, 2012
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Four stars of golf, football and baseball are at the top of the winemaking game
Posted: October 25, 2011 By MaryAnn Worobiec
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The San Diego Chargers introduce a new Napa Cabernet, plus, winemakers chime in on an Anniversary Ale and Russia's Dmitry Medvedev has an interesting opinion on the nation's wine industry
Posted: September 8, 2011
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Plus, former Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer opens a winery, Bordeaux's strange new neighbors, counterfeit white Zinfandel of all things, and more
Posted: June 30, 2011
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Plus, Perrier-Jouët celebrates 200 years with a gift for the ages, and the U.S. Women’s Curling champions head to Denmark with the help of Morey Cellars
Posted: March 24, 2011
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For the game-day party, serve the locals’ signature sandwiches, with 22 wines for $15 or less
Posted: January 31, 2011 By Robert Taylor
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The most popular items of 2010 include the usual handful of beautiful women and professional athletes, a rock star’s documentary, vintners hanging 10 and two forms of thievery
Posted: December 30, 2010
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Plus, Markham Vineyards is giving away $25,000 grants and Germany celebrates 100 years of the VDP eagle label
Posted: July 8, 2010
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Plus, a new "White" Zinfandel takes the stage, and Pennsylvania’s wine vending machines finally hit grocery stores
Posted: June 24, 2010
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Plus, the cult Cab rivalry between Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Saints coach Sean Payton continues, and a glass or two may help those with slow heart rates
Posted: April 8, 2010
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Plus, wine pairing with “mommy’s milk” cheese, Trek winery defends itself against Trek bikes and Cleveland’s former mayor takes a page from Gavin Newsom's book
Posted: March 11, 2010
