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        What to do during life transitions....
       
      
        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      This week, life threw a massive curve ball at Creative Loafing Media. Taken over by the NYC-based hedge fund to whom we owed a ton of money, each employee processed the news in a different way: sadness, optimism, relief. Me? I got shit-faced. On great wine. I figured if my family&#39;s legacy is going down, I should consume voluminous amounts of quality juice. Fast. However, the questioned remained ... which ones? So many choices, so little time to race and
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        Top 10 wines for the money right now....
       
      
        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      This column should have perforated edges so people can tear it out. It answers the number one wine question that echoes in my inbox and phone: What&#39;s really tasty and affordable right now? Ever since this recession withered wallets around the world, it&#39;s been my quest to find the best deals. Kim Crawford 2008 Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough (New Zealand) This reliably charming wine is thankfully available everywhere, and capped with a screwtop, no less. Its green grass aromas give way
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    <title>Don&amp;#39;t cry for Argentina wines</title>
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        Malbec wines are taking over....
       
      
        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      Forget the tango -- malbec is fast becoming the beloved icon of Argentina. I wrote about this humble red grape back in 2006, when it was just creeping into the spotlight, but since then its popularity has spread like the macarena at a redneck wedding. And no wonder -- malbec is practically perfect. This disrespected French grape originally hails from Bordeaux, where it slaves for the hallowed cabernet sauvignon and merlot grapes. Winemakers use malbec to soften the often harsh
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    <title>No wine with salad? Lettuce surprises you</title>
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        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      The snooty side of food pairings preaches &quot;No Wine with Salad.&quot; I fed on this falsehood for years, following the widely-held mantra like an evangelical wino. Then one day, a miraculous salad and vino combo made me rethink my reliance on traditional not-so-wisdom. Not that I was always so cool and contrarian. Before my re-awakening, I lapped up all the drivel wine magazines and writers spit out. But, like a rebellious teenager, I slowly realized it wasn&#39;t adding up. Salads
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Chill down you red wines for the summer</title>
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        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      Maybe I have a seasonal affective disorder, since I always veer away from red wine during the hot months. It&#39;s hard-wired into my DNA, and I find it more thirst-busting to lace my fingers around a chilled glass of ros&eacute; or white wine when the mercury hits 85. But there are a lot of red-wine-etarians out there and I occasionally desire something ballsier even as sweat drools down my face. Enjoy reds in the summer? Sure. The best way to
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    <title>White Bordeaux: Blends have more fun</title>
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        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      Picture a winery lab lined with brimming beakers. A racy sauvignon blanc white wine in one, an earthy s&eacute;millon in another. Like mixing up a monster martini, winemakers blend single-varietal wines together to find their signature cocktail. The painstaking process adds complexity to the final product and squeezes maximum flavor out of a vineyard. Getting the right combo, however, isn&#39;t obvious -- the wrong recipe can turn people off faster than this season of Top Chef. But as far as
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    <title>Professional wine writer seeks Goode job</title>
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        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      The six-month dream job of Wine Country Lifestyle Correspondent at Murphy-Goode Winery has been blowing up the blogosphere. $10,000 per month to live at the winery in Sonoma Valley, write and ride the social media wave. It&#39;s a sweet gig for whoever gets it. And I threw my glass into the ring. Initially, I learned about the opportunity from my father-in-law who lives 9,167 miles from home, in Australia. Hell, if there&#39;s ever been an example of social networking efficacy,
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    <title>Sangria and boxed wines help conserve cash</title>
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        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      After my annual July 4th party, the recycling bin brims with a mountainous pile of wine bottles. I imagine the recycling guy considers me a lapsed Friend of Bill, but it doesn&#39;t matter -- our nation&#39;s birthday is the day to enjoy everything. In honor of our America&#39;s independence, here are some creative tips to prepare for the celebration. Introduce the Box Ignore the naysayers who might not be hip to the newfangled wine-in-a-box. Once derided as an outlet for
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    <title>Great wine requires practice</title>
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      Like the violin I misused as a tot, wine requires practice. I don&#39;t read many books about it, although I definitely should; I don&#39;t study it much anymore, although that might make me sound smarter. But I drink. A lot. Not to alcoholic levels -- though the thought has fluttered across my throbbing, hungover mind -- but enough to become intimate with countless grapes. It&#39;s important, since habitual tasting trains the tongue to decipher chardonnay or riesling and, with practice,
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    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>How to clean up and avoid wine stains</title>
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      Stains are the mundane bane of many red wine drinkers. Inevitably, juice dribbles down the shirt, drips on the carpet, or spills on the clean -- mostly likely new -- white tablecloth. It&#39;s inevitable and a buzz kill. One of my cream-colored couches, which I bought long before wine controlled my life, is now dotted with pinkish splotches, whispering tales of half-drunken accidents that weren&#39;t mopped up. But my spill knowledge has grown and I&#39;m ready to share my expert
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        Pairing wines with backyard barbeque...
       
      
        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      This time of year, states north of Florida lead the good life. Just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, Mother Nature ushers in mild weather up there while she shoves torrid 90 degrees/80 percent humidity down my throat. But it signals the official beginning of grilling season and that&#39;s always a good thing. So grab what you got in the fridge and get cooking.Which might be chicken sausages and microbrew, if my current fridge contents are any indication. When
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      Listening to the pre-trip food-poisoning, bug-eating horror stories, I expected to lose weight. But far from the miracle Dexatrim solution I&#39;d envisioned, my recent vacation in China proved to be an incredible culinary adventure.China is far more modern, clean and sophisticated than I ever imagined, at least in the cities. Its citizens are warmly hospitable and enthusiastically curious about Americans. But they don&#39;t drink wine. Beijing and Shanghai had wine bars, but I didn&#39;t spy many Chinese filling the seats;
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    <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Bacon flavored vodka is on its way</title>
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      It sounds like&nbsp;bottled baked potato with bacon topping. It kinda skeezes me out, yet intrigues. But, given the&nbsp;growing fascination with all things pork and cured,&nbsp;we should have expected it: A potato-based vodka with a &ldquo;savory bacon flavor&rdquo; has been invented in Seattle. Created by Black Rock Spirits after two years of testing, Bakon Vodka celebrates the renaissance of our favorite salty slab. With no tongue-in-cheek, they are &ldquo;bringing home the bacon.&rdquo;The website says: &ldquo;Our vodka is column-distilled using a single
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      I&nbsp;have adorable twin nieces. As they&#39;ve gotten older, I can tell them apart by personality (and each helpfully favors either purple or pink), but when they were tiny tots, it wasn&#39;t as easy. One birthmark differentiated them and served as my twin detector for many years.If only Italian wines were as easy. They have this fascinatingly confusing twin situation - two wines labeled Montepulciano [MON teh pool CHAH no]. From two different regions. Made from two different grapes. It&#39;s about
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        By Taylor Eason
      
      
      The older I get, the more I realize the details of life matter most. Not the car I drive -- although my Mini Cooper is so freakin&#39; cute it&#39;s sinful -- or the life- and time-saving gadgets that organize my scattered brain. What matters is appreciating the gushing sweetness of the season&#39;s first strawberry, the soft touch of my cat&#39;s fur or the first sip of a perfect white wine on a warm spring afternoon. &#39;Tis the season to start
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