Vinography Images: The Wine Library
April 22, 2011 by Vinography: A Wine Blog
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The Wine Library
I always enjoy poking around in the wine cellars of wineries. I like seeing where they keep their reserve stocks — their wine libraries of past vintages from which they carefully select a bottle to serve or share on special occasio…
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L&M Companies, Inc. Recalls One Lot of Whole Cucumbers Because of Possible Health Risk
April 22, 2011 by FDA Food Safety RSS Feed
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L&M Companies, Inc. of Raleigh, NC is issuing a voluntary recall of one lot (1590 cartons) of whole cucumbers because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses have been reported in association with this recall, and no othe…
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Undeclared Milk in “Carob Brown Rice Crunch Squares” & “Carob Mint Miniatures”
April 22, 2011 by FDA Food Safety RSS Feed
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New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine today alerted consumers of undeclared milk in “Carob Brown Rice Crunch Squares” and in “Carob Mint Miniatures”, packaged and distributed by Simple Foods, located at 116 Killewald Avenu…
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Woodsmoke Provisions Voluntarily Recalls 160 packages of 4 oz. The Fresh Market Signature Collection Atlantic Smoked Salmon Due to Possible Health Risk
April 22, 2011 by FDA Food Safety RSS Feed
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Woodsmoke Provisions, LLC is voluntarily recalling forty pounds (40 lbs.) / 160 packages of the The Fresh Market Signature Collection Atlantic Smoked Salmon in 4 oz. retail packages with lot code 1459/2, because they have the potential to be contaminat…
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Death to the “Cult” and Birth of the Domestic First Growth
April 22, 2011 by [email protected]
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One of the more interesting aspects of the domestic wine world over the last fifteen years has been the phenomenon of the “cult” winery.
You can count the true “cult” wineries on two hands. Denoted by critical succ…
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Greatest Hits: Easter Wines
April 22, 2011 by Michelle
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I thought I’d pull from some of my previous wine reviews to give you just a couple of suggestions for your Easter Sunday.
McNab Ridge French Columbard
French Colombard is a white wine that McNab Ridge is growing to “preserve history in the county” [Mendocino]. Not many people grow French Columbard anymore, but it used to be quite common. It [...]
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A tribute to Jess Jackson
The tributes to Jess Jackson have been coming in all day, and they are heartfelt, touching. This was a man beloved by many, and even if you worked for him and didn’t belove him–for he could be a taskmaster–you respected the hell out of him. Look what he did. A lawyer by trade, he basically [...]
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