Wine and Beer Exports and Tariffs
S.W. and Rich Hermansen
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Wine and beer exports have taken on the curious roles of bellwethers of the impact of tariffs on exports. During...
Wine Tasting Notes
S.W. and Rich Hermansen
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Wine dinners afford the opportunity to taste a variety of wines from (generally) the same vineyard when paired by a...
Roads from Wine Regions to the Australian Open
S.W. and Rich Hermansen
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The Australian Open Grand Slam Tennis Tournament has become the highlight of the summer in the land down under, and...
Bandol: An ideal climate for Dionysian delights
S.W. and Rich Hermansen
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Nestled in a niche extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Sainte-Baume mountain ridge, the commune of Bandol, located in...
Carolina in my Mind and on the Palette
S.W. and Rich Hermansen
Guest Writers
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With the advent of the hurricane season on the East Coast, wild fires in the dry heat of California, tornadoes...
Prelude to Wine Grape Harvest
S.W. and Rich Hermansen
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Passing through the portal of Labor Day brings us to an interval neither summer nor autumn. Nights turn a little...
Happy Hour: Find your hangout and enjoy the moment
S.W. and Rich Hermansen
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During the 1919-1933 era of Prohibition in the USA, the Happy Hour evolved as an interim stop between work and...
What to Look for in Wines by the Glass
S.W. and Rich Hermansen
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Wine by the glass has become an expected offering at the bar of an upscale restaurant serving lunch or dinner....
The Western North Carolina Wine Region
S.W. and Rich Hermansen
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We drank a bottle of wine that we later discovered was a gift intended for another person, Whoops, and we...
Southern Hemisphere Vintage Buys
S.W. and Rich Hermansen
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Southern Hemisphere red wines occupy very limited shelf space in wine shops and receive fewer reviews in the press than...