Chianti, pasta, and tomatoes, oh my!

Chianti, pasta, and tomatoes, oh my! Could there be a wine pairing more perfect than Chianti with spaghetti in a thick, spicy tomato sauce?

Mar 6 • Robin Garr

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February 2026

Open what bottle?

Tomorrow is Open That Bottle Night. Yay! It's time to enjoy that bottle you've been saving. But what if you don't have a special bottle like that?

Feb 27 • Robin Garr

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Microplastics in my wine!?

Ultraprocessed foods! Forever chemicals! Microplastics! What's your favorite high-tech worry? Could there be microplastics in our wine!? Well, maybe.

Feb 20 • Robin Garr

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Screw cap? So what?

You grab an interesting-looking bottle at the wine shop and realize that it has a metal screw cap.

Feb 13 • Robin Garr

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Rethinking high-alcohol table wines

If you want to make me crabby, talk about rising wine alcohol levels. Wait! Please don't. But now I'm rethinking my bad attitude. What's up with that?

Feb 6 • Robin Garr

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January 2026

Anatomy of a tasting note

What do you look for in a wine tasting note? If you write wine notes, what is your purpose? What's your message? What story do you want to tell?

Jan 30 • Robin Garr

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Winter warmer: Spicy mulled wine

A looming winter storm over much of the eastern U.S.

Jan 23 • Robin Garr

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Want a drink? Show your ID.

“100% ID for everyone,” perhaps the nation’s strictest alcoholic-beverage ID law, took effect in Utah on January 1.

Jan 16 • Robin Garr

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Tasting notes: Good, bad, or necessary?

What is the point of a tasting note?

Jan 9 • Robin Garr

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Ding Dão merrily

Apologies for the holiday carol earworm, but I’m here in the new year to celebrate Dão, a Portuguese treat for flattened post-holiday wallets.

Jan 2 • Robin Garr

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December 2025

Happy popping New Year!

Happy New Year! As we look forward with hope for a better year to come in 2026, many of us will pop the cork on a sparkling wine on New Year's Eve.

Dec 29, 2025 • Robin Garr

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Ho, ho, holiday!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, and happy holidays to all!

Dec 24, 2025 • Robin Garr

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