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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.
 • Robin Garr
Tasting notes: Good, bad, or necessary?
What is the point of a tasting note?
 • Robin Garr
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.
 • Robin Garr
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.
 • Robin Garr
Ho, ho, holiday!
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, and happy holidays to all!
 • Robin Garr
Madeira: A revolutionary wine
If you’ve been watching Ken Burns’s new series The American Revolution on PBS, you may have noticed that this Founding Father loved Madeira wine.
 • Robin Garr
Stocking-stuffers and an ancestral Malbec
It’s a holiday time of year.
 • Robin Garr
Never judge a wine by its label?
"Never buy a wine with an animal on the label." This old wisdom can avoid a lot of forgettable wines. But there's a problem: It's not always right.
 • Robin Garr
Mmm, that wine was good!
It's the morning after Thanksgiving in the U.S. The table has been cleared, the dishes washed, and it might be a while before we want food or wine…
 • Robin Garr
Happy Thanksgiving! What’s on your table?
Happy Thanksgiving Day! Who's ready for the annual "what wine with the feast" advice? Who'd rather skip it? I sense a changing attitude this year.
 • Robin Garr
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