The main course. The apples are from Maryland, the raisins from California and the. Last night the Obamas played host to Angela Merkel for a “State Dinner&# (even though she is the head of government, not state–gasp!) in the Rose Garden. Oddly, the wine pairings were not announced! first-generation one is Hermann J. MORE >>

This wine was incredibly well balanced with intensive fruit, tempered by oak that served as a "framework" rather than a main ingredient. Luis E. Garcia Sales Executive, and Sandra & Sandra. So is this a modern style. or traditional?" I asked Carlos Hubner-Arteta, President of Vinos Libres Wine Merchants, already knowing the answer. MORE >>

Now, a growing number of critics and consumers, including those in California, are openly wondering if the Napa Cabernet train has come off the rails: commentator Dan Berger, for one, last week dismissed California Cabernet as “little more than a parody of itself.”. Today we have his thoughts. By Evan Dawson. Whither Napa Cabernet? MORE >>

What was spectacular about the event that it was not simply a lunch in the main dining room, but in the private cellar where presidents such as Richard Nixon and movie stars such as Liz Taylor kept their private bottles in decades past. Guests at the 21 Club. Did you know that the U.S. Over 20 million bottles were shipped to the U.S. MORE >>

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