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Wine and Cheese Pairing: Perfect Wine Matches for 11 of the World’s Greatest Cheeses

Wine and Cheese Pairing: Perfect Wine Matches for 11 of the World’s Greatest Cheeses

  There is perhaps no food more closely associated with wine than cheese – and with good reason! Wine and cheese share deep and historical roots as artisan products, often produced side by side around the world. Much like wine grape varieties, cheeses are produced  … Read More

Wine of the Week #1525: Lustau Palo Cortado

This style of Sherry can’t be created on-demand, but rather occurs in a small percentage of the wines that begin their life destined to become Fino Sherry, but along the way, the naturally occurring layer of yeast – which grows on top of Fino and protects it from oxidizing – dies and leaves the Sherry suddenly exposed to the open air.