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The Unknowable Place

by Karen MacNeil | Aug 21, 2026 | Wine Musings, Wine Regions and Wine Places

By Karen MacNeil August 21, 2026 The Power of Place in Wine This is where all wine communication breaks down: at the place of place. Place, and its meaning within a wine, can never really be described. You can say that a wine tastes “of its place,” but that’s...

The Best Thing You’ll Ever Drink with Pumpkin Pie

by Karen MacNeil | Nov 8, 2024 | Wine and Food, Wine Regions and Wine Places

Needless to say, pumpkin pie is sweet … but it’s also more than that.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Sancerre’s Stellar Sister

by Karen MacNeil | Jul 12, 2024 | Wine Recommendations, Wine Regions and Wine Places

Chances are you know Sancerre. It’s one of France’s greatest Sauvignon BlancsThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The 10 Best Chianti Classicos

by Karen MacNeil | Mar 1, 2024 | Featured, Grapes and Wines, Wine Producers, Wine Recommendations, Wine Regions and Wine Places

Chianti Classico seems like a wine we Americans know well—after all,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The Great White Wines of South Africa

by Karen MacNeil | Dec 22, 2023 | Featured, Grapes and Wines, Wine Regions and Wine Places

“South Africa makes white wine?” an incredulous friend said to me recently.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The South America Wine Guide – A Book Review

by Karen MacNeil | Sep 29, 2023 | Featured, Wine In History, Wine in Society and Culture, Wine Regions and Wine Places

One of the ways you know you’re reading a great wine book is that youThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

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The first (Vitis vinifera) grapes planted in the US originally came from:The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A. Peru

B. Italy, via the Caribbean

C. Spain

D. Southern France

Jeroboam

The name used in Burgundy and Champagne for a large bottle containing the equivalent of four standard bottles, or 3 liters of wine. (Jeroboams are also referred to as The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.