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Monte Belmonte Wines: Belly laughs from Wine Country on Netflix, but no wine info 

Monte Belmonte Wines: Belly laughs from Wine Country on Netflix, but no wine info 

by Monte Belmonte | Jun 6, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food Booze and Beyond, Monte Belmonte Wines

“This one’s good, what’s it called again?” “White wine.” “Freakin’ LOVE it.” Netflix and chill? Great. Netflix and wine and chill? Even better. Wine Country on Netflix and wine and chill? It makes for a nice evening. You may get a good laugh watching Wine Country, but...
Monte Belmonte Wines: That Time I Almost Got a Fancy Wine Word into Merriam-Webster

Monte Belmonte Wines: That Time I Almost Got a Fancy Wine Word into Merriam-Webster

by Monte Belmonte | May 14, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food Booze and Beyond, Monte Belmonte Wines

“This is super important, Monte. You can do something. Having this knowledge that you do. Knowing both the word and knowing what you know about wine. You can do something to help this word along.” So was the charge of The Word Nerd, Emily Brewster, my resident...
Monte Belmonte Wines: My Wine Mother – A Tribute

Monte Belmonte Wines: My Wine Mother – A Tribute

by Monte Belmonte | Apr 30, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines

Everything I know about wine I learned from my mother. Not my biological mother. Her relationship to wine consists of one wine cooler a year and White Zinfandel at family gatherings. Everything I know about wine I learned from my Wine Mother. And as we approach...
Monte Belmonte Wines: An Unscientific Blind Taste Test

Monte Belmonte Wines: An Unscientific Blind Taste Test

by Monte Belmonte | Apr 16, 2019 | Articles, Featured

“Why we can’t tell good wine from bad,” The Atlantic, published October 28, 2011 “Does all wine taste the same?” The New Yorker, published June 13, 2012 “Wine tasting: it’s junk science” The Guardian, published June 22, 2013 “The legendary study that embarrassed wine...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Blue is NOT the New Pink

Monte Belmonte Wines: Blue is NOT the New Pink

by Monte Belmonte | Apr 5, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines

Amy McMahan, co-owner of Mesa Verde in Greenfield, is one of the most intellectually curious people I know. And her curiosity guides her passion for wine. The last time I wrote about Mesa Amy in this column, it was when she showed up to my house with four bottles of...
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