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Washington Brewers Pay Homage to Belgian Beers at Belgianfest

By Sonja Groset | Fri, January 27, 2012

In the late 1800s, monks at the Trappist monasteries in Belgium began brewing beer that would later inspire hundreds of breweries around the world. While the Belgian monks weren't the first brewers in... More »
Stickies

By Roger Downey | Wed, March 30, 2005

Ripe wine grapes are sweet. If they weren't, there wouldn't be anything for the yeast to turn into alcohol for your drinking pleasure. Different grape varieties ripen at different rates, and one of the winemaker's most crucial decisions is when to... More »
Just the Basics

By Roger Downey | Wed, March 23, 2005

If buying wine and pairing it with food is as easy as the experts say it is, why do they have to write book after book about it? Andrea Immer, for example: With five books to her credit, from Great Wine Made Simple (first published in 2000, update... More »
Chard Reconfigured

By Roger Downey | Wed, March 16, 2005

Among the many perks that go with my job, probably the most valuable is the opportunity to sit down one-on-one with leading winemakers and taste their new releases, hear what they were trying to accomplish with each bottling, and ask questions abo... More »