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Christmas in Napa Valley

My son was in love with a beautiful young woman whose family lives in Northern California. I was gripped with fear and I hadn't even met them yet. My (and my son's) future in-laws invited us to meet them at a resort in Yountville, a town in Napa Valley, where Thomas Keller's world-renowned F…

December 06, 2012 12:00 am

LIFELONG LEARNERS: Get your Ph.D. for free at Wise Guys University

One October evening, wine lovers from all over the Region filed in to earn credits in a subject not even Harvard University teaches: wine tasting.

November 07, 2012 10:45 am Photos

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LIFELONG LEARNERS: Get your PhD for free at Wise Guys University

Raise a glass! Women winemakers winning success

In 1978, the first vintage that Cathy Corison made wine, she could count on one hand the number of women she knew of doing the same kind of work in the cellars of the Napa Valley. Without using all her fingers.

October 02, 2012 6:00 pm

Wineries add some hip to their sip

The tiki tasting hut in the barrel room of the Judd's Hill winery is a tipoff: This isn't your old-school faux chateau.

September 09, 2012 12:00 am Photos

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Valley Kitchen & Bar focuses on fresh ingredients from local sources

The opening of the Valley Kitchen & Bar in October was more than the beginning of another new eatery in Valparaiso. For owners Cory and Blair Muro, the venture is a dream come true. Valley's commitment to locally grown, fresh ingredients is a recipe that combines Blair's background in ho…

January 25, 2012 12:00 am Photos

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Adventures in Everyday Living: Shorelines, Thursday, November 10

An amazing dinner at Blackbird in Chicago prepared by Chefs Paul Kahan and Mindy Segal of Hot Chocolate highlights some great American wines from Napa Valley and the Pacific Northwest; Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Red Grooms, James Rosenquist, Robert Indiana, Jim Dine,…

November 09, 2011 9:00 am