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Wines for the Labor Day BBQ

Written By: Jon Aronson on Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Wrap up the summer with some great, affordable wines!

With Labor Day fast approaching, the time has come to start thinking about what to serve at your end-of-summer barbecue. And no, it doesn’t have to be beer—too many people, for too long a time, have associated the kinds of food we eat at cook-outs with cheap, flavorless American brews. (You know the ones: They’re the beers advertised on the...

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Find the "Grape" Adventure

Written By: Jon Aronson on Thursday, August 16, 2007

Venture Beyond Chardonnay Philly Style

Man cannot live on chardonnay alone. Or cabernet sauvignon. Or merlot or shiraz or Chianti. But you’d never have known that until recently. If you looked around at the tables of your local BYOB, you’d have seen them littered with bottles of run-of-the-mill wines produced by companies whose main selling...

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Wine Glasses

Written By: Jon Aronson on Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Don't Let Glasses Put You in the "Pour" House

If you believed everything you read in the magazines... you could have washboard abs without having to exercise, learn how to woo members of the opposite sex by reading brief little 500-word columns on the subject, and learn to sink a putt from 50 feet every time.

You would also, unfortunately, end up going broke. Because if you believed...

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The Starter Case

Written By: Jon Aronson on Tuesday, July 17, 2007

A Primer On How To Buy Those First 12 Bottles

When I first started buying wine seriously, I really had no say in what I ended up bringing home. In fact, I took myself completely out of the equation, and relied on someone who knew a lot more about wine than I did to decide what I’d be purchasing.

This may sound risky, of course: Allowing a virtual stranger to make purchasing decisions for...

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Chinatown BYOB's

Written By: Jon Aronson on Monday, June 25, 2007
What to Drink with Column A or Column B

Say BYOB to any Philadelphia foodie and a single, consistent image is likely to come up: A small restaurant, sparsely yet charmingly decorated, run by a husband-and-wine (or boyfriend-and-girlfriend, or life-partner) team, featuring fresh, seasonal preparations that likely owe some debt to either (a) the...

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Ordering Wine in a Restaurant

Written By: Jon Aronson on Thursday, June 7, 2007
Shake Those Red or White (Wine) Blues

An evening at a nice restaurant is supposed to be relaxing, a chance to remove yourself from workday responsibilities, relax for a few hours, and let someone else worry about the little details like cooking and cleaning. But for more people than you'd imagine, dining out is a stressful experience, and one of...

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French Wines on a Budget

Written By: Jon Aronson on Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Pop Your Cork, Not Your Wallet

A good friend of mine, an otherwise intelligent guy, is convinced that all French wine is expensive, must be aged for a minimum of five years, and is enjoyed best with classic French food. Because of this, his wallet is terminally empty and his wine rack is littered with wines that died years ago.

It doesn't have to...

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Italian BYOB

Written By: Jon Aronson on Friday, May 11, 2007
Culinary life used to be so simple in this town. Dining Italian-style meant heading on over to your local pasta joint, working your way through whatever inexpensive Chianti you picked up at the state store on the way there, and letting the carb-times roll.

These days, though, things aren’t quite that straightforward. And while we find ourselves...

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Classic Wines Pairings

Written By: Jon Aronson on Tuesday, May 1, 2007
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