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VINELAND

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Aug 12, 2005
Keeping your wines alive in the heat
As it becomes warm enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk, owners of large wine collections, or even a few special bottles, should be asking themselves, "Just how hot is too hot?"
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jul 8, 2005
No reason to fear the green fairy
Absinthe: muse of poets and painters, tipple of mass murderers. Is it a bringer of truth, or of madness and moral depravity? Known at its peak variously as the Green Goddess, Holy Water, the Green Fairy and "the life plasma of the gods and free thinkers," Absinthe was banned for nearly 100 years, but is now making a surprising comeback.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
May 13, 2005
To cut a long bottle short . . . Champagne gets it, samurai style
There is no sound more synonymous with celebration than the sharp pop of a Champagne cork. Professionals, of course, recommend easing the cork out slowly enough so that only a slight gasp is heard, which one waggish sommelier likened to "the sound of a contented woman."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Apr 8, 2005
A new cellarful of tipples
The dot-com era saw an unfortunate number of foreign wine promoters descend on Japan. They were armed with snappy Powerpoint presentations and talk of quick riches, but their only apparent success was in relieving investors of their excess cash before moving on.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Mar 11, 2005
Wines of Washington State
Every state in America now lays claim to indigenous winemaking attempts -- from Alaskans experimenting with Salmonberry wine to alcoholic beverage conglomerates setting their sights on fallow potato patches in Idaho in a quest for inexpensive, "undiscovered" potential vineyards. The results of these efforts, however, often bring to mind our reply upon receiving yet another toaster oven from Aunt Mildred, "Oh, you shouldn't have; no really, you shouldn't have."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jan 14, 2005
Siphoning the cant out of decanting
Guidebooks recommend it. Nose-in-the-air sommeliers love it. Friends swear by it. But does decanting a wine really do anything to improve its taste?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Dec 10, 2004
Six sure-fire gift ideas for fellow wine-lovers
There appears to be an entire cottage industry dedicated to making the kind of wine-themed gifts that imbibers everywhere are hoping not to receive this season -- our favorite of which is the doormat which says, "We love good wine. Did you bring any?"
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Nov 12, 2004
Great red hope found at Coco
Can quality wine be made in Japan?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Oct 8, 2004
At home with wine appreciation
Organizing a home wine-tasting party for a small group of friends can be a huge amount of fun, and is actually much easier than you might think.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Sep 10, 2004
Imbibing without the pain
Last month's column on sulfite myths generated quite a bit of feedback. Most ran along the lines of "I'll grant you the point on sulfites not being the cause, but any idea then of why I can drink white wines without any problem, but end up with a headache from just a glass of red?" A few more prodigious imbibers also asked for hangover prevention tips, which we're always happy to share.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Aug 13, 2004
Chemical lies in wine
It is received wisdom that the sulfite additives in American red wines cause many drinkers to have headaches, and that the health concerns over these 21st-century chemicals are so great that wines tainted by them are required to carry an explicit "Contains Sulfites" warning.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jul 9, 2004
A tale of two Pichons
Our favorite scene in "Tampopo," Juzo Itami's 1985 cult film about gastronomic excess, begins with two bums finding an expensive-looking bottle behind a Shinjuku hotel with a bit of wine left in the bottom. They deliver it to a compatriot, a sommelier who'd apparently seen better days but still has sharp taste buds. He declares it to be the '80 Pichon-Longueville and waxes lyrical about the sublime taste of the wine. This astounded the blue-tarp crowd and sent us on a quest for the same bottle ourselves.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
May 14, 2004
Obscure Otago is now New Zealand's 'Lord of the Reds'
Salvation is at hand for worshippers of Antipodean Pinot Noir. The "Pinot Noir grail" is to be found in Central Otago, writes British wine expert Jancis Robinson in the latest "World Atlas of Wine."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Apr 9, 2004
A glass act that's proved hard to follow
A brief stint as an apprentice glassblower on Sado Island in the late '80s left me with a great appreciation of the aesthetics of a well-made wineglass. The weight, the balance, the cut of the lip, the curve and thinness of the bowl -- and the subtle ring after a toast -- are all factors that, when they come together well, elevate a glass far beyond the merely functional.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Mar 12, 2004
Flowers blossom above the Californian fog
The red wines of Burgundy are often cited as the Holy Grail for New World makers of Pinot Noir, but the results have almost invariably fallen short. So we were surprised to see wine guru Robert Parker recently laud a Pinot from New World upstart Flowers Winery as "evocative of a Domaine de la Romanee Conti Richebourg" -- a $300 bottling from one of Burgundy's top producers. And we were even more surprised to find a selection of Flowers wines available here in Tokyo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Feb 13, 2004
Champagne's blushful secrets stripped bare
Champagne made its debut at the French court at Versailles in the second half of the 17th century and was an instant hit with licentious aristocrats such as the regent Duc D'Orleans and Madame de Mailly, mistress of Louis XV. Ever since, Champagne has enjoyed a reputation as one of the most "romantic" of all beverages. As Valentine's Day approaches, we find it hard to resist the gently rousing "pop" of a bubbly cork, particularly if it is from a bottle of come-hither pink rose Champagne.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jan 9, 2004
Don't settle for just any old port in a storm
In this cold and quiet time of year, we often find ourselves in the mood for something warming and contemplative. A good port fits the bill perfectly. Unfortunately, there are more than eight completely different types of port currently being made, most of which, to paraphrase Thomas Hobbes, are nasty, brutish and short.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Nov 14, 2003
On the road to wine-country romance
There has always been a friendly rivalry between Napa and Sonoma, California's two premier wine-growing regions. We think of Napa as Kyoto -- containing stunning vistas, but marred by a tour-bus mentality. To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, we sometimes feel "there's no there there." Sonoma, on the other hand, is similar to Nara -- replete with beauty, but on a more genuine, human scale.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Oct 10, 2003
Sherry lovers lap up the soul of Spain
Sherry. The mere mention of the word is enough to conjure up images of debauched grandmothers singing from the kitchen, "One for the cook, one for the pot." But as we recently discovered, sherry can be quite a sophisticated drink, with styles ranging from bone-dry aperitif wines to thick, nectar-of-the-gods, dessert specialties.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Sep 19, 2003
Secret treasures of southern Sonoma
The sensual impact of a vacation in the wine country is hard to beat. Hot days, cold nights, good food and meandering drives under blue skies between vineyards and wineries that range from the manicured to the seemingly long-ago abandoned.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
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Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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