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Sommeliers Review the Fifty Shades of Grey Wines

“A guilty pleasure at best.” “Like gummy peaches coated in bland movie-theater popcorn butter.” “This wine tastes like pain.” Trusted wine experts certainly aren’t pulling any punches when they take a…

  • story: Stephen Praetorius
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Are New York’s Restaurant Bars Really That Bad?

New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells recently lamented restaurants' eagerness to create proprietary drinks, most of which he thinks fall short. Is it true that the city is amidst…

  • story: Regan Hofmann
  • photo: Daniel Krieger
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Should Cocktail Programs Figure into Restaurant Ratings?

The San Francisco Chronicle's food and wine editor and restaurant critic Michael Bauer weighs in on the idea of a separate rating system for a restaurant’s bar program. After writing…

  • story: Echo Thomas
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