By Laurie Daniel — The Grapevine
It can be painful to watch the news or open the mail these days. Too many reminders that the economy is in the dumps, and that your retirement savings are half what they were a few months ago. Nearly everyone is doing some belt-tightening.
Typically, alcohol sales rise during a recession. Still, you may be looking for ways to cut corners on your wine purchases. That’s particularly true as we approach the holiday entertaining season. I’ve looked back over my tasting notes for the past several months to find well-made wines selling for $12 or less. The prices given are the full retail prices; many of the wines should be available for less.
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A look at Waterfront Ale House.
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James Beard’s revolutionary stuffing is cooked not in the bird but outside of it, producing a light, buttery, crunchy side dish.
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Though their textures are similar, the flavors of fennel and celery are so wildly different that the combination is striking.
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The real deal in kabinetts.
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Traditional holiday foods cost a whole lot more when you buy them in the organic aisle.
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Drink, a bar recently opened in Fort Point, a longtime sedate, warehouse-lined area of South Boston, is ferociously minimalistic.
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The latest batches arrived by sea, and sometimes in plastic bottles, as French distributors sought to cut costs for the annual marketing tradition.
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Traditional cafes and bars all over France are suffering and in some cases even closing, hit by changing attitudes, habits and now a poor economic climate.
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Keeping up with Long Island wine on the Internet.
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