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Local businesses tie in Ice Time chili crawl
DOWAGIAC — What could have been as a disaster for Baker’s Rhapsody owner Jordan Anderson’s entry in Dowagiac’s annual Ice Time chili crawl ended up ...
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Optimistic for great 2016 Hoosier vintage
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – Learning about wine means spending time in the vineyard. The next best thing is talking with the men and women worrying ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, August 11, 2016 5:33 pm
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A big month for Indiana wine tasting
Indiana’s top wine event is unquestionably Vintage Indiana held in Indianapolis in early June each year. Vintage Indiana brings 30-plus Hoosier wineries to Military Park ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, August 4, 2016 5:14 pm
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Wine travel depends on region
For wine lovers nothing is more fun than a day visiting tasting rooms or maybe even wine travel. Depending on where you go, there are ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, June 16, 2016 4:16 pm
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Cool summer whites for hot days
One lesson from eight years of wine writing is recommending types and styles of wine instead of specific bottles. Many often think of summer as ...
by Howard Hewitt, Friday, June 3, 2016 2:01 pm
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‘Deano’ Wilson back in Indiana with a story
Any wine geek living around Indianapolis the past 15 years knows Dean “Deano” Wilson. Deano had a couple of retail wine operations, a restaurant, and ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, May 5, 2016 11:11 am
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No vineyard damage yet
Mark Twain once quipped, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Apparently the same can be said about any spring frost damage to the ...
by Howard Hewitt, Wednesday, April 27, 2016 5:24 pm
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Time to try something different
One of the greatest joys of appreciating wine is trying something new and different. Maybe you love Chardonnay and really enjoy trying the big oak-flavored ...
by Howard Hewitt, Friday, April 15, 2016 3:26 pm
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What’s happening in the wine world?
A New Year’s wine column usually focuses on the best of the previous year or predictions about the coming year. One scribe’s musings have minimal ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, January 14, 2016 3:56 pm
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Have you tried Indiana wine lately?
Indiana wine producers now boast 80 wineries with more opening their doors annually. Most important, Indiana wine quality has significantly improved over the past 5 ...
by Howard Hewitt, Friday, November 6, 2015 12:11 pm
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8 years of wine education
Grape Sense debuted eight years ago this month in a small handful of newspapers. Crawfordsville, Frankfort, Seymour and a couple of others were the first ...
by Howard Hewitt, Wednesday, October 21, 2015 4:48 pm
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Think French if you want to upgrade your vino
There are those who believe if you continue to drink wine, over a number of years you will eventually drink more French vino than others. ...
by Howard Hewitt, Friday, October 9, 2015 9:28 am
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Give peace (water) a chance
All 80 Indiana wineries offer something a bit different. Sometimes that’s good different and sometimes not. Many have a unique niche’ in the Indiana wine ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, September 24, 2015 7:58 am
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Traminette winning over wine lovers all over U.S.
Approximately half of Indiana’s wineries sell a Traminette wine. Wine lovers can find the very sweet to bone dry examples of floral wine in stores ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, August 20, 2015 9:12 am
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Weather impacting Indiana wine industry
Indiana’s corn and soybean crops have sustained $475 million in rain and flood damage this summer according to Purdue University agriculture economists. Indiana’s grape crop ...
by Howard Hewitt, Wednesday, August 19, 2015 10:54 am
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Wine time in southern Indiana
One of the state’s best, if not the best, wine celebrations returns to Huber Orchard and Winery in southern Indiana, 4 to 7 p.m., July ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, July 16, 2015 9:31 am
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Find the right drink to compliment your cookout
Any regular wine column should include occasional education and certainly advice. Summer is a big time for cooking out, family outings and friends sharing good ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, July 2, 2015 9:25 am
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Can wine cause health problems?
Anyone who has lived 40 years or so has read all of the conflicting information about what will and will not lead to cancer. Even ...
by Howard Hewitt, Monday, June 29, 2015 11:29 am
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Face to face? Legislators working to eliminate law
There are numerous websites and publications detailing everything happening in the world of wine. Sometimes those issues are worth sharing. Indiana Senate Bill 113 – ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, March 5, 2015 10:02 am
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Celebrate wine for a good cause
There is never a better time for a nice bottle of wine than around Christmas and New Year’s. Why not try something different and make ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:14 pm
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Merlot makes a comeback
It’s time to move beyond the so-called “Sideways Effect” and try merlot again. It’s been documented over and over how the 2004 movie “Sideways” wrecked ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, October 30, 2014 9:43 am
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Roses are pink
Long-time Grape Sense readers know of my passion for dry rosé. The latest numbers show more and more Americans are enjoying the dry pink passion. ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, October 2, 2014 10:30 am
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Buying wine on a budget
Summer time is grilling time and there is not a better part of the year for some charcoal fire and beef. If you’re a wine ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, August 21, 2014 10:51 am
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Summertime is wine time
If you could be a super hero, mythical character or fictional leader, who would you choose? Superman? A Mutant Ninja Turtle? Or maybe Jean ValJean? ...
by Howard Hewitt, Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:48 am
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Keep your wine just right this summer
A bag of ice or the fridge can keep your wines chilled for any summer outing as easy as any geeky wine device. But if ...
