By Cassandra A. Fortin | Special to The Baltimore Sun Scott Opdyke learned to fend for himself in the kitchen at an early age. In May 2007, Opdyke, 26, was named the executive chef of the Mountain Branch Grill & Pub in…

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A Fresh Look at Closures, Wine Transport, and Storage. Is natural cork still considered the best closure choice for fine wine? We know that cork-finished wines have had a contamination rate around 5%, but this article…

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Friday August 29, 8:00 am ET Pages at the Republican National Convention Learn from Survivor BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Diageo, the world’s leading spirits, wine and beer company, is proud to…

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In 2002, Clare Valley winemaker Jeffrey Grosset hosted a dinner at his home for Alsace wine producer, Frederic Blanck. The two did not know each other well and when Blanck started interrogating Grosset over his use of a…

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By Jennifer Brooks, the Tennessean The Tennessee legislature is getting ready to debate one of the biggest changes in state liquor laws since the repeal of Prohibition. Lawmakers, led by state Sen. Bill Ketron, will take…

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