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An Interview (Part I) with Jean-Luc Colombo, French Winemaking Pioneer
First in a two-part series. Part two will cover Jean-Luc Colombo’s winemaking philosophy and his love of the Syrah grape. It is just...
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Nov 10, 20254 min read
Retail Wine Stores – On the Front Line?
No one would pretend that package store employees are dealing with the same risks as Police, Firefighters, or Medical Personnel. But like...
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Apr 4, 20262 min read
Retail Wine Stores Posting Record Profits in Greenwich
Ten days ago, Governor Lamont ordered employees of non-essential businesses to work from home. The order contained a list of exceptions...
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Apr 1, 20262 min read
Wine Tariffs May Go into Effect as Early as Tuesday
Published in the Greenwich Free Press, January 12, 2026
François Steichen
Jan 12, 20267 min read
Is Your Beer Vegan?
There is a new beer at Glenville Wine & Spirits called Trinity Super Hazel. Its vegan claim is oddly worded “Our Beers are Consciously...
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Jan 2, 20264 min read
Himes on Trump: Our Institutions are Working
Congressman Jim Himes, Democrat, representing Connecticut’s 4th District, held an almost two-hour-long town hall meeting with his...
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Mar 4, 20263 min read
A Nebbiolo Tasting in Glenville
Life occasionally throws you some sublime, simple serendipity. Last week, I stopped at a wine store in Glenville to pick up a case of...
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Dec 20, 20253 min read
Selecting Your Wines for Thanksgiving: A Trip Across Town
Greenwich’s bounty of wine stores is really apparent during our national feast of abundance. We did a tour of them yesterday to get some...
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Nov 22, 20255 min read
NEWLY-EMERGING WINE COUNTRIES
Newly-emerging Wine Countries Where is the cutting edge in wine? South Africa? South America? How about Eastern Europe? The trend...
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Mar 3, 20261 min read
SAVVY WINE TIPS
Savvy Tips for Satisfying your Wine Curiosity The “Fridge of Sighs.” In some wine shops, that’s the name given to the enclosed area...
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Mar 3, 20262 min read
Connecticut wines: A tale of revolution and evolution
Hopkins Vineyard recently held its Wine Festival, part wine party, part debut of its 2010 vintage, and all celebration of Connecticut...
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May 25, 20266 min read
EASTER WINE
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Joy is an emotion common to Christmas and Easter, but if Christmas's joy is innocent, Easter's is...
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Apr 20, 20264 min read
The infinite variety of beers
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Beer has a seemingly infinite variety of styles. Yet the necessary ingredients for beer form a short...
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Mar 30, 20264 min read
The pros and cons of proposed "Sunday sales" alcohol bill
Dinnertime approaches on a Sunday, but as you slap a perfectly marbled New York strip on the grill, you suddenly realize that you forgot...
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Mar 15, 20266 min read
CRAFTING A GOOD SUPER BOWL PARTY
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: I thought Super Bowl week a good time for a diversion from wine to the world of beer. It’s not that...
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Feb 4, 20265 min read
PORTUGAL'S WINE RENAISSANCE
What country drinks as much wine per capita as France and Italy, developed an appellation system 190 years before France did, and has a...
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Jan 13, 20264 min read
WHY NOT MAKE WINE AVAILABLE IN SUPERMARKETS?
One of the vestiges of Prohibition in Connecticut, New York and many other states is an inability to buy food and liquor in the same...
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Dec 22, 20256 min read
A Greenwich Wine Party
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: From lavish summer garden-parties in the Back Country to intimate get-togethers with our neighbors,...
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Feb 27, 20264 min read
VALENTINE'S DAY SPARKLING WINES
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Champagne’s popularity seems to have dropped faster than Alex Rodriguez’s lately. Sales of sparkling...
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Feb 13, 20264 min read
UVEPHOBIA
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Uvephobia is the fear of trying new grapes, or wines. Uvephobia is a disease with a cure, but it...
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Jan 30, 20264 min read
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