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The Vino Vixen
By Mari Stull

CBS Sitcom Gets the Wine Wrong

For all the wine sipping on "The New Adventures of Old Christine" you'd think they'd ... | 2 comments ›› more ...

Vino Myths Busted by The Vino Vixen

Do you only sip Estate Grown, Reserve, Organic, Gold Medal wines?  Sucker. | 0 comments ›› more ...

Wine Spectator Awards Fake WIne List

Cracker Barrel wins runner up. | 0 comments ›› more ...

Vino Vixen Vino Rules of Thumb

Wine truths and half truths... | 0 comments ›› more ...

Three Reds You've Never Sipped

Ready to try a few reds outside of your Merlot comfort zone? | 0 comments ›› more ...

Sangria Ban Lifted in Virginia

Virginians - Drink your Sangria legally and responsibly. | 0 comments ›› more ...

How to Bag A Free Dinner at Any Restaurant

That's right - Eat free! | 0 comments ›› more ...

Portuguese Wines - Sipping Them Yet?

A while ago I wrote about the fact that Portugal is churning out some amazing wines at amazing values.  Did you try them?  Are you sipping them?  Go get a bottle - stop surfing the 'Net. | 0 comments ›› more ...

Polo and Wine

Polo and wine...like Bourbon and the Derby.  Except the Derby doesn't have Cartier, Land Rover, Huey Lewis and the News....And the Americas Polo Cup is Virginia luxe.  All the way. | 0 comments ›› more ...

The Pope and His Wines

The Papacy has a long wine-OH history... | 1 comment ›› more ...

SANGRIA Illegal In Virginia!

And ABC Agents are fining small business $2000.00 for serving it! | 2 comments ›› more ...

How Did Cat Pee* Get in My Wine?

Or:  The Vino Vixen and Tom Cruise - We Both Have Our Cults | 0 comments ›› more ...

Psst...Buy Portuguese

...Wines.  For value, diversity, and quality, they are pretty tough to beat. | 0 comments ›› more ...

I Wonder Which Wines are Served at the White House

Think they serve Petrus?  Dom Perignon?  Perhaps in Kennedy's day - it's an all American list today... | 0 comments ›› more ...

European wine industry sticks it to their taxpayers

European wine makers are given nearly $1.5 billion a year by Europe's taxpayers and produce vast amounts of wine that no-one wants to buy, a committee of peers said yesterday. | 1 comment ›› more ...

Feelin' Groovy...

I'm feeling groovy baby, drinking Gru-Vee! | 0 comments ›› more ...

Americans Defeat the French (again)

Americans will consume for wine than the French by 2010.  Maybe the French can't understand their own wine labels... | 3 comments ›› more ...

I Don't Get the French. Especially Their Wine Labels

Can't understand a French label?  Don't know what's in that Italian bottle?  Why can't the European wine industry just list their varietal (grape) on their bottle!  Here is your cheat sheet to understanding European wines... | 0 comments ›› more ...