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Sommelier Marnie Old and brewer Sam Calagione have a long-standing, friendly rivalry: She thinks wine is the best beverage to drink with food; he thinks it's beer.
When you think of Portugal, you think of port wine -- sweet, rich, powerful, the aperitif and classic after-dinner drink. Just ask Winston Churchill. Or Thomas Jefferson.
Everybody makes a big fuss about Beaujolais Nouveau when it hits the market each November, made of grapes picked just weeks earlier in September -- because it's the first new wine of each vintage. Fewer know that only about 30 percent of Beaujolais is made in the ''nouveau'' style. And tradition says you drink that up by Christmas. The rest of the Beaujolais -- the ''real'' stuff, gets a bit more aging and care and hits the market later. Some of this is top-notch stuff, with more heft and style...
2006 Kendall-Jackson Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay, California: This, the KJ people say, has been the best-selling chardonnay nationwide for the past 17 years. KJ knows how to please people with its sweet and fruity wines. This one has aromas and flavors of mangos and cinnamon, intense fruit and a rich smoothness.
Video from South Florida's wine scene
That slurping sound you hear is from all the wine tastings happening at shops, restaurants and hotels around South Florida each week.
Beers, bars and brackets: Eight locals explore the area's sports bars and pick their favorites in an NCAA-style elimination tournament.
