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• A Nod to Homegrown Bubbly Champagne worthy of your New Year's toast.
  Mike Steinberger Dec. 30, 2004
  
• Red, Red Wine Slate finds good bottles from Texas, Missouri, and other Republican strongholds.
  Mike Steinberger Nov. 23, 2004
  
• A Connoisseur's Guide to Sideways Sure, the movie's good. But how's the wine?
  Mike Steinberger Nov. 5, 2004
  
• The Tastemaker Émile Peynaud invented modern winemaking, but don't blame him for what's wrong with modern wine.
  Mike Steinberger July 30, 2004
  
• The Grape Contenders Which candidate should get the corkscrew vote?
  Mike Steinberger Feb. 6, 2004