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A traveling wine merchant drops by for lunch, bearing a half-dozen interesting wines.

Combining the month's focus on Riesling styles with our occasional examinations of Eastern U.S. wines, we uncork a good Riesling from Kentucky, of all places.

Just as the fall foliage is changing to its cloak of brilliant colors, many wine lovers start thinking about reds. Randy "Bucko" Buckner offers a good ration of reds and whites this month among his notes on 100 new wines.

This month's issue of WineBlueBook covers many West Coast Pinot Noir, White Burgundy and Piedmont Red wines that were scored last month by the wine critics. A total of 1,284 wines are profiled in the November 2008 issue.

Here's an unusual marketing move: A French wine's label provides no clue of its national origin.

This off-dry, floral and steely acidic Riesling from New Zealand is made very much in the style of a traditional German Kabinett.

GRAY - Fine food and wine along with an auction that offered more food and wine as prizes marked Friday's 12th annual Bite of the Arts gala.It is the main fundraising event for the John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University.

Whew! You made it! And after the week you've had looking through the redesigned Star in search of Annie's Mailbox (now in Sports on weekdays) and Dr. Gott (ditto), you deserve a tasty reward for also tracking down this column to its new, Sunday-section space.

Without warning, Copia — Napa’s cash-strapped wine, food and arts center — shuttered its doors Friday afternoon.

By Brandon Hallifield WEDNESDAY: ABC FINE WINE AND SPIRITS Wine tasting and cigar smoker. $10. 6-8 p.m., Nov. 12, ABC Fine Wine and Spirits, 3110 Gandy Blvd., Tampa (813-839-7167 or abcfws.com). WEDNESDAY: VINTAGE WINE CELLARS Champagne class. $25. 6:30-9 p.m., Nov. 12, Vintage Wine Cellars, 3629 Henderson Blvd., Tampa (813-879-2931 or vintagewinecellars.net). WEDNESDAY: TASTINGS New York-style ...

More than a year ago, a writer returning from a visit to Cleveland told her Chicago Tribune readers that Northeast Ohio might well be the epicenter of the Midwest culinary scene.

With good ideas, a lot of hard work and experts in the kitchen, these five new restaurants are adding spark to an already sizzling Seattle food scene.