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Mystery tasting brings to mind the richness of Greek wines Mary Earl View Comments One hot summer night, a wine friend dropped by with a glint in his eyes and a bottle of wine in a brown paper bag. He gave me these clues. It was from a country he had never had wine from before and the grape started with A. I tasted it and got it right on the third guess. It helped that I grew up in Chicagoland just a train ride from Greektown. With over 700-plus wineries, 28 appellations, four primary wine regions, and around 350 native varietals with impossible-to-pronounce names, Greece has a lot to bring to the table, but its biggest asset is innovation. ....
Bubbles in beverages: Carbonation at the root of popular seltzers, water Mary Earl View Comments Saturday afternoon, June 26, when the temperature reached 99, the house was a cool 73. Wine did not appeal to me, no matter how cold it was. I wanted tiny bubbles to refresh me. So, curtains drawn and doors closed, I hid inside and consumed a half-case of sparkling water and a frosty can of beer. But I did not completely abandon wine. My novel approach for the next four days was sipping those sparkling waters from a wine glass. That made me happy, hydrated and curious about the history of CO2 and how it shaped the beverage industry and led to the rising popularity of hard seltzers. ....