Café la Granja Esperanza: Award-Winning Colombian Coffee Farm
This is a special feature for us. For only the second time, Nopalize is offering stories in food origins from overseas. (The last was...
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Summer of Chenin: Château Pierre-Bise
Claude and Joelle Papin-Chevalier started Chateau Pierre Bise thirty years ago. Claude Papin (a former President of the Technical Institute of the Vine and...
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Summer of Chenin: Rocher des Violettes
Vigneron Xavier Weisskopf was born in 1979 in Beauvais. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree, he continued studying in order to prepare a Chablis BTS “culture...
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Dining to Cook # 15: Tonkatsu in Japan
Luxury tonkatsu — two words I would’ve never thought would go together. On a recent, first ever trip to Japan, there was no meal...
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Summer of Chenin: Broc Cellars
Broc Cellars was nothing more than an idea not that long ago, an idea about making wines that were site specific….We are a ‘low...
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Summer of Chenin: Huet “Brut” Pétillant
From Rare Wine: ‘Since its founding in 1928, Vouvray’s Domaine Huet has been the standard-bearer for great, age worthy Chenin Blanc. And to this...
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Wine Digest: Summer of Chenin
Was there ever a more versatile grape than Chenin Blanc? The Loire Valley native is immediately lovable, although enigmatic. In Chenin Blanc, one encounters...
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Magnum Monday: Steve and Jill Matthiasson (Live!)
Despite being written up by Jon Bonné as being some of the winemaker to watch some years ago and being loved widely by wine...
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Other Brother Olive Oil
“The most important thing is good tasting oil in the bottle,” says Ben Herrmann, cofounder of Other Brother Olive Oil, as he gently inspects...
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The Diary of an Albion Strawberry
Hi there! I’m Natalie, a prep and line cook at Nopa Restaurant. I’m a strong believer in —whether it’s a person, glass of wine, or...
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