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1. Article · Aug 15, 2026 · JOHN BROWN | For HD Media

   Vines & Vittles: The (hot) dog days of summer – and wine? (opens the original)

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   I’ve never been one to abide by conventional wine dictums — those inelastic rules created more than a century ago by a bevy of rich, old men smoking pipes in their exclusive members-only clubs as if these principles were etched in stone by Bacchus and presented to them. The first commandment was probably: “Thou shalt only consume meat with red wine and fish with white.” I’ve happily broken that particular wine “commandment” on many occasions. But until this time, I don’t think Iâ

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2. Article · Jul 11, 2026 · John Brown | For HD Media

   Vines & Vittles: Cooling wines for summertime (opens the original)

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   When summertime temperatures exceed 80 degrees in the usually naturally air-conditioned mountains of Tucker County, residents begin to get concerned because most folks don’t have air-conditioned homes. I am one of those (part-time) residents, and when the temperature reached 85 on July 4, our picnic seemed to be in jeopardy; moving the party indoors would have been an even more oppressive decision. So, I did the next best thing: I moved the picnic starting time from 5 to 7 p.m., allowing the c

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