“That's why I prefer a sweet, smooth, rounded ruby port wine with chocolate, rather than a bracingly intense wine, like Cabernet or Zinfandel.”

“In both, tightly cropped portraits of historical and cultural figures stare out bracingly from vigorously painted encaustic surfaces.”

“These crisp, bracingly acidic white wines can be terrific with food, but they also can be too herbaceous for many wine aficionados.”