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"\u201CSometimes we hide our wine in brown bags so our friends aren\u2019t swayed by the labels,\u201D says Maria Helm Sinskey. Especially when one of the bottles is an exquisite $80 Cabernet from Robert Sinskey Vineyards, which Maria owns with her husband, Rob. Tonight, though, all bottles stand unmasked. It\u2019s Christmas, and for Maria, it\u2019s the best time to present a cast of wines\u2015with the king of reds in the lead role.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA former chef at San Francisco\u2019s PlumpJack Cafe, Maria has written two cookbooks, including just-released Family Meals: Creating Traditions in the Kitchen (Oxmoor House, 2008; $33). Now she\u2019s on track to sit for the Masters of Wine test next spring. (There are only 277 MWs in the world; none of them works as a professional chef.)\r\n\r\nBut it doesn\u2019t take a professional to turn out Maria\u2019s Christmas menu. And it doesn\u2019t take an $80 bottle to revel in this food and wine pairing. It just takes some planning, and more than one Cab. You can hold the bags\u2015or not.\r\n\r\nStick with casual, natural decor: Maria sets out a bay laurel table runner and napkin sprigs, plus amaryllis blooms, with festive red-pink accents.\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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