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05/18/2012
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05/18/2012
Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz! Based on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I do not supply the quiz answer directly in the post – you will need to tune back in later in th more…
05/18/2012
Yesterday’s stunning news that more minority babies are being born in the U.S. than white babies, for the first time ever, has tremendous implications for the domestic wine industry. The problem, wh more…
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05/17/2012
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Daring Pairingwinemag.com
05/17/2012
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05/17/2012
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05/17/2012
There was so much hope in the air on May 16-17, 1990, exactly 22 years ago, at the International Colloquium on Rhône Varietals, which I was privileged to cover as my first major feature story when I more…
05/17/2012
After six generations of pressing grapes in California, the Mirassou family has only one son left who owns a wine brand: Steven Mirassou. But he can’t legally use his own name on his bottles, despit more…
05/16/2012
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05/16/2012
[ Editor's note: this article is not an easy one to follow, because the topic is not an easy one to get your head around; intrepid readers will want to stick with it, though, because I think the concl more…
05/15/2012
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05/15/2012
Mary Frances Kennedy (M.F.K.) Fisher shuffled off the mortal coil twenty years ago this Summer. Twenty years on after her departure, her status has not change a single jot: Fisher’s still the greate more…
05/15/2012
I’m always faintly amused, but bothered, when someone representing a winery thanks me for being a “supporter.” It happens with some frequency. I’ll give a wine a good review, or mention it fav more…
05/14/2012
So, like what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 more…
05/14/2012
Like you, I honored my mother yesterday. Gertrude died 6-1/2 years ago, at the age of 90, after a brief bout with cancer. I was with her when she passed, in the hospital. It was just the two of us, at more…
05/11/2012
My favorite under-30 mover and shaker in the American wine world, Alan Kropf (who’s 29, so he’d better get busy preparing to be one of the most important 30-40 year olds) is the publisher of M more…
05/10/2012
At dinner the other night a senior executive for a major wine company told me that labels are becoming one of the most important reasons why people make a spontaneous purchase of wine. I’d always kn more…
05/09/2012
I was sent a bottle to review. It was the Keller Estate 2009 Precioso Pinot Noir, with a Sonoma Coast appellation. As you can see from the picture, the neck is enclosed in black wax, with a bulbous to more…
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05/11/2012
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05/11/2012
My favorite under-30 mover and shaker in the American wine world, Alan Kropf (who’s 29, so he’d better get busy preparing to be one of the most important 30-40 year olds) is the publisher of M more…
05/11/2012
Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz! Based on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I do not supply the quiz answer directly in the post – you will need to tune back in later in th more…
05/10/2012
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Posts about Wine Reviews issue #1

May 10, 2012

Labels, visceral responses and disruptive business models – steveheimoff.com 05/10/2012 At dinner the other night a senior executive for a major wine company told me that labels are becoming one of the most important reasons why people make a spontaneous purchase of wine. I’d always kn more… Chicken Tagine Paired with Sauvignon Blanc – winemag.com [...]

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May 7, 2012

Monday Mini Wine Reviews Round-Up For May 7, 2012 – 1winedude.com 05/07/2012 So, like what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 more… RSSdoodle by The Lessnau Lounge. [...]

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May 6, 2012

Toasting the Big Apple – winemag.com 05/04/2012 more… The James Beard Foundation Celebrates its Silver Anniversary – winemag.com 05/04/2012 more… Weekly Wine Quiz: Scuppers The Wine? (And Bound For Oz!) – 1winedude.com 05/04/2012 Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz! Based on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I do not supply the quiz answer directly [...]

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May 3, 2012

Winemaking Between Two Worlds – winemag.com 05/03/2012 more… Last chapter on Ascentia? – steveheimoff.com 05/03/2012 If, as some are saying, Ascentia’s demise is close, it will come as no surprise. Rumors of trouble at the company have been circulating for two years, ever since the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat report more… In Pursuit Of (And Catching) [...]

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April 30, 2012

Last Drop: Todd English – winemag.com 04/30/2012 more… Monday Mini Wine Reviews Round-Up For April 30, 2012 – 1winedude.com 04/30/2012 So, like what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes with you via twitter (limited [...]

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Wine Maker discusses Bordeaux Wine, Cheval Noir

April 29, 2012

Part 1Below is an excerpt from a discussion with various clients at one of the Sherlock’s stores in Buckhead (Atlanta), GA. Ferdinand was discussing his wine, Cheval Noir.Cheval Noir is one of the oldest wines of the family. My family has been in the wine business since my great-grandfather. He started the business at the [...]

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April 27, 2012

Weekly Wine Quiz: If It Souts You – 1winedude.com 04/27/2012 Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz! Based on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I do not supply the quiz answer directly in the post – you will need to tune back in later in th more… Oakland’s red-hot Uptown District now boasts Oliveto’s former [...]

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