October 2007
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3 Paths to Wine Geekdom OR "Hey – you like one of them thar some-yeahs?"
Whenever someone asks me what I’ve been up to in my “wine life,” and I tell them that I’ve recently sat an exam of some sort, I invariably get asked the same question: “So… uhm.. what does that do for you exactly? Are you, like,…
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FCR Tasting OR 2 Over-educated Wine Guys visit Elverson, PA
I had a pleasant visit at the award-winning French Creek Ridge Vineyards yesterday, checking out their annual sparkling wine tasting event. While there, I had a nice conversation with Janet Maki, co-owner and the winemaker at their J. Maki winery, discussing the most recent harvest…
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Century-Ons
An interesting wine tidbit that has been getting some good press lately (e.g., see this article at the Washington Post), is The Wine Century Club. The club doesn’t have many members (somewhere in the low hundreds), and it hasn’t been around that long (about a…
