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Month: September 2012

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Weekly Wine Quiz: Winning!

Posted on September 28, 2012September 27, 2012 by 1WineDude

Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz, peoples! Standard disclaimer: based on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I supply the quiz question each week, but I do *not* supply the quiz answer immediately. YOU supply your choice for the answer in the comments, and then tune back in later today in the comments section for…

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Art, Artemis, And A Cautionary Tale Of On-Line Wine Review Stickiness (Revisiting Etching Expressions)

Posted on September 27, 2012September 20, 2012 by 1WineDude

I was recently contacted by the folks over at Etching Expressions, a service that provides custom etched wine bottles and personalized wine labels, complete with vino in bottle. They wanted to send me a sample, but not for the usual reason of hoping that it might turn into a formal review. No, this was to…

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Ranking The World’s Most Ass-Kicking Wine Regions (Wined Down)

Posted on September 26, 2012November 2, 2012 by 1WineDude

Last week, my Playboy.com column ran a list of The Five Most Ass-Kicking Wine Regions, which I dubbed “The 2012 Edition” because I hope to run the list annually, kind of like the annual Most Interesting Wines of the Year round-up that runs here every December. I expect – and probably deserve – to take…

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Have You Ever Had A 16 Percent ABV Wine That Was Really Balanced?

Posted on September 25, 2012September 20, 2012 by 1WineDude

With all my talk recently about alcohol not being anywhere near as important factor in quality wine as overall balance, I asked myself a tough question in the wake of that talk, and I couldn’t come up with a good answer. When was the last time you’ve had a wine that was over 16% alcohol…

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