November 2010
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Help Some Nice Canadians Study Wine Writing (And Maybe Win $700 of Stuff!)
I was recently contacted by a nice fellow by the name of David Cray. He seems nice, anyway, from our brief email discussions (it’s probably because he’s Canadian – they all seem to be nice, don’t they?). Anyway, David is an Associate Professor at the…
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Pennsylvania Wine Kiosk “MCP” Abducts Customers, Forces Them To Play “Grid Games” in Twisted Digital World
Special Report from the Inebriated Press Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Corbett today issued a public plea to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to “immediately and indefinitely suspend” its plans to expand grocery store installations statewide of its new wine kiosk dispensers. Corbett wants all activity on…
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Weekly Twitter Wine Mini Reviews Round-Up for 2010-11-05
08 Dry Creek Vineyard Foggy Oaks Chardonnay (Russian River Valley): Heck of a 1st release. Screamin acidity keeps the vanilla in check $20 B -> 07 Rodney Strong Symmetry (Alexander Valley): Like some kind of extraterrestrial fig pie mothership sent to Earth to be your…
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Wines of the Week: Paul Dolan T.A.S.T.E-ing Edition
Ok, technically they were wines from last week. So sue me. [Editor’s note: please do NOT actually sue me.] Last week, I had another run-in with those tiny T.A.S.T.E. 50ml bottles, taking part in an on-line UStream live tasting with winemaker Paul Dolan, going through…
