March 2011
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Weekly Twitter Wine Mini Reviews Round-Up For March 5, 2011
09 GROONER Gruner Veltliner (Kremstal): Lime, apple, hints of herbs & more versatility than MacGyver (when it comes to food, anyway). $12 B # 09 Ministry Of The Vinterior Chardonnay (Russian River Valley): That’s a fun pineapple, but it kinda hides a razor blade of…
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1WineDude TV Episode 28: Premiere Insanity (A Glimpse Into Premiere Napa Valley Auction 2011)
The Scarecrow becomes Mrs. King of Napa Cult Cabs at Premiere Napa Valley Auction 2011, and you get to see the action in today’s vid. The record-setting winning Scarecrow bid is featured, as is a compelling one-of-a-kind wine story by Casa Nuestra (and lots of…
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The 2011 Professional Wine Writers Symposium In 10 Easily Digestible Morsels
1) It is the darkest of times for wine writing. The general decline in the consumption of real journalistic reporting has resulted in immensely talented people being out of regular wine-writing-work. The black cloud enveloping the wine writing sphere is actually the dark cloak of…
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Perspectives On The Vintage Perspective Tasting 2011 (or “My Skirmish With Napa Valley Pinot Noir”)
Into the valley of Napa Rode the six hundred (ok, maybe a few less than that) Pinot to right of them, Pinot to left of them, Pinot in front of them Volley’d & thunder’d; Storm’d at with shot and shell… – with sincere apologies to…
