California wine
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Robert Parker’s Job Is Safe (A Tasting Perspective on Premiere Napa Valley’s Perspective Tasting)
You probably could have guessed that Robert Parker isn’t at high risk for becoming unemployed anytime soon without me explicitly stating it, but I thought I should clear up that I’m not after his job, in case there develops any rampant speculation on that topic…
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1WineDude TV Episode 10: Go Forth, And Blend! (An Interview with Franciscan’s Janet Myers)
Most 1WineDude.com readers will already be aware that my fellowship to last week’s 2010 Professional Wine Writers Symposium was underwritten by Franciscan. As part of the fellowship award, Franciscan invited me to a private tasting and interview with Janet Myers, the wine director who also…
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Whence Cometh Napa Cabernet?
Today I’ll be starting my week-long Napa excursion (the itinerary of which I’d hoped to have posted today, but since all those West Coast hippies are so damn laid back, as of the time of this writing my schedule still isn’t totally finalized… if I’d…
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Men Should Not Wear Cowboy Hats, and A Vision of Thomas Keller as A Psychopath (Tasting Rocca Vineyards Cab)
I’m sorry, but someone had to say it. Men should not wear cowboy hats. Well, most men shouldn’t wear cowboy hats. They’re not cool. Cowboy hats look cool on approximately 0.002% of the U.S. population, and most of those are women, so sorry guys –…
