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On The Road: Santorini And The (Marketing) Trials Of The Greeks
By the time you’re reading this, I’ll be on the Greek island of Santorini (press junket via Wines of Santorini and the Brand Action Team) to get a first-hand view of Greek wines, Greek wine history and winemaking, and seeing if I can vigorously outrun…
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Ode to a Wine Teacher
I could tell that I wasn’t quite myself based on the number of business cards in my backpack. There were dozens of those little cards left, staring back at me when I opened my pack. Cards that I should have given away to friends old…
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Brave New World (or “Do We Really Need Wine Experts Anymore?”)
Just over one month ago, I was quoted in an (excellent and well-written) article by Spencer Bailey of the Columbia Journalism Review, titled “Everyone’s the Wine Expert: Wine critics and bloggers, professional and amateur, are mixed up in a social media web.” At the time,…
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Calling the Brett Police on the Loire
Earlier this week, I shared a brief twitter exchange with Wine Spectator senior editor James Molesworth, kicked off by a tweet about a Chinon tasting that I noticed on James’ twitter feed: “That was a tough flight – I’m more tolerant than most, but someone…
