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Postcard from Germany: A House Divided
High-end Mosel wine producers are (slowly) battling for the identity – and the future – of German Riesling. “We don’t aim to produce perfection,” Annegret Reh-Gartner told me over lunch at Schloss Marienlay, a beautiful estate on the Ruwer in Germany’s famed Mosel region. Annegret…
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Postcard From Germany: A Bike Without Wheels?
Personally speaking, I don’t believe in a Hell. But if there is a hell, I imagine that it would strongly resemble US Airways Flight 703 from Frankfurt Germany to Philadelphia on May 21, 2009, sharing the back of the plane with about fifteen of the…
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The Last Word on Wine Media Ethics
Hey, wanna talk about ethics in wine media? Chances are, if you’re in wine media, the answer is “Yes! Please!” If you’re not in wine media, I’m willing to bet the answer is “Huh? Who gives a sh*t?!??” I suspect that the population breakdown looks…
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Chicks Dig Expensive Wine! (Do Women Have a Price Bias?)
You really like my limousine You like the way the wheels roll. You like my seven inch leather heels and coming to all of the shows. But… Do you love me? – KISS, Do You Love Me (from Destroyer, 1976) The American Association of Wine…
