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A sad day in Beer Land… (Michael Jackson – 1942-2007)
Raise your glass of Belgian beer and have a moment of silence to remember the venerable Michael Jackson, esteemed English journalist, author, and critic of all things related to beer. Michael was a frequent contributer to beer periodicals and to his Beer Hunter website, and…
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Give us free!
Any of you that have ever purchased wine in one state and tried to ship it to another will surely appreciate the efforts of Free The Grapes, a grassroots coalition of wine producers, retailers, and consumers that are fighting the sometimes arcane and always anachronistic…
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Second I Used To Be…
Those of you interested in both art AND wine can head out to NYC between now and March 13 to take in the Mouton Rothschild wine label exhibit at Sotheby’s. I traveled to NYC to check it out this past weekend as a bit of…
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Child of the `60s
So… what does a 40 year old wine taste like? This past New Year’s, I stopped by Cosimo to grab a glass of bubbly with Jason (the Wine Director). After a bit, Jason paused during our conversation at the bar and gave me that look…
