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Holiday Reservations (Putting Mondavi Reserves Under The Christmas Dinner Grindstone)
For all of my talk about not digging big-ass wines, I sure do seem to end up talking about a lot of “good” big-ass wines. Take this past Christmas, for example. We host some extended family every third Christmas or so, as part of a…
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Reports Of Australian Wine’s Death Hath Been Greatly Exaggerated, My Lords
Australian wine has become the red-headed stepchild of the fine wine world. But the ginger brat is still alive and kicking, people. I can hear the Aussie wine biz calling out from the cart, like the old man in the “Bring Out Your Dead” skit…
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Stag Party (A Deeper Dive Into SLD Cab)
For all my travels to the greater Napa area, my experience with Napa’s venerable Stags Leap District hasn’t exactly been trophy-mounting-24-point-buck caliber. In fact, it’s been quite doe-like – I’ve tasted a good number of high-end wines from the area, and visited a few its…
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Tasting 40 Years Of A Tawny Port Icon
“Billy C. is drinking Sandeman Port down at the old café And the river goes by slowly, the river likes it that way.” – The Knuckleball Suite, Peter Mulvey In the world of wine, there are a few images that stand the test of time…
