ARTICLES
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2025 Can Suck Donkey Bong (Piper-Heidsieck Brut Rosé Champagne)
For many of us, the year 2025 felt as though it lasted approximately 296,380 days. With the holiday season upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the dawn of a new year fast approaching, today felt like an apt…
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Wait, I’m Writing *Another* Book? WTAF?!?
Wait, I’m working on ANOTHER book? WTAF?!?? Yes, I am working on yet another book. Presumably, as one friend of mine put it, I have a higher pain threshold than most. When I was hired to write Wine Taster’s Guide…
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Stormin’ (2025 Colorado Governor’s Cup Winners)
Earlier this year (2025), I was once again fortunate enough to be asked to judge the annual Colorado Governor’s Cup wine competition, part of a group of industry veterans who evaluated over 250 wine submissions from 40+ Colorado wineries. This…
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“A Matter of Responsibility” (a Pair of Josetta Saffirio Recent Releases)
“To make wine is a matter of responsibility.” Josetta Saffirio‘s 5th-generation vintner Sara Vezza has one of those life outlooks that might only be possible in places like Barolo. The kind of outlook that balance the contemporary and the historic;…
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