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Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2010-02-06
07 Olson Ogden Stagecoach Vineyard Syrah (Napa): What's not to love: the price. What's to love: everything else, esp. those silky tannins B+ # 09 Grey's Peak Riesling (Waipara): Quince, stone & tropical fruit, & a balanced sense of place…
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The Thrill of Acknowledgement, The Agony of Shout-Outs
Ok. I wasn’t going to post about this, because quite frankly I’m starting to feel like I am treading a very fine line between self-serving, ego-stroking promotion of this blog and giving legitimate props to folks who are helping to…
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The $97.18 Wine List
In its December 2009 issue, the fine wine industry mag Sommelier Journal decided to take an interesting and unique angle on the ‘year end wine recap.’ Instead of compiling a year-end best-of list, Editor David Vogels asked a hand-selected group…
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Professional Wine Tasters Are Full of Sh*t
Pro wine writers are among the most full of sh*t professions (statistically); so saith Cracked.com, where “Wine Tasters” make their recent list of The 6 Most Statistically Full of Sh*t Professions. There are two things that surprised me when perusing…
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