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Wine Product Review Round-up: Special Edition
I’m interrupting the regularly-scheduled Monday mini-reviews for a bit of a long-overdue highlight of some of the wine product samples I receive that can’t be safely imbibed. So, consider this a special edition product review round-up (read: it’s helping me…
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Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 34: Make Wine Like a Girl (Women Run the Show at Benzinger & Imagery)
Generally, I’m loathe to talk about “women winemakers,” because I find the term anachronistic at best, and simply rude and insensitive at worst. I mean, who cares what gender is behind a well-made wine these days? There are, for sure,…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up for April 12, 2021
NV Ca’ di Prata Prosecco Rose Extra Dry (Veneto): A promising start, with nice bright red berry action that we all wish would hang out just a bit longer than it does. $17 B 2017 Ravines Wine Cellars ‘Maximilien’ (Finger…
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Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 33: Rare Like a Steak (Earl Stevens Selections Recent Releases)
American rapper E-40, a.k.a. Earl Stevens, is a living quote machine. I could hardly keep up with his quips during a peripatetic (and yes, this is actually me saying that about someone else), entertainingly hilarious, and all-around eye-opening Zoom tasting…








