ARTICLES
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Straight Up (Interviewing Stu Smith for NVWA)
My latest piece for the Napa Valley Wine Academy is now live, part of their round of winemaker features. I went big for my first interview in the series, too – I called up Stu Smith, one of the brothers…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For March 2, 2020
1999 Domane Wachau Freie Weingartner Achleiten Riesling Smaragd (Wachau): Insert long series of repeating mind-blown emojis here. $NA A 2012 Weingut Franz Hirtzberger Singerriedel Riesling Smaragd (Wachau): Quince, apricot, and enough energy and spices to keep you bust for a…
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Past Masters (Aging High-end Austrian Grüner Veltliner)
Good old Austria… a land with white wines as steely, reserved, and imposingly austere as the (often slightly oversized) architectural wonders that grace its cities and towns. Let’s wrap up the coverage of my Austrian media jaunt (yes, from back…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For February 24, 2020
2015 Weingut Schmelz Pichl Point Gruner Veltliner Smaragd (Wachau): This Point is on point, and focused almost to a fault – almost! $NA B+ 2017 Weingut Brandl Ried Zobringer Heiligenstein “1OTW” Riesling Reserve (Kamptal): Flinty with flair, appealing with apples,…
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