ARTICLES
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Cahors Malbec: Feisty and Powerful, But Is It Marketable?
I’m in Cahors, and it’s one of those thoroughly gorgeously sunny wine country days that at turns make me happy to be alive and secretly, maddeningly spiteful towards those who get to experience this nearly every day. Of course, those…
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The Upside of Wine Globalization
Yeah, I know right? There’s an upside to more and more wine being made more and more in an “international” style by more and more producers in more and more regions? Yes, there is. Yes, I’m serious. No, I haven’t…
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Invisible, Man (Sampling New Stemware from Ravenscroft)
Given its name, you’d expect the “invisibles collection” – a new line of glassware from crystal makers Ravenscroft, to be light, and probably thin. You’d be right of course, based on the stemware sample that they sent to me recently.…
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Baby’s Got Malbec (Heading to the International Malbec Days in Cahors)
If you live in the U.S. (and chances are high that if you’re reading this, you are in the U.S.), then it’s likely that you’ve been drinking some low-priced Malbec wine lately. Don’t take my word for it – for…
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