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Hail to the King, Baby (Robert Mondavi 1913 – 2008)
Most of you reading this will have heard by now that Robert Mondavi, patriarch founder of the Robert Mondavi winery enterprise, died on Friday, May 16, at the age of 94. By the time this article posts to the web,…
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The Trouble with Vintages (When You Should Care – and When You Shouldn’t)
Vintages. Can’t live with `em… pass the beer nuts! The question of whether or not wine vintages (the year printed on the label, which is almost always the year when the wine’s grapes were harvested) matter is one that often…
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How to Fix the Broken U.S. Wine Shipping System
I know what you’re thinking, after reading the title of this post. “Is the Dude about to go on yet another tirade about the PLCB? Okay, okay, they suck – we get it already…” Well… the answer is “Yes.” Sort…
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Book Review: 101 Wines (or “Will Gary Vaynerchuk Save the World of Wine Reviews?”)
You see, it’s like this: Gary Vaynerchuk is the Howard Stern of the on-line wine world. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last two years: Gary is the driving force behind Wine Library TV, an on-line…
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