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Weekly Wine Quiz: Serve ‘Em Up, Paaaahrdner!
Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz, amigos! Based on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I supply the quiz question each week, but do *not* supply the quiz answer directly in the post – YOU supply your best guess for…
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Modern Wines, Old School Humility, And… Tank Hosing (Tasting Miguel Merino Recent Releases in Rioja Alta)
“In Spain, when you’re fifteen, sixteen years old, you have to decide what you want to study: Science or Humanities,” joked Rioja’s Miguel Merino. “I chose Humanities… so I can’t let the wine go wrong, otherwise I won’t know what…
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The 4 Most Frequently Asked Questions From #WBC12
During the 2012 Wine Bloggers Conference in Portland, I talked. A lot. And I talked to a lot of people. Some just wanted to say hi, some wanted photos with me (still trying to figure that out… because I’m not…
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Wined Down: Catching Up With Rocker Maynard James Keenan On Local Wine
Last week, my latest Wined Down column for Playboy.com hit the Global Interwebs, and authoring it was an experience I won’t soon forget. Firstly, it involved me interviewing someone over IP phone software using my laptop. I had to use…
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